US pastor 'will never burn Koran'

A Florida pastor said today his church will never burn a Koran, even if a mosque is built near Ground Zero.

US pastor 'will never burn Koran'

A pastor today backed down on a threat to burn copies of the Koran, saying he had achieved his aim of exposing a “very dangerous and very radical” element of Islam.

Terry Jones caused international outrage after announcing the stunt in response to plans to build an Islamic centre near to the site of the 9/11 terrorist atrocities in New York.

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