{"id":3484,"date":"2010-09-09T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T21:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2010-09-09T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T21:14:51","slug":"breaking-news-not-so-fast-on-the-whole-bonfire-of-the-insanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thedudeabides\/2010\/09\/09\/breaking-news-not-so-fast-on-the-whole-bonfire-of-the-insanities\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Not so fast on that whole Bonfire of the Insanities thing &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Five minutes after I posted the below \u201cToday\u2026in God,\u201d The NYT.com and <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"CNN\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN.com<\/a> are reporting that:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">Florida Minister Cancels Burning of Korans on 9\/11, A.P. Reports<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please hold \u2026<\/p>\n<h4>UPDATE #2:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/US\/09\/09\/florida.quran.burning\/index.html?hpt=T1&amp;iref=BN1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong>Florida pastor calls off Quran burning<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--startclickprintexclude--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By <strong>the CNN Wire Staff<\/strong>\/\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>September 9, 2010 5:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> <\/strong><strong>NEW:<\/strong> Florida pastor says he\u2019s called off Quran burning<\/li>\n<li>Websites associated with the pastor and his church are taken down<\/li>\n<li>The <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Presidency of Barack Obama\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Obama administration<\/a> discussed the possibility of intervening<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Islam in the United States\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahmadiyya.us\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=539&amp;Itemid=238\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Civil liberties\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_liberties\" target=\"_blank\">civil liberties<\/a> group launches a \u201cLearn, Don\u2019t Burn\u201d initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> \u2014 The Florida pastor who had planned to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday has called it off.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Terry Jones of the Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center made the announcement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, President Obama said Jones\u2019 plan, which had triggered  worldwide controversy, would be a \u201crecruitment bonanza for <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Al-Qaeda\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" target=\"_blank\">al Qaeda<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou  could have serious violence in places like <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Pakistan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=33.6666666667,73.1666666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=33.6666666667,73.1666666667%20%28Pakistan%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan<\/a> or Afghanistan\u201d as a  result of the proposal by Jones, Obama said on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning  America.\u201d \u201cThis could increase the recruitment of individuals who\u2019d be  willing to blow themselves up in <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"United States\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\">American<\/a> cities, or European cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>READ THE REST OF THE STORY AND UPDATES HERE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/US\/09\/09\/florida.quran.burning\/index.html?hpt=T1&amp;iref=BN1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LINK<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>UPDATE #3 via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/10\/us\/10obama.html?_r=1&amp;hp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NYTimes<\/a>: <\/strong>Pastor Cancels Koran Burning and Plans to Meet Imam<\/h4>\n<h6>By DAMIEN CAVE<\/h6>\n<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The pastor planning a burning of the Koran on the  anniversary of the <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"September 11 attacks\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11_attacks\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 11 attacks<\/a> said Thursday he would not go  forward with the event, adding he plans to meet with the imam planning  to build an <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Islam\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islam\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic<\/a> center near ground zero.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Jones, the pastor from Gainesville, Fla., said at a press conference, \u201cWe have agreed to cancel the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pastor\u2019s announcement came after a growing chorus of demands, from  President Obama to religious leaders, American generals and others, that  he cancel the event planned for Saturday because of the potential imact  on Christian-Muslim relations and the effect a Koran burning would have  on American troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>But details of the pastor\u2019s planned meeting with the Imam, <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Feisal Abdul Rauf\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feisal_Abdul_Rauf\" target=\"_blank\">Imam Feisal  Abdul Rauf<\/a>, remained elusive. Mr. Jones did say he got a promise to move  the New York mosque, although such an agreement could not be  independently confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have agreed to meet with him,\u201d Mr. Jones said in reference to the Imam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have at this time no regrets,\u201d he said. \u201cWe feel we have accomplished our goal. We are very very happy with the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pastor\u2019s decision came the same day President Obama said that the  pastor\u2019s plan to burn the Koran\u00a0 on the anniversary of the Sept. 11  terrorist attacks was a \u201cstunt\u201d that violates American principles of  religious tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s listening, I just hope he understands that what he\u2019s proposing  to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans,\u201d Mr. Obama said  in an interview shown Thursday  on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d   referring to to Mr. Jones.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000\"><strong>READ THE REST AND UPDATES HERE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/10\/us\/10obama.html?_r=1&amp;hp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LINK<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800000\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><!--Article End--> <!--Bibliography Goes Here--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five minutes after I posted the below \u201cToday\u2026in God,\u201d The NYT.com and CNN.com are reporting that: Florida Minister Cancels Burning of Korans on 9\/11, A.P. 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