US evangelicals pan church’s Quran-burning plan
Ahmed Alsheeti, Associated Press, Aug.1, www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/08/01/115438.html
Christian evangelical churches in the United States blasted a Florida church’s plans to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainesville, Florida had called for repeating its “Everybody Burn Quran Day” it celebrates “in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam.”
Dove World Outreach Center, shame on you,” responded Angel Nuñez, vice president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, according to Christianity Today, an Evangelical Christian magazine.
“If I want to win a Muslim to Christ, I surely won’t do it by burning the Qur’an in public and provoking them to hate us more,” said Nuñez. “The greatest weapon a Christian has is godly love.”