Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning controversy | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-16

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00:01:42 1 Terry Jones
00:06:56 2 2010 threat to burn a Quran
00:08:02 2.1 Background
00:10:50 2.2 Reactions
00:10:59 2.2.1 Local (Florida)
00:11:59 2.2.2 National
00:18:03 2.2.3 International
00:31:49 2.2.4 Counter protests
00:33:35 2.2.5 Governmental reactions
00:37:51 2.2.6 Media reactions
00:41:12 2.2.7 Actions against Dove World Outreach Center
00:42:51 2.2.8 Death threats
00:44:37 2.2.9 Other Quran desecration incidents
00:52:27 2.3 Cancellation (postponement) and aftermath
00:54:30 3 2011 burning of the Quran
00:56:04 3.1 Reactions
01:01:58 4 See also



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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 over his plans and pleas from world leaders to cancel the event. Jones's 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.Nevertheless, on March 20, 2011, Jones held a "trial of the Quran" in his Gainesville church. Finding the scriptures guilty of "crimes against humanity," the Quran was burned in the church sanctuary. Protesters in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif and elsewhere attacked the United Nations Assistance Mission, killing at least 30 people, including at least seven United Nations workers, and injuring at least 150 people. Jones disclaimed any responsibility. Norwegian, Swedish, Nepalese and Romanian nationals were among the UN workers killed. The killing of two US soldiers by an Afghan policeman on 4 April 2011 was attributed to anger over the burning of the Quran. American news analysts criticized and blamed Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, for drawing attention to the Quran burning.