Worldwide Qur'an Burning Controversy In Florida

Bismillah Rahman ir-Raheem 

In the past recent weeks there has been a massive wave of attention turned toward the U.S. in concern for a pastor in Gainesville, Florida, who had allegedly planned to burn more than 200 copies of The Holy Qur'an. Terry Jones is a pastor of a small church in Florida, and claimed about two weeks ago that he was planning to burn copies of the Qur'an in commemoration of the September 11 attacks. Mr. Jones attracted the attention of President Obama, many celebrities, and other significant political officials all over the world; that expressed their opinions and denounced Mr. Jones's actions. Despite the criticism that Mr. Jones received, he still continued his plans with the burning up in till Thursday; where he announced that he was postponing the burning, because he was in negotiations with Islamic leaders. The burning was later cancelled, Mr. Jones stated, "We feel that God is telling us to stop,". 

I personally feel that Terry Jones is a perfect example of the ignorance that fuels the hostility and misunderstanding towards Islam in the US. This whole fiasco was a publicity stunt in my personal opinion. Terry Jones wanted some public attention to stir up things for Muslims before the anniversary of 9/11. Making the situation worse, Eid Al-Fitr started thursday, to celebrate the ending of the month of Ramadan. One of the most important holidays that exists in Islam. Terry Jones is a severely ignorant individual that has cased more wrath than he even knows! He has caused the death of two Muslims over in the Middle East, and has possibly drawn more terrorist attention toward the US.