JP Condemns U.S. Pastor's Plan to Burn the Quran

Jumhooree Party (JP) has condemned the plan by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Quran and called the Government to intervene with the U.S. government to take strong action against the act.

In a press release, JP criticized Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville for his plan to burn the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11.

JP expressed their disapproval of the atrocious act, calling the proposed burning a disrespectful, disgraceful act against the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world.

Meanwhile, President Obama and Hillary Clinton, the White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, the attorney general, Eric Holder, the archbishop emeritus of Washington, Cardinal Theodore E McCarrick, and dozens of other faith leaders have all condemned the burning.

A number of death threats, including one reported to be from a known "terrorist organization," had been made against Jones, and the FBI and other federal agencies were working with the Gainesville authorities, law enforcement sources said.

Gainesville police spokeswoman Tscharna Senn told Reuters there would be a "heightened police presence" around the private property where Jones planned the Koran-burning, in a residential neighborhood of Gainesville. She gave no details, citing security precautions.

Law enforcement sources said Jones' church had been in trouble before with authorities over a bid to send members' children to school wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Islam is of the Devil." Local schools barred the T-shirts.

Facing mounting criticism around the world and at home, the Christian fanatic Pastor, Jones said yesterday that he will never burn Quran.

Jones, a previously obscure 58-year-old renegade pastor with slicked-back gray hair and a shaggy mustache, demands strict obedience and unpaid labor from his tiny flock and sells used furniture out of his sanctuary, those who know him say.

He was ejected from a church he headed in Germany by his own followers. Even his daughter says she believes he has lost his mind in his fanatical crusade against Islam.

His estranged daughter, Emma Jones, called the church a cult that forced obedience through “mental violence” and threats of God’s punishment. She said he ignored her e-mails urging him not to burn copies of the Holy Qur’an.