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Pastor Seeking to Protest at Mosque Briefly Jailed
By not in system - AOL NewsDEARBORN, Mich. -- A Florida pastor's planned demonstration outside a Michigan mosque was scuttled Friday after a jury determined the protest would constitute a breach of the peace and he was briefly jailed for refusing to pay what authorities called a "peace bond." The Rev. Terry Jones, whose past rhetoric against Muslims has inflamed anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, said he refused to pay the $1 bond because to do so would violate his freedom of speech. He later paid it and was released. Jones had planned a demonstration Friday evening outside the Islamic Center of America in ...
Terry Jones Unapologetic for Violence After Koran Burning [VIDEO]
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UN Envoy: UN Workers Killed Running From Bunker
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan - Fearing for their lives, the U.N. workers dashed into a dark bunker hoping to escape the mob of Afghan protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida church. Hope wasn't enough for three of them. They were hunted down and brutally slain - their bodies found later in three different parts of the compound in northern Afghanistan. Eric Kanalstein, UNAMA / AP In this photo taken Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan, UN personnel carry the casket of one of seven colleagues killed in an attack on the UN operations center in Mazar-i-Sharif on ...
Controversial Florida Pastor Barred From Britain
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A U.S. pastor who had threatened to burn a Quran on an anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been barred from visiting Britain, its government said Wednesday. Florida pastor Terry Jones had planned to address a right-wing group, England is Ours, and join it for meetings and demonstrations from Feb. 9 to Feb.16. Stand Up America, a Florida-based group affiliated with Jones, said he was going to speak out against what the group called radical elements of Islam. It said his visit to Britain was to be part of a European tour. Mario Tama, Getty ...
Terry Jones, the Would-Be Koran-Burning Preacher: Where Is He Now?
By Jeanette Friedman - AOL NewsTerry Jones was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Mario Tama, Getty Images Terry Jones is pictured at the site of the proposed Park51 mosque and community center in New York City. Terry Jones Made News in 2010 When He: Used Facebook to call on Americans to turn Sept. 11 into "International Burn a Koran Day." Jones attracted 8,400-plus fans on Facebook, and his message ...
Fla. Preacher Terry Jones Faces Ban in Britain
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LONDON (Dec. 13) -- Terry Jones, the firebrand Florida preacher who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, could be banned from visiting Britain. Jones has been invited to speak about the "evils of Islam" at an event run by the English Defense League (EDL) -- a far-right, anti-Islamic group headed by former soccer hooligans -- in the U.K. in February. However, British Home Secretary Theresa May said this weekend that she was "actively" considering whether to block the controversial Gainesville, Fla., pastor from entering the ...
Florida Pastor Who Wanted to Burn Koran Gets Free Car Instead
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe pastor of a tiny Gainesville, Fla. church who last month sparked a domestic political uproar and an international crisis with plans to burn hundreds of Korans to mark 9/11 was dismissed as crazy by many, but Terry Jones is no fool. At the height of tensions over Jones' threat, a New Jersey car dealer offered the pastor a new car if he would back off his Koran-burning plans -- and now Jones says he wants the dealer, Mitsubishi Hyundai dealer Brad Benson of South Brunswick, to make good on the deal. Jones told The Associated Press he plans to donate the car to an organization that helps ...
Pastor Awarded Car for Canceling Quran Burning
By not in system - AOL NewsSOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Oct. 15) - A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran. Car dealer Brad Benson made the offer in one of his dealership's quirky radio ads, which focus more on current events than cars. But he was surprised when a representative for Jones called to collect the 2011 Hyundai Accent, which retails for $14,200. "They said unless I was doing false advertising, they would like to arrange to pick up the car," Benson recalled. At first he thought it was a hoax, so Benson asked Jones to ...
Planning a Quran Burning Is Costly, Plus 5 Other Lessons Terry Jones Taught Us
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 21) -- America's favorite controversial, mustachioed pastor, Terry Jones, learned a hard lesson today: Quran burnings are expensive. And now that the hullabaloo over his planned sacrilegious bonfire has died down, it might be a good time to ask what other lessons he has taken from his experience. But since Jones has not been forthcoming about any lessons learned, we at Surge Desk would like to suggest a few items to consider before attempting to stage such an ill-advised event. 1. How much cheddar is this going to cost me? Quran burning is not free. Jones is looking at a bill for at ...
Pastor Terry Jones Was 'Terrified' And 'Lost' Before Halting Koran Burnings
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe pastor of a tiny Gainesville, Fla. church who diverted attention from 9/11 commemorations and riveted world opinion with plans to burn Korans was "terrified" as he holed up in a New York hotel room under police guard during last-minute negotiations to stop the book burning, according to evangelical leaders who were privy to the discussions. The pastor, Terry Jones, was also described as "lost" amid the klieg lights of international attention and condemnation, and was reportedly looking for a way to apologize for causing a ruckus, according to the Rev. Jim Wallis, who detailed the ...
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