Terry Jones

In Defense of FAU Instructor Deandre Poole, of "Stomp on Jesus" Controversy

While it may cost him his job, possibly, and his peace of mind, certainly, FAU Professor Deandre Poole's late February classroom exercise has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, indisputably. Not since Gainesville pastor Terry Jones in 2010 got the Muslim world in an uproar by threatening to build ... More >>

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Five Future Career Options Allen West Should Consider

Allen West isn't giving up without a fight. Even though the incumbent Commie hunter lost by 0.8 percent to Patrick Murphy, he's demanding a recount. A West Palm Beach court is slated to hear West's case for an injunction today at noon. But his energy will surely be better spent polishing the ol ... More >>

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Terry Jones Supporting Chick-Fil-A in This Time of Crisis

Good news, Chick-Fil-A: Your attempts to rebuild public opinion of your company and its gay-hating president has another supporter: In addition to failed governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and failed senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum, both paragons of tolerance thems ... More >>

Quran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones Says "Obama Dead in 2012," Builds Grave for President (Video)

Last month, Terry Jones (the "Burn a Quran Day" guy) hung President Barack Obama in effigy on the front lawn of the Dove World Outreach Center, the Gainesville church where he was the pastor until late last year. It earned him a few calls from the Secret Service and an IRS complaint that said his ch ... More >>

Secular Group Files IRS Complaint Against Terry Jones Church

A group says they filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service yesterday over the recent actions of Terry Jones' Dove World Outreach Center, which hung an effigy of Obama outside of its church earlier this month. The D.C.-based group, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, says ... More >>

Secret Service Investigating Terry Jones for Hanging Effigy of Obama Outside Gainesville Church

UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: We just finished an exclusive interview with Jones.UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: The Secret Service is investigating  Pastor Terry Jones' Dove World Outreach Center for hanging a dummy of President Barack Obama outside of its church."The Secret Service is aware of this inciden ... More >>

Terry Jones, on Why He Hanged Obama in Effigy: Exclusive Interview

Gainesville pastor Terry Jones says his church has been contacted twice by the Secret Service in response to the display at the Dove World Outreach Center that features an effigy of President Barack Obama hanging from a noose. (The photograph sent to us shows an Uncle Sam dummy hung up; one from the ... More >>

Four Thoughts For Islamophobes

​It's been a busy few weeks for Muslims, Muslim countries, and Islam in the news. Most of the coverage has not been favorable. Here, then, are four thoughts for readers who find themselves worrying about Muslims this Sunday. 1. Muslims serve in the military, too. Last week, the world learned that ... More >>

Qur'an-Burning Pastor Jailed for Insulting Murderous Theocrats

Pastor Terry Jones: Man, martyr, moron.​In America, one hopes, one must at least attempt to commit a crime before being punished for it. Not so if you happen to be Pastor Terry Jones, the irretrievably stupid Floridian preacher and Muslim-baiter. Last week found Jones in Dearborn, Michigan, prepar ... More >>

Sun-Sentinel: Terry Jones Qur'an Burning "Appalling"?

​The Sun-Sentinel has published an editorial that makes two points: (1) That Qur'an-burning Gainesville pastor Terry Jones bears no responsibility for the recent murders of U.N. workers and civilians in Afghanistan, and (2) that Jones' Qur'an-burning is "appalling." Wrongo, Sentinel. You can't hav ... More >>

Terry Jones Burns Qur'an; Mob Kills Ten UN Workers

2010 protest against Jones' Qur'an-burning.​Rev. Terry Jones is an asshole.There will be a lot of talk in the coming weeks about Jones' culpability for the murder of ten U.N. workers, and not a few Afghan citizens, in a Friday riot protesting Jones' burning of a Qur'an. Those on what passes for th ... More >>

Koran Set Ablaze At Terry Jones's Church

​The Islam-hating preacher with a ridiculous 19th-century mustache, who threatened to host International Burn A Koran Day on the anniversary of 9/11 but then reneged, torched a copy of the Muslim holy book this past weekend.    During Sunday service at the tiny Gainesville church, Pastor ... More >>

Terry Jones, Car-Donating Qur'an-Burning Pastor, Chats with New Times about It All

via the AP​In case you didn't catch the news on Friday, a New Jersey car dealer awarded a new car to Terry Jones, the Gainsville preacher who threatened to burn thousands of Muslim holy books on September 11. The gift, a 2011 Hyundai from Brad Benson, was in fulfillment of his promise to give Jone ... More >>

Terry Jones, Qur'an Burning Pastor, Donates Car to NJ Women's Shelter

via autodays.com​The Gainsville preacher who named September 11th "International Burn a Qur'an Day" and threatened to burn thousands of Muslim holy books before deciding against it last-minute is in New Jersey to pick up, in the words of Bob Barker on The Price is Right...A BRAND NEW CAR.

Radical Idea: Let's Burn the Cape Girardeau Central High School Yearbook, 1969 Edition

Jones in 1969​Maybe there's a course at Cape Girardeau Central High School that teaches students how to get famous using hateful, destructive ideas. Because it just so happens that Florida's two most notorious bloviators, Rush Limbaugh and Qu'ran-burning pastor Terry Jones graduated from Cape Cent ... More >>

Florida ACLU Backs Right of Church to Burn Qu'ran, Suggests Counterprotest as Remedy

FlickrThe Constitution allows Terry Jones to burn the Qu'ran, but it also gives you the right to call him a flaming asshole.​The September 11 Qu'ran burning at the Dove World Outreach Center places the American Civil Liberties Union in an awkward but familiar position: Its desire to protect the fr ... More >>

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