Update: ‘Burn a Koran’ Pastor Banned from Entering UK
- Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:32am by
Meredith Jessup
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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center
We first reported last month that officials in the United Kingdom were considering permanently banning Florida pastor Terry Jones, who garnered international attention last fall for threatening to burn copies of the Muslim Koran.
Although Jones eventually backed down from his threat, the UK’s Home Office has decided to make good on their own, banning the pastor from entering the country. Jones was invited to deliver remarks on the expansion of Islam to a group called England is Ours next month.
According to the UK’s Daily Mail, government officials decided that Jones’ presence would not be “conducive to the public good.”
“The government opposes extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded pastor Terry Jones from the UK,” a Home Office spokesperson said. “Numerous comments made by pastor Jones are evidence of his unacceptable behavior. Coming to the UK is a privilege, not a right, and we are not willing to allow entry to those who presence is not conducive to the public good. The use of exclusion powers is very serious and no decision is taken lightly or as a method of stopping open debate.”
A spokesman for England Is Ours told the Daily Mail that he hoped other members of Jones’ outreach group would be able to visit and speak on his behalf:
Barry Taylor, secretary of the activists’ group based in Milton Keynes, said Pastor Jones had planned to visit in mid-February to attend a number of meetings with other similar organisations.
He said: “I’m very disappointed. The whole object of the exercise is to have a discussion about the Islamification of the UK and just have dialogue about the problems. The idea isn’t to cause trouble or kick up a stink. These things do need addressing and people do need to speak about them. We shouldn’t be frightened about them.”
Jones joins a short list of individuals who have also been “named and shamed” and banned from entering the UK, including sponsors of terrorism, Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps and conservative talk radio host Michael Savage.
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Comments (70)
SilentReader
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:15pmIt is a double standard that the British government would ban this pastor from coming to the UK and yet they allow this Islamic man to preach the overthrow of the British government! Listen to British salafi Abu Mounisa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT0_NyXdIoo&feature=player_embedded#!
Free speech is only free if you are an Islamic preacher advocating the overthrow of the British government. Wow! What hypocrisy!
Yet, this man who has threatened to burn the Quran (which is still a right in America even if you disagree with him) is banned from the UK!
So, are the British government going to ban all Americans who threaten to burn the Quran? Are they doing the same thing when the Islamists burn Christian crosses, Churches, and the Bible, which they do on a regular basis! Are they banning Islamists who kill Christians and Jews on a regular basis? Are they banning Islamists who advocate the killing of Jews and Christians?
There’s one rule for the Islamic Supremacists and one rule for the infidels.
The Islamists are silencing people all across Europe. Europe! The bastion of Western Civilization and freedom! When are Americans going to understand that it is coming to America as well. In fact, it’s already here! Read this article about the people who have already been silenced by Islam, and those who have still not talked about it here in America. These articles will open your eyes.
This first article is about those “infidels” who have ALREADY BEEN SILENCED:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/01/conservative-free-speech-diehards-or.html
And this second article is about the Conservatives in America who have NOT TALKED ABOUT THIS and must start talking about the “silencing” before it is too late:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/01/conservative-free-speech-diehards-or.html
Rise up America! It is not too late to keeping speaking about this problem of “silencing” dissent, before it is too late and we become the dhimmis that they want us to become.
I, for one, will NOT be their dhimmi. Ever!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:33amThe only reason he is being banned is because they cannot control the masses of murdering thugs in their own country. We are in big trouble if this gets more of a toe hold (and it will). Hate speech will be any criticism of Islam and therefore Islamic leaders in the host countries will demand that these socalled haters not be allowed entry. Anyone critical of Islam will be barred esp Pam Gellar (I’ll bet she is already on the list with Rev. Graham.)
Report Post »loweralabama
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:33amCouldn’t pay me to go to Islaengland anyway. No big deal. They messed up their country so bad, it may never recover. Sorry blokes, but you have to live with it.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:19amWait a minute..first he only said he was going to burn a book, then he did not burn a book…I think the British have become a country of chickens…
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:40amI know! Your the first to point that out and its worth repeating. Terry Jones did not burn ANY books. Yet he is banned from traveling to a socalled Free country which someone no doubt in his family tree fought to defend either against Germany and or Rome.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:55pmDo you know why he was refused entry?
Report Post »rightwingheroes
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:08amBut the muslims can have free reign to do whatever they want to. What a bunch of hypocrites they are.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:06amThe United Kingdom will learn a very hard lesson in the future when the Muslims truly take over the country and start to briskley murder those who will not do their bidding. The U.K. will be turned into a nightmare. It is a shame that the useless royals don‘t and can’t do anything about it and all they are good for is nothing. Useless figureheads that are of the reptilian species.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:48amOf course he was banned. The United Kingdom is a muslim nation now.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:54pmNo, no it isn’t.
