Meet The Quran-Burning Pastor, Terry Jones, As He Protest Sharia Law at Michigan Mosque

A Florida pastor, Pastor Terry Jones, best known for burning copies of the Quran, will speak at a rally outside of a Dearborn, Michigan, mosque on Flag Day.

Pastor Jones carried out his first Quran burning in 2011, after cancelling plans...
the year prior to carry out the act in protest of an Islamic center near the Ground Zero site in NYC. The 2011 demonstration, meant to "put the Quran on trial," was linked to subsequent mob violence across Afghanistan that left at least 16 people dead, including seven United Nations employees, and more than 90 others injured.

In 2012, Jones was involved with the promotion of the film "Innocence of Muslims," which the Obama administration claimed had incited deadly protests in several Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Later this month, Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, will be the keynote speaker in an event where members of the American Patriotic Bikers intend to drive through Dearborn before protesting Sharia law outside the Islamic Center of America.

Following Pastor Jones' announcement in August of 2013 that he intended to burn nearly 3,000 Qurans on the 12th anniversary of 9/11 (authorities arrested him before he carried through with his actions), the pastor claimed that he was not against Muslims, but is instead meant to draw attention to what he calls "that violent core message that Islam has."

Pastor Jones explained in a promotional video for his planned "worldwide burning of 2,998 Qurans," that the demonstration was organized "in order to stand up for the Constitution and honor the victims of 9/11."