Topic: United States

Obama calls Florida minister's Quran-burning plan a 'stunt'; Tells him to call it offPresident Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend. Obama told ...
New Muslim college opens in California amid furor over proposed mosque near ground zeroAmid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new ...
Lawyers in Pakistan protest Florida church's Quran burning plan; Bahrain calls it 'shameful'A small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran is stirring outrage in Muslim nations, with lawyers protesting in Pakistan and Bahrain's government calling the burning a shameful ...
A small Florida church shrugged off global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony amid growing fears it will ignite a wave of Islamic rage. Condemnation rained in from top US officials, the military, the Vatican and other ...
Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning, warn of risks to AmericansThe top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, ...

Palin: Koran burning is 'unnecessary provocation'

Former US vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Wednesday condemned a small Florida church's planned Koran burning ceremony as an "insensitive and an unnecessary provocation." "Book burning is antithetical to American ideals," Palin, a possible Republican contender for the White House in ...
Pakistan official says TV host Glenn Beck should renounce Quran burning, show US is tolerantPakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling on conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck to denounce the planned burning of the Quran to show that Americans ...
State Department tells US embassies to brace for protests over Quran burningsThe State Department has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to assess their security ahead of a Florida church group's planned weekend burning of the Muslim holy book amid fears it ...

Florida church says Koran burning will go ahead

A small Florida church Wednesday brushed aside global outrage and vowed to go ahead with burning some 200 Korans, as local officials drew up plans to try to tamp down the protest. Despite international condemnation led by US officials, military and religious ...

Lebanon condemns US Koran burning

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Wednesday denounced plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran, saying it contradicted Christian teachings. "The president condemns the announcement of a religious group in the United States of its intention to openly burn ...
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