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Whose Qurans Will Terry Jones Burn?

By Jeralyn

Update: The Dove Center has been denied a permit to build a bonfire. It says it will proceed anyway. Can't they be arrested? Too bad it's not considered arson, then they could be denied bond. The damage they are causing is serious. In Afghanistan, they believe the entire U.S. is behind this:

"We know this is not just the decision of a church. It is the decision of the president and the entire United States," said Abdul Shakoor, an 18-year-old high school student who said he joined the protest after hearing neighborhood gossip about the Quran burning.

There are calls for death to Obama and the U.S.

Protesters, who gathered in front of western Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque, raised placards and flags emblazoned with slogans calling for the death of Obama, while police looked on.

I do not think this is free speech. It's intended to provoke, and capable of provoking, a violent response with resulting injury or death. Terry Jones is not a Christian, he's a hate-monger, a radical and a charlatan. I hope people stop imbuing him with a sense of legitimacy by referring to his group as a church. It's a radical, fundamental sect and there's nothing Christian about it. [More...]

Original Post

The Dove World Outreach Center sounds like a cult and a hate group.

Destruction, Damage, or Vandalism of Property can be a hate crime.

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property— To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.

Where is the Terry Jones and his flock getting the Qurans he plans on burning? He's not going to find them in the garbage as abandoned property. Unless he purchases them, they don't belong to him or his church. Can they be charged with hate crimes for destroying them?

Also, the church recently lost part of its tax exempt status for running a for-profit business on its property. Does it owe back taxes? Is there a willful failure to pay or file?

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).