Angelina Jolie Speaks Out Against Planned Quran Burning In Florida
Posted on Wed Sep 8th, 2010 8:50am PDT By X17 Staff
 Courtesy: UNHCR |
Oscar winner and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie has spoken out to condemn a Gainesville, Florida church’s threat to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Jolie, who is currently in Pakistan to raise awareness about the devastating floods, told reporters in Islamabad, “I have hardly the words that somebody would do that to somebody’s religious book."
Top U.S. officials (including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton) have described the church’s plan as an "outrageous" and "aberrational" act and they have noted that it could endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Americans worldwide.
Despite the warning, Terry Jones, the minister at the Dove World Outreach Center (and the man responsible for organizing the burning of the Muslim holy book) has said he plans to go ahead with it.
