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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/us a/7988980/911-Koran-burning-congregation-threaten- violence.html

Should they be banned from burning the Koran, or is it a legitimate protest?

Not sure what to think..... hateful racists obviously but perhaps they have the right to protest?

i have a deep hate of any book burnings.
so think it should be banned for that reason alone.
I do hope the knock on affect of this is not the death of a soldier

Bloody stupid. It isn't a "warning to radical Muslims", it's a sure-fire way of turning fairly moderate young Muslims into radicals, when they see people doing something so deliberately chosen to cause offence.

It's some stupid preacher at a church with a congregation of about 50, the best thing would have been to ignore them but sadly it's too late for that.
Book burning, reminds me of the Nazis.

I don't see that burning what is viewed to be a holy book by millions of people (including myself) is a form of legitimate protest - it achieves nothing and just illustrates what a bunch of racist bigots they all are

Idiots

'He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!!'

"Jones, a former hotel manager, took the helm and started preaching against what he call the evils of Islam because, in his words, "Its sacred book is full of lies.""

CoughPotKettleBlackCough <innocent face>

This is ridiculous, he's just making things more dangerous. And now the police will have to turn up to stop any violence feel sorry for them

I wish it could be stopped.

the Nazis burnt books. it's inherently awful and repugnant

they don't get the irony, do they, of doing something radical and fundamentalist, to show how against fundamentalists and radicalists they are.

protest by all means, peacefully and without being deliberately provocative

yep he seems quite mad doesnt he!! cant they just lock him up?

While I agree that they should have the right to a peaceful protest, I can not see what they hope to achieve other then to cause more hate.

Stupid thing to do.

good grief

even if you thought islam was <insert negative opinion here>

and that muslims were <more of the same>

how could you possibly think that burning their holiest book could make anything better?

what a twonk

What a daft way to protest.

Burning their own books.

I am a Christian, I would not like it if some idiot started toasting marshmallows over a bonfire of Bibles.

While not being a follower of Islam, I feel it is a sick thing to do, to burn a book considered holy is wrong, even if you personally feel it is no more real then the beano, to burn a book considered holy by someone is just wrong, whether it is the Bible, Koran, Tora [sp] or a copy of the watch tower

Burning books is censorship. And he's a crap Christian.

Well if they go ahead, guess what there will be Bible burning .

Load of nutters these religious people of all creeds and faiths. I don't think he will go ahead as a fatwa will be put on his head.

I'm with 2shoes. Burning books is about furthering censorship and ignorance - whichever books.

I just really don't think this should be in the news.

It shouldn't Paisley It really shouldn't. But idiots like this do it for the attention, and lets face it when it's something this stupid, it's going to get it.

ripeberry I dunno. I reckon he will. He gets to be a "martyr" then doesn't he?

This is only in the news because it is contraversial, this is such a tiny group of scum people they're insignificant.

or maybe I meant people scum.

It sounds like it's the smallest church/sect in America but the loon running it is probably getting off on being front page news and no doubt his congregation will now be trebled by other loons.

They are clearly a bunch of fucking dolts.

It's shit-stirring idiocy, so that if Muslims get upset, they can say 'look at the frothing Muslim extremists'.

Loon too nice, I mean ignorant bigots!

I know, I wish they weren't getting the attention. It was on BBC news earlier too.