Pastor Terry Jones Calls off Koran Burning, Ground Zero Mosque May Be Moved. Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville „to announce his decision to cancel his Koran burning“. September 2010, abgerufen am 10. September 2010 (englisch): „I will be flying up there on Saturday to meet with the imam at the ground zero mosque. He has agreed to move the location. That of course cannot happen over night, but he has agreed to move that. We felt that that would be a sign that God wanted us to do it. The American people do not want the mosque there and of course Moslems do not want us to burn the Quran. The imam has agreed to move the mosque. We have agreed to cancel our event on Saturday and on Saturday I will flying up there to meet with him.“
Resolution zur Religionsfreiheit und Solidarität mit der verfolgten Kirche der Weltweiten Evangelischen Allianz. (PDF) WEA, 30. Oktober 2008, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 8. September 2010: „Die WEA steht für die Freiheit ein, irgendeine oder gar keine Religion auszuüben“
Robert Mackey: Video and Latest Updates on Koran Burning Cancellation. 9. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 10. September 2010 (englisch, 5:41 Uhr p.m.): „CNN reported, however, that Mr. Rauf said in a statement that he had not spoken to Mr. Jones or Mr. Musri. ‚I am glad that Pastor Jones has decided not to burn any Korans,‘ Mr. Rauf said. ‚However, I have not spoken to Pastor Jones or Imam Musri. I am surprised by their announcement. We are not going to toy with our religion or any other, nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands and build peace and harmony.‘“
Antonia Gonzalez/AP: Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders. In: Yahoo news. 10. September 2010, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 9. September 2010; abgerufen am 10. September 2010 (englisch): „GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York’s ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal. … ‚Given what we are now hearing, we are forced to rethink our decision,‘ Jones said. ‚So as of right now, we are not canceling the event, but we are suspending it.‘“
Leslie Marshall: „Burn a Koran Day“ Is Un-American and Not Christian. In: U.S. News. 8. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 9. September 2010 (englisch): „Let me remind you (and Pastor Jones) of a few of the Bible’s verses. If you call yourself a Christian, you must not only believe these words, but obey them, as they are the word of God.“
William Harvey: Opinion: 10 Good Reasons Not to Burn the Quran. In: AOLnews. 8. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 9. September 2010 (englisch): „You defend your decision with a passage from the Bible (Acts 19:18-20) that does not apply to this situation. The passage refers to „those who had practiced curious, magical arts“ gathering to burn books in which they no longer believed. This is quite a different act from you choosing to burn a book in which you have never believed, and in which more than 1 billion people still believe. Furthermore, when the passage says that the „Word of the Lord grew and spread and intensified, prevailing mightily,“ it is clear that this is due to the increased number of new believers, not to the act of burning books which was, in this case, an act chosen by those new believers to signify their faith.
I hope you will re-read the Sermon on the Mount, particularly the assertion that „every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment“ (Matthew 5:22). Your protest and the words on your website reflect anger and provoke it.“
Geoff Tunnicliffe: Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance condemns burning of Qur’an. World Evangelical Alliance, 9. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 9. September 2010 (englisch): „The WEA, on behalf of its member churches, Christian organisations and bodies, strongly condemns the Dove World Outreach Center’s plans to burn copies of the Qur’an.“
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is Good News; Burning the Qu'ran is Bad News. WEA, 8. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 9. September 2010 (englisch): „It dishonors the memory of those who died in the 9/11 attacks and further perpetuates unacceptable violence.“
Jürgen Werth: Deutsche Evangelische Allianz distanziert sich von der Verbrennung eines Korans. Deutsche Evangelische Allianz, 8. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 8. September 2010: „Wir hoffen, dass diese Gruppe in den USA von ihrem unsinnigen Vorhaben ablässt. Mit christlichem Glauben hat das jedenfalls überhaupt nichts zu tun! Das Recht auf Religionsfreiheit ist unteilbar und kann nicht allein von einer bestimmten Gruppe unter Ausschluss anderer in Anspruch genommen werden“
Geoff Tunnicliffe: WEA chief asks international community to share same concern for acts of aggression against all faiths. World Evangelical Alliance, 10. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 11. September 2010 (englisch): „The International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance, Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, has welcomed the unanimous condemnation of a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Koran, but asks that the same level of concern be shown when acts of aggression are committed against any faith.“
Churches attacked and one Christian shot at in wake of Koran Burning protests in Pakistan. In: Pakistan Christian Post. 11. September 2010, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 11. September 2010 (englisch): „The demonstrators against Pastor Terry Jones on his announcement to observe “Burn a Koran Day” on September 11, 2010, stoned a Church in Daska and three Churches in Narowal district of Punjab province of Pakistan on September 10, 2010, when Pastor Terry have already called off his “International Burn a Koran Day”“
Antonia Gonzalez/AP: Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders. In: Yahoo news. 10. September 2010, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 9. September 2010; abgerufen am 10. September 2010 (englisch): „GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York’s ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal. … ‚Given what we are now hearing, we are forced to rethink our decision,‘ Jones said. ‚So as of right now, we are not canceling the event, but we are suspending it.‘“