Reply #31: Roughly 100 Indonesian Islamists protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Friday

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I live in Indonesia and this is starting to worry me a lot...

Church threatened for Koran burning
Updated: Friday, 27 Aug 2010, 10:33 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 27 Aug 2010, 10:31 PM EDT

GAINSVILLE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) - International protests have begun -- with some demonstrators threatening jihad -- in advance of a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11. Roughly 100 Indonesian Islamists protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Friday, Agence France-Press reported, with some threatening holy war if the plan to burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks comes to fruition at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla.

"No one will be able to control this reaction," Roni Ruslan, of Hizbut Tahrir, a radical organization than advocates Islamic law, told Agence France-Press. "We urge the U.S. government and Christian leaders to stop the crazy plan from this small sect. It's an insult to Islam and to 1.5 billion Muslims around the world."

Protesters at the U.S. Embassy shouted chants of "God is greater" while holding signs that read "Destroy Burners of the Koran," among others, according to AFP. Meanwhile, Pastor Terry Jones has said he intends to proceed with plans to burn the holy text next month.

Full article: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/082710_Church_threatened_for_koran_burning