Pastor Terry Jones
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A controversial Florida pastor was
arrested Wednesday before he
planned to burn almost 3,000 copies
of the Quran on the anniversary of
the 9/11 attacks, US media
reported.
Terry Jones, 61, was detained in the
town of Mulberry, near Tampa, and
faces charges of transporting fuel
illegally and openly carrying a
firearm, the Orlando Sentinel
said .
Deputies said Jones was riding in a
pickup truck that was towing a
trailer carrying a large barbecue-
like grill filled with kerosene-
soaked Qurans. He also had extra
bottles of the fuel inside the truck
bed, the Sentinel reported.
pickup truck that was towing a
trailer carrying a large barbecue-
like grill filled with kerosene-
soaked Qurans. He also had extra
bottles of the fuel inside the truck
bed, the Sentinel reported.
Jones’s planned public burning of
the Muslim holy book came with
tensions high in the Middle East,
and with possible international
military action in Syria still on the
table having been touted by US
President Barack Obama.
the Muslim holy book came with
tensions high in the Middle East,
and with possible international
military action in Syria still on the
table having been touted by US
President Barack Obama.
According to Jones’s website, he had
plans to burn 2,998 Qurans in the
Tampa Bay area on Wednesday, in
recognition of victims of the
September 11, 2001 attacks. Jones
was arrested alongside Associate
Pastor Marvin Sapp minutes before
the scheduled burning, the Sentinel
said.
As pastor of Dove World Outreach
Center in Gainesville, Florida, Jones
in 2010 threatened to burn copies of
the Quran, drawing widespread
outrage in the United States and
abroad, before he called the plan
off.
In 2011, however, his congregation
did burn the Muslim holy book and
the following year he promoted an
anti-Islam film. All three incidents
sparked violence in the Middle East
and in Afghanistan and came
despite pleas from US military
officials to desist
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