Washington: General John R. Allen, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the U.S. Forces Afghanistan called US cleric Terry Jones. General Allen expressed his fear of retaliation against the US Military in Afghanistan if we carry on with our plans for April 28th.
Jones responded with his larger concerns for the situation in Islamic countries such as Egypt and Iran where Christians are being killed on a regular basis, houses and churches are burned, girls are kidnapped, raped and forced into Islam.
“I am sure you are as aware as I am of the horrors of the religion,” said Jones, “but Islam is killing people.” He pointed out that the military personnel willingly enlisted, are trained, armed and well funded. People like Pastor Youcef did not volunteer, are not armed, have no budget and no one to fight for them.
“By no means do we take this situation lightly. We are just as Christians, as human beings very desperate for some kind of relief for those people who die on a daily basis at the hands of radical Islam.”
He stated that we would be willing to cancel or postpone the April 28th event if concrete steps could be made to bring change to the situation concerning human rights and freedom of religion in Islamic States.
Earlier on Tuesday, the cleric threatened to “burn Qurans and images of Prophet Mohammed [pbuh]” if a Christian religious leader in Iran is not released from jail.
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