The Florida Pastor Terry Jones has officially called off his organized Quran burning. He and his church members had planned the book bonfire to protest the plans to build a mosque near the site of Ground Zero. When he appeared on the Today show on September 11th, 2010, he confirmed that the burning had been cancelled and that it won't be rescheduled. .."Not now, not ever."
I am SO thankful that he cancelled his burning. This was a stupid, hare-brained idea that would almost certainly set off a huge chain reaction of anger and result in violence. I think that this was partly a publicity stunt; the other part was plain idiocy. Did he ever think of the consequences? Muslims everywhere would be outraged--what would the troops in the Middle East end up dealing with? I think it was very selfish of him not to take that aspect into consideration. I can understand why some people may disagree with the mosque. However, there are better ways to go about protesting this. No matter what religion, faith is faith, and I believe every single religion should be given the same amount of respect that one would expect for one's own.
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