On September 11, members of the Dove World Outreach Center — a Gainesville, Florida church — plan to burn copies of the Koran to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The protest is just the latest in a series of provocative actions from the self-described “New Testament Church,” which seems as interested in getting attention as it is in sharing the Word with the world. Unfortunately, their plan seems to have worked — and local investigators began probing the church’s tax-exempt status last year after reports that Dove World Outreach Center is essentially a scam.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=123492