Pastor cancels Quran burning

The hyper-controversial Quran-burning led by a Florida pastor has been cancelled.

Rev. Terry Jones drew criticism both within and outside the U.S., including from U.S. Pres. Barack Obama, for his plans to burn the books.

Recently, a number of Christian leaders – both liberal and conservative - expressed opposition to the planned action. You can read more about that here.

Here’s a blurb on The Forum’s website: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/290567/group/homepage/

Here’s a BBC story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11255366?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Here’s some info on the Washington Post about Obama’s appeal to Jones not to go through with his plans: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090904983.html