Why I Would Not Want To Burn A Koran
By Barry Bussey
There is growing angst about a small Florida congregation that plans to make a spectacle by burning the Qur’an this coming September 11. The stated purpose of this showmanship is to maintain their right of religious expression and to send a message to the Islamic fundamentalists that they – this one, small Christian church in America – is not going to be intimidated.
“We feel it’s maybe the right time for America to stand up,” says Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. “How long are we going to bow down? How long are we going to be controlled by the terrorists, by radical Islam?”1
Few in the United States would dispute the right of this religious group to freely express themselves as they see fit. There are limits of course – Oliver Wendell Holmes’ proverbial adage that people do not have the right to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater – is one such limit.
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