AG Holder Reportedly Calls Plan to Burn Korans ‘Idiotic and Dangerous’
Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly called a pastor’s plan to burn Korans “idiotic and dangerous” in a private meeting Tuesday with religious leaders.
Reporters were barred from the meeting, but one of the leaders there relayed Holder’s thoughts to ABC News. Muslim Advocates executive director Farhana Khera said Holder disapproved of the Koran-burning plan by Gainesville, Fla., pastor Terry Jones.
“To quote the attorney general, he called the Gainesville planned burning of Korans ‘idiotic and dangerous’ and underscored in many different ways that that activity is really a hate-incitement activity,” Khera said. “While it may not be a violation of the law, it may be an act of free speech; it certainly violates our sense of decency.”
A Justice Department official at the event confirmed that Holder called Jones’ plan idiotic, MSNBC.com reports.
