Pastor Jones: too extreme for the EDL
Following up on my last post on Luton and extremism I thought I ought to add the is some good news about the controversial US pastor Terry Jones. The one who hit the headlines earlier this year for threatening to burn the Koran.
He was to attend the rally in Luton organised by the English Defence League planned for the 5 February but that invitation was withdrawn. Apparently the EDL didn’t like his views on racism and homosexuality.
More from the BBC: “EDL blocks Koran protest pastor Terry Jones from event“
This content was originally posted on my old Strange Thoughts blog.
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[…] at the rally for the controversial American pastor, Terry Jones, was withdrawn. It seemed he was “too extreme” for the EDL. Now he has been banned from entering the […]