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Retired U.S. Marine Charlie Paleveda stands with his American flag outside the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida September 10, 2010.
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By Eric Walsh
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:50am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Religious tensions are overshadowing the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States where President Barack Obama urged a Christian preacher to abandon a plan to burn copies of the Koran.
A day ahead of Saturday's ninth anniversary, a report warned that the United States faced a growing threat from home-grown insurgents and an "Americanization" of the al Qaeda leadership.
On Friday, Obama appealed to Americans to respect the "inalienable" right of religious freedom and said he hoped the preacher would abandon his plan to burn the Muslim holy book, saying it could deeply hurt the United States abroad.
News of the plan has outraged Muslims around the world and triggered violent protests in Afghanistan in which one protester was shot dead.
"This is a way of endangering our troops, our sons and daughters ... you don't play games with that," Obama told a Washington news conference in which he included an appeal for religious tolerance.
Pastor Terry Jones, of the obscure Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, has backed off a threat to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died.
Jones arrived late on Friday in New York, where he was scheduled to appear on NBC's "Today" show on Saturday morning.
He had said he would call off the Koran burning if he could meet with Muslim leaders seeking to build an Islamic center and mosque near the Manhattan site of the September 11 attacks with the aim of getting it relocated.
While the bewhiskered fundamentalist preacher kept people guessing about his precise intentions, an evangelist acting as a spokesman, K.A. Paul, said he could "guarantee" Jones would not go ahead with the event.
Referring to "the individual down in Florida," Obama noted the pastor's Koran-burning plan had already caused anti-American riots in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops are in a grueling war against Muslim Taliban militants.
Thousands of people took to the streets across Afghanistan on Friday, some threatening to attack U.S. bases. One protester was shot dead and several were wounded outside a German-run NATO base in northeast Afghanistan. Demonstrations later spread to the capital, Kabul, and at least four other provinces.
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Opponents of the New York center building plan say it is insensitive to the families of the victims of the 2001 events.
The New York imam involved in the project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, said on Friday he had no meeting planned with the Florida pastor.
Sharif el-Gamal, project developer for the center, denied it would be moved.
Obama said at the news conference that he recognized "the extraordinary sensitivities" surrounding the September 11 attacks.
But he said it should be possible to erect a mosque near the so-called Ground Zero site, or a building representing any other kind of religion.
"This country stands for the proposition that all men and women are created equal, that they have certain inalienable rights. One of those inalienable rights is to practice their religion freely," Obama said.
"We are not at war against Islam, we are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam and have falsely used the banner of Islam," he added.
Former heads of the 9/11 Commission that studied the 2001 attacks presented a 43-page report they called a wake-up call about the radicalization of Muslims in the United States and the changing strategy of al Qaeda and its allies.
"The threat that the U.S. is facing is different than it was nine years ago," said the report, released by the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center.
"The U.S. is arguably now little different from Europe in terms of having a domestic terrorist problem involving immigrant and indigenous Muslims as well as converts to Islam."
U.S. officials have warned that cases such as the threat to burn the Korean could lead to a recruiting bonanza for al Qaeda.
(Additional reporting by Washington Newsroom, Daniel Trotta in New York; Sayed Salahuddin in Kabul; Paul Carrel in Cologne; Writing by Pascal Fletcher; Writing by Eric Walsh, editing by Jonathan Thatcher)
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Sep 10, 2010 11:53pm EDT
Nobody cares! What we have several stupid Koran and mosque issues at once. Don’t pay any attention to the smoke and mirrors. Don’t believe that suddenly 10 year after 9/11 there is a sudden Muslim mania. And remember 9/11 was an inside job. Don’t forget it! 6 of the 10 9/11 commissioners agree.
Bisky71
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Sep 10, 2010 11:58pm EDT
Here is your proof that Obama is a closet Muslim. Do you think he would get this upset if someone was burning Bibles? Not a chance. He would call it a celebration of civil liberty … and the hypocritical news media would join in the celebration.
jollypants
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Sep 11, 2010 12:26am EDT
Now if only he would be as concerned about the insult of a couple of slumlords building an Islamic center where the ashes of human beings incinerated in the name of Islam fell.
Jollypants may well be on to something.
Miriamac
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Sep 11, 2010 12:50am EDT
Jollypants-
Your comment is ridiculous.
First of all – Mr. Obama is not now (nor has he ever been) a Muslim. You say “Here is your proof that Obama is a closet Muslim” – and yet you offer NO PROOF. Your statements are vapid and have no value – they only breed hatred and divide people. Mr. Obama is doing what any honest and respectful president/statesman would do – and that is – maintain peace and harmony here in the U.S. and around the world.
Burning ANY Holy Book (be it the Koran or the Bible) – is disrespectful to millions of people on this Earth (that we all share) – and no one should celebrate such a heinous act/event. If you must live a life that is consumed by hate – please keep it to yourself and spare the rest of us from having to view it. I will pray for you (because God knows you need it).
v_hartwell
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Sep 11, 2010 1:53am EDT
“Burning ANY Holy Book (be it the Koran or the Bible) – is disrespectful to millions of people on this Earth”
I don’t suppose you happened to notice the flag burning going on regularly in the middle east? Equally as disrespectful to non-Muslims who don’t give two hoots about the Koran to be quite frank.
somethingtosay
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Sep 11, 2010 2:33am EDT
Printed stuff on paper may burn better than the same stuff on a I-Pod or in a E-book, or in a TV-monitor.
As a matter of fact the Koran is already on fire all around the World in the news media via satellite.
If any one wanna burn a couple of printed books now, it is far too late.
Peoples brains must be burnt out from birth if they don’t understand how things work in our news media World.
Let’s get the satellites on fire for heavens sake…
(The above written by the undersigned but not read)
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