Book Burning
If 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.
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Rev. Terry Jones Orders Quran Burning on 9/11 Anniversary
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Nazi Book Burning Rallies, 1930s
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Ku Klux Klan Rally, 1966
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Teacher Burns All Braille Books, 1837
Harry Potter Books in New Mexico, 2001
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Comic Book Burning, 1948
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Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, 1989
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Roman Soldier Burns the Torah Scroll, 50 A.D.
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The University of Oxford Library Burning, 1683
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Marxist Literature Burned in Chile, 1973
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