Report Post »Ghostrider
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:15pmStronge, first, with 4% of the population Muslim, they have a strong presence. But the telling part is that the British allow Sharia law to be practiced. And guess what, it is not good enough. The want full Sharia rights. They can protest the British troops coming home from war, and the government does nothing. They spew hate to all British, and vow to make them convert. But the Briotish government refuses to allow a peaceful Christian Pastor to enter their country because they are AFRAID of teh muslims. Now that makes England a muslim country in my book.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:58pmDo you have an issue with the legitimacy given to Beth Din courts? They operate the same way as the Sharia courts in the UK, and have done so for centuries.
And who, exactly, is this ‘they’? Do you realise you have taken one example of extreme behaviour and are trying to paint an entire religion as being that way. On those grounds, I call all Christians doctor-murdering extremists.
And your peaceful Pastor’s sole reason for visiting the UK was to speak at an anti-Muslim rally.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:19amA better solution???
I didn’t burn their book like Terry Jones wanted but instead took a more quiet and eco-friendly recycling method that is a more fitting purpose for it.
With all those pages, it makes for a much longer lasting source of “TT” paper than Scott, Northern or the rest of them have on the rolls.
Perhaps this is a better form of “poetic justice” toward a religion of such intolerance and warped values!
Report Post »takemout
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:06am“Great Britain” is an oxymoron.
Report Post »Neil Mariner
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:40amNever ever, have a book burning. God gave you a mouth. Not matches. Don’t support the final death throughs of the British Empire, by going there. They may not let you leave.
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:30amLeave Palin’s running mate along PEOPLE.
Report Post »Helldogger
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:47amWho are they gonna get to save their butts this time when NAZIs start burnin their cities down?
Report Post »Calvierto
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:28amBritain seems to ban a lot of things lately. They banned Michael Savage also. I am disappointed that Beck, Limbaugh, and Hannity all kept their mouths shut when it was Savage that was banned.
Report Post »half pint
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:47pmMe too-I am surprised the references to Savage havent been deleted here at theblaze (watch they will be)
Report Post »ALISSTER
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:34amI’m sure that he was planning his next vacation to the UK.
Stay’n home with the armadillo.
Report Post »JROCCOD
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:13amYawn…..UK is firmly in islamic hands and they gave it to them without a wimper. I think of all the dead Americans buried in Military Cemeteries all over Europe, and I say, for what? So 70 years later the Euros can squander the freedom that was provided by American blood and treasure? When it hits the fan again in Europe, and it will, I would like to see the USA sit that one out. Your countries have degenerated into third world toilets.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:24amPlease explain what you mean by “UK is firmly in islamic hands”. What does that mean? And how would you justify such a claim?
Report Post »gr8photoman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:25amHe means that there are so many Muslims in Britain that it is virtually an Islamic state. Their Muslim population is enormous. If you look at the birth rate of the UK‘s Muslim community vs it’s Anglo community you will find that sometime around 2021-2025 Britain quite possibly will become a caliphate.
Report Post »tompaineknowsthescore
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:24am4% of British people are Muslims 4% is hardly huge?
Report Post »AFeatherAdrift
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:53pmyes, 4% is all that is required when you have an agenda and can’t let facts get in the way of what you want others to believe.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:53pmI’m reading some pretty outlandish claims here, but there’s a distinct lack of facts to back them up. As has already been stated, approximately 4% of the UK population is Muslim.
And what does “4% is all that is required when you have an agenda and can’t let facts get in the way of what you want others to believe” mean?
Report Post »RealityCheck
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:12am“Coming to the UK is a privilege, not a right”
Same thing used to be true here, now it’s if you make it across the unprotected border, here are your food stamps, welfare, free education and tax free jobs.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:08amDissent is being silenced more and more in the UK, unless there is an Islamic radical involved.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:20amReally? What form does this silencing take?
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:26amSTRONGE
Report Post »If I have to explain it to you, you probably won’t get it anyway.
Stronge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:42pmNo, you can‘t explain it because you’re making it up. If you have proof to back up your claim, present it.
Report Post »entropy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:11amMan, look at Britain! (notice that I didn’t say “Great” there) Banning people that they don’t agree with. Now that is some Nazi @$$ $%it. They are too far gone. They have rolled over.
Report Post »Center right
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:54amThis guys is a little nuts. wait, a little, ok a lot.
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scout n ambush
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:30amOne guy uses his freedom of speech to protest Islam and the mooslems scream death to America blaming all America willing to kill any american man woman or child they can. Yet yet close to two dozen mooslems murder thousands of Americans and the mooslems say you can‘t blame all mooslems for what one did never mind that it wasn’t just one moojihadi or only one incident and the progressives here & in the U.K. will defend them. No matter what they just ignore the facts
Report Post »AFeatherAdrift
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:51pmall Muslims? why are you so threatened you have to hate all Muslims and purposefully misspell their religion? Your hatred speaks volumes.
