Pastor Terry Jones Arrested in Florida in Another Plan to Burn Korans

THE INDEPENDENT: Jones caused uproar with similar plans in 2010

A US cleric who caused global consternation three years ago with plans to burn copies of the Koran has been arrested in Florida towing a large grill and 3,000 copies of the holy books soaked in paraffin.

Terry Jones has pulled similar stunts around the time of previous 9/11 anniversaries. The 61-year-old had announced he planned to burn the books at a park in Tampa Bay, on Florida's west coast.

It was Pastor Jones, of Dove Outreach Centre in Gainesville, Florida, who planned an "International Burn-a-Koran Day" for 11 September 2010, but called it of after wide condemnation[.] » | James Legge | Thursday, September 12, 2013

Anti-Islam Pastor Plans to Burn 2,998 Korans to Mark 12th Anniversary of 9/11 – And He Explains It

THE BLAZE: Anti-Islam advocate and faith leader Terry Jones is upping the ante on his attacks on the Muslim faith. Rather than burning a Koran to mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11, Jones has another plan: He’s going to torch 2,998 copies of the book.

Yes, you read that correctly.

According to a press release put out by the pastor’s organization, Stand Up America!, on Sept. 11, 2013, Jones and his followers will “send Islam a very clear warning,” as he plans to hold an “International Burning of 2,998 Korans.” And in a conversation with TheBlaze, he said he’s planning on gathering the books from around the world.

This number wasn’t chosen without reason, as it is the figure Jones gives for the Americans who were killed during the nation’s most horrific terror attack.

“The radical hand of Islam shows itself with violence against anyone who dares to stand up and speak the truth. We at Stand Up America will not back down. We will not be silent,” the release reads. » | Billy Hallowell | Monday, April 08, 2013

Anti-Islam Preacher Plans Tampa Move
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE: TAMPA - Terry Jones, the Gainesville preacher who has enraged Muslims around the world with his Quran burnings and mock trials of the prophet Muhammad, is about to sell his 20-acre Dove World Outreach Center and says he will be moving his 15-member congregation to Tampa.

The deal to sell the Alachua County land is scheduled to close on July 15. Jones said he is eyeing Tampa because he is familiar with the area — he and his wife already own a condominium on Treasure Island — and the small university town of Gainesville has never really embraced his message.

“Tampa is a much larger area,” he said. “Gainesville has a small mentality. The whole world here revolves around whether the Gators will win a football game. We’re more concerned about national and global events.

“We are going full steam ahead for the Tampa Bay area,” he said. “We definitely have support in the Tampa Bay area.”

Jones has evolved in the past few years from the pastor of a tiny rural church into a lightning rod for Muslim extremists. He has written a book titled “Islam is of the Devil” and sells T-shirts espousing the same message.

The reaction among local, moderate Muslims: a shrug of the shoulders. » | Keith Morelli | Tribune Staff | Wednesday, April 03, 2013

7 Egypt Copts Get Death Sentence Over Anti-Islam Film
MIDDLE EAST ONLINE: Cairo court upholds death sentences for Egyptian Coptic Christians in absentia over their involvement in anti-Islam movie.

CAIRO - A Cairo tribunal on Tuesday upheld death sentences passed on seven Egyptian Coptic Christians in absentia for their involvement in a movie that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed, a judicial source said.

The accused, including the director of the movie that triggered outrage across the Muslim world when it surfaced last September, are currently living in the United States.

Terry Jones, an American pastor based in Florida who is said to have promoted the film and who had also been sentenced to death in absentia, had his sentence reduced to five years in jail by the tribunal. » | Middle East Online | Monday, February 18, 2013

US-Pastor Terry Jones: Westerwelle will Einreisestopp für Hassprediger

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Außenminister Guido Westerwelle hat das Bundesinnenministerium gebeten, dem US-Pastor Terry Jones die Einreise nach Deutschland zu verweigern. Der Hassprediger sollte offenbar von deutschen antimuslimischen Kreisen eingeladen werden - er unterstützt das umstrittene Mohammed-Video.

Berlin - Der US-Prediger Terry Jones, der zu den Unterstützern des antimuslimischen Videos "Die Unschuld der Muslime" zählt, soll nicht in Deutschland auftreten dürfen. Wie SPIEGEL ONLINE am Sonntag in Berlin erfuhr, hat Außenminister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) das Bundesinnenministerium gebeten, gegen den Pastor einen Einreisestopp zu erwirken. Dies werde vom Ministerium gerade umgesetzt, hieß es weiter. » | sev | Sonntag, 16. September 2012