Summary
The pastor of a small Florida church who had planned to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks canceled the event Thursday, hours after President Barack Obama condemned it as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida" and Defense Secretary Robert Gates phoned the pastor.
At a confused and chaotic press conference in Gainesville, Pastor Terry Jones said he gave up his plans after striking a deal to halt the construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero.See the full content of this document
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Burning of Qurans Canceled
But Jones appeared to either have misunderstood or mischaracterized discussions about the center.
Muhammad Musri, a Florida imam who had been working with Jones to try to get him to call off his event, said at the same news conference that he had brokered a mee...See the full content of this document
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