And Now, International Not Burning a Quran Day
Hate preacher Terry Jones has decided he’s calling off “Burn a Quran Day.”
But of course, he can’t cancel his bigotfest without putting a deranged spin on it.
Saying he got a “sign from God,” the fanatical Florida pastor who whipped up international fury by threatening a Koran burning called it off Thursday.
The Rev. Terry Jones said he cancelled the book burning scheduled for Saturday after he was told by the imam behind the controversial Islamic Center that they would not build it near Ground Zero.
Jones added that he would fly up to New York on Saturday for the ninth anniversary of 9/11 and meet with the imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf.
“The American people as a whole do not want the mosque at the Ground Zero location,” Terry said. “He agreed to move that.”
Actually, no, he didn’t.
Shortly after Terry spoke, NBC and Reuters reported there was no deal to move the Islamic center from it’s proposed site several blocks from Ground Zero.
UPDATE at 9/9/10 2:54:39 pm:
From the Park51 Twitter feed:
Official: It is untrue that Park51 is being moved. The project is moving ahead as planned. What is being reported in the media is false.
UPDATE at 9/9/10 3:09:51 pm:
According to NBC News White House Correspondent Savannah Guthrie, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called Jones Thursday afternoon and urged him not to go through with the plan.
Frank says: