Tall Skinny Kiwi (a blog that is new to me, and which I learned of from a really new blog, Grebelius Redivivus) is encouraging bloggers to hold “Blog A Qur’an Day” on September 11th.
CNN indicates that the alleged deal to relocate Park51 was never made.
Joel Watts asks if the president should be involved.
Jim West views Terry Jones as a publicity-seeker.
Steve Wiggins looks at American ambivalence towards Muslims and their cultures.
Randy Olds suggests holding a “Trade in your King James Bible Day.”
Mystical Seeker has a post reflecting on the truth in a spoof article in The Onion, an article which has obvious relevance to this topic.
Unreasonable Faith has a round-up on this topic as well.
Michael Halcomb has two posts on this topic, one in which he calls the idea of a Sunday dedicated to reading the Qur’an a “reactionary absurdity” and another in which he suggests it constitutes a denial of allegiance to Christ. I’ve posted comments on both seeking to respond to his objections, and suspect that other readers here may find the conversation over there interesting.
Faithful Progressive discusses the equivalence or otherwise of building and burning.
Finally, Angelina Jolie speaks about the issue during a visit to Pakistan.
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