JAKARTA, 9 SEPTEMBER, 2010: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama to prevent and stop the plans by a small church in Florida, the United States, to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks, Antara news agency reported Thursday.
According to Heru Lelono, a presidential special staff person on information and public relations, Thursday, Yudhoyono said that the plan was a threat to world peace.
Susilo stressed that Indonesia would condemn the act too.
The Dove World Outreach Center from Gainesville, Florida – led by Pastor Terry and Sylvia Jones – announced the controversial plan to commemorate the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley, in an effort to dissociate the US government from pastor Jones' plan said the intended action was "un-American."
"We are conscious that a number of voices have come out and rejected what this pastor and this community have proposed," Crowley told a news briefing in Washington DC recently.
"We would like to see more Americans stand up and say 'this is inconsistent with our American values.' In fact these actions themselves are un-American," he said.
He repeated warnings from officials that the proposed burning could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to reach out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims as well as trigger reprisals against US soldiers in Afghanistan.
"People around the world need to also understand that America is not represented by one pastor or 50 followers. We are a nation of 300 million people and the vast majority of Americans are standing up this week and saying that these contemplated actions are inappropriate, they're abhorrent, and they should not happen," he said. - Bernama
According to Heru Lelono, a presidential special staff person on information and public relations, Thursday, Yudhoyono said that the plan was a threat to world peace.
Susilo stressed that Indonesia would condemn the act too.
The Dove World Outreach Center from Gainesville, Florida – led by Pastor Terry and Sylvia Jones – announced the controversial plan to commemorate the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley, in an effort to dissociate the US government from pastor Jones' plan said the intended action was "un-American."
"We are conscious that a number of voices have come out and rejected what this pastor and this community have proposed," Crowley told a news briefing in Washington DC recently.
"We would like to see more Americans stand up and say 'this is inconsistent with our American values.' In fact these actions themselves are un-American," he said.
He repeated warnings from officials that the proposed burning could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to reach out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims as well as trigger reprisals against US soldiers in Afghanistan.
"People around the world need to also understand that America is not represented by one pastor or 50 followers. We are a nation of 300 million people and the vast majority of Americans are standing up this week and saying that these contemplated actions are inappropriate, they're abhorrent, and they should not happen," he said. - Bernama
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