September 13, 2013
On Wednesday, Rev. Terry Jones was arrested before he could burn 2,998 Qurans, as he had planned, in an effort to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Jones, an outspoken critic of the spread of radical Islam, is the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida.
ABC News reports:
The Polk County Sheriff's Office reports that Jones and Sapp drove a pickup truck towing a large barbecue-style grill filled with kerosene-soaked Qurans to a park, where they had intended to burn them — one for every victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Jones, along with his associate pastor, Marvin Sapp, were charged with the unlawful conveyance of fuel, a felony. Both were held overnight and released the next day on $1,250 bail.
Jones was also charged with unlawful open-carry of a firearm.
Jones has been the target of hundreds of death threats. The Muslim terror group known as Hezbollah has even placed a $2.4 Million bounty on his head, according to the FBI.
In 2010, then-Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, personally phoned Jones, urging him not to go through with his plan to burn a Quran on September 11.
Jones complied with the request. (read more here)
Most Recent DEBATES: "Can We Trust the Islamic View of Jesus?" - C.L. Edwards vs Shadid Lewis
My Thoughts?
Shadid is obviously a much better speaker and representative of Islam than Osama Abdullah, I actually enjoyed seeing Shadid live and in person, he is very charismatic, nicely dressed, confident etc. Don't worry, still love you Osama!
I never seen such a dramatic improvement in such a short space of time, congratulations to C.L. Edwards who just dominated this debate.
Of course, finally, I am bias, but I am in the corner of my man: Anthony Rogers who was utterly fantastic, always a pleasure to hear him.
And the David Wood vs Shadid Debate was just your standard "Is Islam A Threat To The West" if anyone is still interested in these kind of debates, both men did a great job, I think David was more on topic.
As for the Bob/Shadid debate, I will post it here, but don't recommend watching it.
I was recommended three titles for this debate: "How Not To Debate" and "How To Lose A Debate Against A Crap Opponent", but the one that WON the day was:
'Why moderaters should never debate, and why Shadid Lewis should become a moderator'
Although Shadid probably won this debate, alot of us asked, why he didn't capitalize on his opponents weaknesses and totally bury him?
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