Indian forces killed 13 protesters and wounded scores of others in confrontations across Kashmir fuelled in part by a report that a Koran was desecrated in the United States, police said.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” is still hopeful of meeting the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre in New York for talks.

The father of a victim of the 9/11 terror attacks has condemned the threats to burn the Koran made by an American Pastor.

A US pastor’s plan to burn Korans on September 11 must be taken seriously because it could cause “profound damage” to US troops and interests around the world, President Barack Obama said today.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” tonight publicly challenged the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre in New York to start talks.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” will instead fly to New York to try to meet the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre near Ground Zero.

A Florida pastor said today that will not now proceed with plans to burn copies of the Koran on tomorrow's anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Thousands of Afghans were protesting today over suspended plans by a small American church to burn the Koran.

The anti-Muslim leader of a tiny US church said he was lied to and is rethinking his decision to cancel burning copies of the Koran to mark 9/11.