ExtremismBook BurningIf Pastor Terry Jones goes through with his threat to burn Qurans on Sept. 11, he’ll take his place alongside fanatics who destroyed Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, Falun Gong texts—and even Braille books.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:30PM EDT / Published Sep. 07, 2010 4:20PM EDT John Raoux / AP Photo,John Raoux Rev. Terry Jones Orders Quran Burning on 9/11 AnniversaryJohn Raoux / AP Photo Nazi Book Burning Rallies, 1930sKeystone / Getty Images Ku Klux Klan Rally, 1966AP Photo Teacher Burns All Braille Books, 1837 Harry Potter Books in New Mexico, 2001Neil Jacobs / Getty Images Comic Book Burning, 1948AP Photo Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, 1989Ranjan Basu / AP Photo Roman Soldier Burns the Torah Scroll, 50 A.D.ericdelmar@comcast.net The University of Oxford Library Burning, 1683Hulton Archive / Getty Images Marxist Literature Burned in Chile, 1973AP Photo The Valley of the Squinting Windows in Delvin, Ireland, 1918
Rev. Terry Jones Orders Quran Burning on 9/11 AnniversaryJohn Raoux / AP Photo Nazi Book Burning Rallies, 1930sKeystone / Getty Images Ku Klux Klan Rally, 1966AP Photo Teacher Burns All Braille Books, 1837 Harry Potter Books in New Mexico, 2001Neil Jacobs / Getty Images Comic Book Burning, 1948AP Photo Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, 1989Ranjan Basu / AP Photo Roman Soldier Burns the Torah Scroll, 50 A.D.ericdelmar@comcast.net The University of Oxford Library Burning, 1683Hulton Archive / Getty Images Marxist Literature Burned in Chile, 1973AP Photo The Valley of the Squinting Windows in Delvin, Ireland, 1918