Pastor weighing plans to burn Qurans amid U.S. warnings

Originally Posted by Zachstar

When you KNOW that what you will doing will cause people to die and will only not do it if your demands are met that makes that pastor a terrorist. He is attempting to terrorize the US with the threat of action that will directly lead to violence.

That is terrorism pure and simple.

If would be different if his book burning was hush hush among members of his group but he has plastered it all over and tied his choice of if or not the community center moves.

It is exactly the same if someone claimed they would cause an action that would lead to violence if we refused to stop supporting Israel. That would make the person doing the action a terrorist. Causing a riot that will injure kill innocent civilians and military is a terrorist act.

It was the Iman Rauf who said if the situation wasn't handled carefully violence could erupt. Is that also terrorism? It could be seen as a non-too vieled threat.

Please don't equate the burning of a book or flag as the same as taking life. They are not equivilant.