Report Post »WaterH2O
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:21amStupid! Who want to go there anyway.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:14amI am thankful for people like Mr. Jones who bodly stand up to expose the true nature of Islam. The fact is that Islam only brings hate, violence, and intimidation wherever it is and Mr. Jones has shined a light on the truth of the dark evil Islam is.
It also seems that Mr. Jones is planning a judge the Koran day on March 20th where you can vote about how to judge the Koran. http://www.standupamericanow.org/
His methods may not be popular but if exposes the true nature of the Muslims and the danger they pose to this country then I think we all should be aware of it and confront this issue head on.
Report Post »Echad
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:11am“The government opposes extremism in all its forms” Then why don’t they oppose Islam?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:19amWell , these are the same people who banned Micheal Savage and Geert Wilder too , for the same reason.
Yet they have Golloway, an actual terrorist propagandist in their parliament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcNDgnguIqs&feature=related
Report Post »tompaineknowsthescore
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:18amwe have denied several foreign terrorist supporters access to the country
Report Post »Galloways no longer in the parliament sadly but as a UK citizen we cannot deny him access to the country same with those British muslims who have been radicalised
ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:43amGood question indeed. They are afraid of them!
Report Post »AFeatherAdrift
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:48pmduh…guess you answered your own question
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:00amWhat a lie! They allow Muslims to preach Jihad in Londonistan but won’t let a guy in to the country because he threatened to burn a book. He didn’t even burn the book!
Report Post »And we talk about how the UK is our ally? Sorry but we don’t need any more allies with terror supporting states! Until the folks in the UK can take back their country from the Muslim barbarians they have no hope and our country isn’t doing much better with the traitors in our government allowing mass migration of Muslims, allowing illegals to roam free, and trying to sell our businesses, land, and resources to the Chinese!
The foreign invasion of America must be stopped!
RobertCA
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 6:19am@ KICKILLEGALSOUT
You got it .
Report Post »Sharia law is ok in UK & we just read a news about a muslim loon threatening to kill his cousin for not wearing the …whatever on her head , all of that is ok in the UK ….but don’t let Jones get in the UK .
On a second thought maybe it‘s better for Jones cause the police won’t protect him from the radical muslim savages .
jeffp605
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:58amWell I even respect free speech for the nuts ! God bless America !
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:03amBook burning isn’t the answer. Reading the Koran out loud is. Any sane person will reject it and open their eyes to the true nature of Islam.
Historic Israel National Radio interview on the revisionism of ancient history and the genesis of Islam. http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-eve.ivnu
Report Post »Tea Party Conservatism
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:05amGreat, more unfit company for the unfairly maligned Dr. Micheal Savage.
http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/
“In matters of power let no more be heard of the confidence in man but bind them down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.” Thomas Jefferson
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Why Obama is ineligible – regardless of his birthplace
Report Post »By Leo C. Donofrio, Esq.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=134881
nzkiwi
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:15amThe tragic thing is that the British government has probably saved his life.
I feel desperately sorry for the English people but they have brought apon themselves by not immediately standing up to these vicious bastards.
Birmingham which I think is Britain’s second largest city is now commonly known amongst Muslims as the best place in Europe to be a Muslim. There are places in that town that the police are reluctant to go. Hardline zealots openly preach about taking over Britian – using force if necessary. And of course they happily burrow in to the social welfare system.
Keep your eye on Europe and learn what not to do.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:20amNow if he had actually burned ( not threatened to burn but actually burned) a Bible or US Flag, the US State Depat would have offered to pay for his trip to UK,
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:23amPat Condell rocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ff3Qg6B_WY
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:34amNow if they’d only ban him from America. This guy needs serious therapy.
Report Post »FreedomAdvocate
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:43amWell, that is the thing – who determines what is extreme? Modern progressives have made even classical liberals (libertarians) look extreme to their constituency. Short of encouraging violence or sedition, all discussion and opinion should be valid, otherwise the bar will continually drift leftward, IMO.
Burning Korans is obviously a stupid gesture, and yet many liberal are supportive of burning flags (which has high symbolic meaning to many) and even the bible. In that context, is burning the Koran all that extreme – or is it rather we are afraid of those who might take offense? And conversely, no-one is all that afraid of retaliation for burning flags or bibles. But fear should not be the determining factor in deciding what is hate-mongering and what is not – and yet I contend that is exactly the case here.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:48amFreedomAdvocate, you are right. And very well written.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:45amI remember when England’s version of our Homeland Security Secretary banned Geert Wilders from entering the UK due to his so-called “hate speech” regarding concerns with Islam… Eventually, this Secretary was replaced; and Wilders was allowed to enter England…
What amazes me is how all of the real “hate speech” from some Muslims living in England directed at the English as well as their soldiers gets a break…
Report Post »CanadianMan
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:22amI think he should have the RIGHT to say what he does… the problem i have with it is that he does it in the name of JESUS and that makes it wrong – I believe he is delusional and has no idea the life and example JESUS left is really all about.
Report Post »mill
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:51am100+% RIGHT. Totally disgusting.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:59pmwhy would he want to go there…..
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