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Pastor Who Reversed Qur'an Threat Now Claims Car Offered To Him

By Howard M. Friedman

In the midst of high-profile threats by Florida pastor Terry Jones to sponsor a Sept. 11 burning of Qur'ans (see prior posting), a New Jersey car dealer known for his unusual ads used one of those ads to offer Jones a year's free use of a new car if he did not go through with his plans.  According to AP on Friday, now that Jones has decided for other reasons not to burn Qur'ans, he is asking car dealer Brad Benson for the car. Jones says he will not keep the car for himself, but will donate it to an organization that helps abused Muslim women.  Car dealer Benson says he will now donate the car outright to Jones because he does not want to be connected to whatever Jones does with the car.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on October 17, 2010 (boomark / email).