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An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise ...

He was the Gainesville pastor with a white horseshoe mustache who, in 2010, threatened to burn a Koran — the Muslim holy book — on the 9/11 anniversary. The threat from a single pastor leading a tiny ...

Local religious leaders report hate speech has increased in the Orlando community since Election Day. Imam Muhammad Musri has spoken with the FBI about several incidents, and is encouraging anyone who ...

The Florida pastor whose plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 generated worldwide outrage among Muslims and pressure by the U.S. government to relent said late Thursday that he might not call off the ...

Buddy Dyer, Orlando mayor: “In this city’s darkest hour, our residents have shown that they are that light,” Mayor Dyer spoke reassuringly after an unimaginable disaster. Through symbolism, Dyer’s ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - An imam says the leader of a small Florida church told him that he would call off a plan to burn the Quran because it would endanger troops, not because they had a deal to ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A Florida minister who had created an international furor with his plan to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks canceled the event under intense pressure ...

A Florida minister who had created an international furor with his plan to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks canceled the event under intense pressure Thursday, saying he ...