Terry Jones

Quelling the obsession with burning the Quran

By Omar Suleiman — January 31, 2023
(RNS) — Addressing Islamophobia as a policy matter would rob Quran burners of the attention they seek.

COMMENTARY: Pay no attention to the man behind the burning Qurans

By Jeffrey Weiss — September 9, 2013
(RNS) A Florida pastor plans to burn a pile of Qurans on the 9/11 anniversary, and interfaith activist Mike Ghouse hopes no one pays him an ounce of attention. “It is not what (the pastor) will do, it is what we do as Americans and American Muslims.”

The ‘maverick’ Egyptian-American Copt behind the anti-Muslim film

By Daniel Burke — September 13, 2012

(RNS) The man who circulated the trailer of an obscure anti-Islam film, promoted it on his website and posted it on social media was a little known Egyptian-American Coptic Christian activist who lives near Washington and proudly touts his ties to Quran-burner Terry Jones. By Daniel Burke. 

Pennsylvania atheist threatens to desecrate Quran over state bill

By Eric Veronikis — July 17, 2012

(RNS) A Pennsylvania atheists plans to desecrate the Quran if his state's House of Representatives doesn't drop a "Year of Religious Diversity" resolution. By Eric Veronikis.

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