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Last Updated: 11:56 AM, September 9, 2010
Last Updated: 11:56 AM, September 9, 2010
As U.S. President Barack Obama condemned a Florida pastor's proposed public Koran burning, another minister planned a similar demonstration to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, The Tennessean reported Thursday.
Rev. Bob Old of Springfield, Tenn. -- just 30 miles (48 km) north of Nashville -- said he intended to set fire to a Koran at his home Saturday and post a video of the burning Muslim holy book online.
"If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else," Old reportedly said of Muslims.
"I believe that other religions are a threat to our faith and our beliefs," said Old, who heads an evangelical ministry called Disciples of Christ, though he was once pastor of two Baptist congregations in Tennessee. "People may say that I am crazy, but I am not."
Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.
"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert of Faith Covenant Church in Springfield told The Tennessean.
"This is crazy. I am sorry that anyone who names the name of Christ would do this."
Amir Arain, spokesman for the Islamic Center of Nashville, told the paper he hoped Old would change his mind before Saturday.
"We will pray that God gives him wisdom," he said.
The local controversy over Old’s plans comes amid a national controversy over Rev. Terry Jones’ proposed public Koran burning in Gainesville, Fla.
Obama said in an interview broadcast Thursday morning that the burning in Florida would be a "recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda," to which Jones responded that he would reconsider his protest if he received a call from the White House.
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Rev. Bob Old of Springfield, Tenn. -- just 30 miles (48 km) north of Nashville -- said he intended to set fire to a Koran at his home Saturday and post a video of the burning Muslim holy book online.
"If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else," Old reportedly said of Muslims.
"I believe that other religions are a threat to our faith and our beliefs," said Old, who heads an evangelical ministry called Disciples of Christ, though he was once pastor of two Baptist congregations in Tennessee. "People may say that I am crazy, but I am not."
Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.
"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert of Faith Covenant Church in Springfield told The Tennessean.
"This is crazy. I am sorry that anyone who names the name of Christ would do this."
Amir Arain, spokesman for the Islamic Center of Nashville, told the paper he hoped Old would change his mind before Saturday.
"We will pray that God gives him wisdom," he said.
The local controversy over Old’s plans comes amid a national controversy over Rev. Terry Jones’ proposed public Koran burning in Gainesville, Fla.
Obama said in an interview broadcast Thursday morning that the burning in Florida would be a "recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda," to which Jones responded that he would reconsider his protest if he received a call from the White House.
Read more: CLICK HERE
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