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September 6th, 2010
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Indonesians protest U.S. church's plan to burn QuranJakarta, Indonesia - Thousands of Indonesians gathered Sunday outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to protest a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainsville, Florida, plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by burning copies of the Muslim holy text. The center describes itself as a "New Testament church based on the Bible." It made headlines last year when it distributed a T-shirt that said, "Islam is the devil." Protesters in Jakarta carried signs saying, "Jihad to protect Koran" and "You burn qu'ran you burn in hell." The protesters included members of the hard-line Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia and the pluralism care movement, a multi-faith group. "We hope that the U.S. government to stop this plan. We represent Muslim, Christians and other religions who all wants to avoid any clashes as a result," Damien Dematra, the coordinator for the pluralism care movement, said in a news statement.
September 6th, 2010
10:35 AM ET
Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheikEditor's note: Drew Griffin and Todd Schwarzschild, of CNN's Special Investigations Unit bring us this report on a radical Jamaican sheik. He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal. Now in Jamaica, El-Faisal is less than a two-hour flight from the United States. No airline will allow him on board; he is widely thought to be on U.S. and UK no-fly lists. But history suggests El-Faisal might not need to travel to be influential among jihadists bent on violence against the U.S. and other Western nations. The authorities on the Caribbean island keep tabs on him. Jamaica's Muslim leadership has banned him from preaching in established mosques, just in case his radical rhetoric stirs a Jamaican jihad. That's why we came here, at El-Faisal's invitation, to find out his plans. Little did we know his plans included raising money from a most unusual source - CNN.
September 6th, 2010
10:29 AM ET
In case you missed it: The man behind the mosqueEditor's note: CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's recent US State Department sponsored trip to the Middle East where he faced relative obscurity. Rauf is one of the people behind the Park51 Islamic center, the so called "Ground Zero Mosque."
September 6th, 2010
10:22 AM ET
Artist fights religious biasEditor's note: CNN's Tom Forman speaks with an artist in Chicago trying to battle religious bias.
September 6th, 2010
10:18 AM ET
Woman set to be stoned speaks outEditor's note: CNN's Ivan Watson brings us this report from Oslo.
September 6th, 2010
10:14 AM ET
Pope likely to meet abuse victims, archbishop indicatesLondon, England (CNN) - Pope Benedict XVI is likely to meet victims of child abuse when he visits the United Kingdom next week, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales indicated Sunday. "The pattern of his last five or six visits has been that he has met victims of abuse," Archbishop Vincent Nichols said on the BBC'S "Andrew Marr Show." "But the rules are very clear," he continued, saying there was no announcement in advance of such meetings, which are private and confidential. |
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