A Sad Day, at an Uneasy Time, as US Marks 9-11 Attacks
10 September 2010
Reverend Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks to the media in Gainesville, Florida, on Friday
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
These days, Americans worry most about an economic recovery that President Obama calls "painfully slow." But on Saturday millions will remember the day al-Qaida terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
Another hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania when passengers rebelled. Close to three thousand people died that day.
Next year will be a big anniversary, ten years since the day Americans call 9-11.
But this September eleventh comes at an uneasy time. A large number of Americans say they oppose plans to build an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site in New York.
This week attention centered on a Christian minister with a small following in the state of Florida.
Reverend Terry Jones said he would mark the 9-11 anniversary by burning copies of the Quran. He said he wanted to send a message to Islamic extremists.
TERRY JONES: "We are not hateful toward Muslims. We are not aiming this at Muslims, we are aiming this at Sharia law."
His church in Gainesville has maybe fifty members. On Thursday, Mr. Jones met with a local Islamic leader in Florida and agreed to cancel the burning. He said the decision was part of an agreement to move the proposed mosque in New York.
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