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Florida minister Terry Jones was arrested Wednesday before he could torch thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans as an anti-Islamist protest. And civil libertarians should be concerned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2011
Pastor Terry Jones, whose supervision of a Quran burning touched off deadly riots in Afghanistan early this month, has set his sights on a mosque in Dearborn, Mich. A judge has barred Jones from the mosque's property, and he now plans to protest in front of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 7, 2011
Oh good, the nutty Rev Terry Jones is near our HQ here in Los Angeles The Florida pastor, who drew widespread ire earlier this month with his Quran-burning and Prophet Muhammad mock trial publicity stunts . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigApr 2, 2011
The threatened, and now fulfilled, Quran-burning gesture by Florida pastor Terry Jones (pictured) sparked fatal consequences in Afghanistan on Friday, when protesters in the northern city of Mazir-e-Sharif stormed a United Nations compound and killed at least 20 employees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 15, 2010
With an eye on Saturday's parliamentary elections, the Taliban is evidently making sure that Afghans don't forget the recent Quran-burning hubbub in the US (thanks a lot, Pastor Jones), as some 800 people gathered in Kabul for (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigSep 14, 2010
The evil side of America is on display in the form of a media-fueled Islamophobia that recalls some of the worst bigotry in the nation’s past. This is not what we hoped for in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, or the election of President Barack Obama in 2008.
The evil side of America is on display in the form of a media-fueled Islamophobia that recalls some of the worst bigotry in the nation’s past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 14, 2010
An outbreak of violence, partially attributed to unrest over recent anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S., occurred in the volatile Kashmir region Monday, and 18 civilians were confirmed killed by Indian police, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 12, 2010
Florida pastor Terry Jones backed away from his plan to burn a pile of Qurans on Sept. 11, but anger in the Muslim world persists. Two people were killed in eastern Afghanistan when soldiers opened fire on a crowd during protests against the planned burning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigSep 11, 2010
Tensions are high in Tennessee, as they have been all over our nation, in anticipation of the ninth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks Controversies abound Mosque-building, book burning and threats of violence are making it increasingly difficult to separate what pastor/author Rick Warren is calling “church and hate” Tensions are high in Tennessee, as they have been all over our nation, in anticipation of the ninth anniversary of the Sept . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 10, 2010
The leader of a Florida church says he called off his planned bonfire of Islamic holy books because the imam of the community center to be built near Ground Zero "has agreed to move the location." However, one of the developers of that project has reported: "We don't know anything about it." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2010
It's amazing what one bigoted gesture can do in these, our volatile times All you have to do is be a professional ignoramus masquerading as a Christian clergyman, such as Florida pastor Terry Jones, let your incredibly poor (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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