Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning controversy
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In July 2010, Terry Jones, the pastor of the Christian Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, U.S., announced he would burn 200 Qurans on the 2010 anniversary of the September 11 attacks. He gained media coverage, resulting in international outrage throughout the Islamic world over his plans and pleas from world leaders to cancel the event. Jones' threat sparked protests in the Middle East and Asia, in which at least 20 people were killed. In early September 2010, Jones cancelled and pledged never to burn a Quran.
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See also
- Rasmus Paludan
- 2008 Eucharist incident
- 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests
- Book burning
- Criticism of Islam
- Freedom of speech in the United States
- Islamophobia
- Koran desecration controversy of 2005
- Quran desecration
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