Pastor Terry Jones Gives Two-Hour Ultimatum To New York Imam Over Ground Zero Mosque

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The pastor at the centre of the Koran-burning row has given a New York imam two hours to contact him about plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero.

Pastor Terry Jones and his colleague Pastor K A Paul read out two telephone numbers live on television and urged the Imam to contact them as soon as possible.

They did not say what would happen if he failed to get in touch by the time the deadline expires just after 8.30 tonight.

Sky News' US correspondent Robert Nisbet, who was at the news conference, said: "This is absolutely extraordinary.

"It appears the pastor has reconsidered his earlier deal over the New York mosque."

He added: "Worryingly, none of the US cable networks showed the press conference - so imam Rauf may not have seen it!"

Pastor Jones had planned to fly to New York tonight in the hope of meeting imam Feisal Abdul Rauf tomorrow - on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

He was forced to reconsider when the imam said he had no plans to meet the pastor, although he was open to seeing anyone "seriously committed to pursuing peace".

Mr Jones tonight said he had "a challenge to give to the imam in New York".

He was speaking outside his church, the Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainesville, Florida.

He then handed over to K A Paul, a controversial Christian preacher who has been praying with him

Mr Paul said the message to Imam Rauf was "crystal clear".

"There is a confusion going on. We want to clear that confusion," he said.

Mr Paul then gave out his own telephone number and that of another pastor and urged

Imam Rauf to get in touch, either directly or through the media.

Mr Paul said it was legally acceptable for an Islamic centre to be built near the site of the attacks in 2001 that destroyed the twin towers, but not morally acceptable.

"Is it the right thing to burn the Koran? Legally can the pastor burn the Koran tomorrow?" he then asked.

"Legally it's right but is it the right thing to do? No."

Mr Jones initially called off the protest last night, saying he had been promised the centre's location would be changed.

But he then admitted he was reconsidering after it emerged no such commitment had been made by the imam.

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[HAL 9000 96]

Yikes... will he blow up too?

[웃 910]

[Peikko 1,575]

Oh boy, will the stupid never end?

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Has anyone noticed how this nutbar looks like Paul Teutle Sr?

Edited September 10, 2010 by JohnSmith2007

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Maybe he should be offered a Reality show on Fox...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What an idiot

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Using threats and coercion for political purposes? He must have already burned the part of his dictionary that housed the word "irony."

He looks like the separated at birth evil twin of Sully McPilotHero + sadstache. They shall meet in a fourth dimension and do battle, kill each other simultaneously, and return balance to the universe. We'll just feel a slight tremor as we're eating dinner, a glass or two rattle in the cupboard, but we'll never know how close we came.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Using threats and coercion for political purposes? He must have already burned the part of his dictionary that housed the word "irony."

He looks like the separated at birth evil twin of Sully McPilotHero + sadstache. They shall meet in a fourth dimension and do battle, kill each other simultaneously, and return balance to the universe. We'll just feel a slight tremor as we're eating dinner, a glass or two rattle in the cupboard, but we'll never know how close we came.

Its like that old star trek episode, with the evil kirk and Spock.

[Amby 490]

soooo...the deadline has passed...anything happen?

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The pastor at the centre of the Koran-burning row says the imam behind plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero has ignored his deadline to get in touch.

Pastor Terry Jones and his colleague Pastor K A Paul had given the imam two hours to call them on one of two telephone numbers read out live on television.

They deadline passed just after 8.15 pm without "any word from the imam or his team".

Dr Hall said he was disappointed at the iman's silence but still hoped to fly to New York to meet him.

He revealed Pastor Jones had agreed not to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday as planned in the hope of finding a peaceful solution to their grievances about the location of the Islamic Centre.

Sky News' US correspondent Robert Nisbet said none of the US cable networks had shown the earlier press conference when the deadline was issued, so the imam might not have been aware of it.

That's the update on the same link in the OP

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Its really a waste of time giving nutjobs any attention.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

America seems to love its nuts. Rational discourse be darned.

[twowls 217]

soooo...the deadline has passed...anything happen?

I just looked in the mirror and have spontaneously sprouted a handlebar mustache. Also feeling a bit flinty.

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This Halloween I plan on letting my handlebars out for my detective outfit.

Watch yourselves! Don't get arrested by Detective HAL 9000!