{"id":11494,"date":"2011-01-20T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2011-01-20T09:44:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:44:24","slug":"pastor-terry-i-almost-burned-a-koran-jones-banned-from-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/pastor-terry-i-almost-burned-a-koran-jones-banned-from-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Terry\u2013 I almost burned a Koran \u2013 Jones banned from UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mr Jones had been originally invited by the English Defence League to attend a Feb 5 rally in Luton, Bedfordshire against the presence of Islam in Britain, but that invitation was withdraw.<\/p>\n

Another group, England Is Ours, said on its website that it had invited the pastor to speak at a “series of demonstrations against the expansion of Islam and the construction of Mosques here in the UK” in the second week of February.<\/p>\n

A Home Office spokesman said: “The Government opposes extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded Pastor Terry Jones from the UK.”<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mr Jones said: “This ban exemplifies the sabotage of the basic human rights of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. The ban also proves the effectiveness of the threat of militant Islam in the UK as one is not free to travel to the UK due to the speculation of violence.”<\/p>\n

A member of his staff at the Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainesville, Florida, US<\/a>, said a letter from the Home Office had been received by courier on Wednesday informing Mr Jones of the ban. She said the letter mentioned the risk of “disruption”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why was Jones actually banned from entering the UK? Because the UK \u2013 home of rabid Islamist Anjem Choudary<\/a> – \u201copposes extremism in all its forms\u201d<\/em>? Hardly.<\/p>\n

The answer in in the last sentence: craven poltroonery.<\/p>\n

Here are some charming examples of how effective the government is in opposing extremism in all its forms <\/em>when it happens to be Islamic extremism:<\/p>\n

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