The Florida pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Quran has suspended the plan in the face of condemnation by the US government and international outrage.<br /><br />Hours later though, Terry Jones, who heads the Dove World Outreach Centre church, said the plan was only suspended because he was "lied to" over a deal to call off the event in exchange for a promise to move a planned Islamic centre away from New York's Ground Zero, and may still reconsider.<br /><br />The burning had been planned to coincide with the ninth anniversary on Saturday of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. But Interpol, the Pentagon and others warned that such an act would provoke violent acts around the world by outraged Muslims.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Gainesville on the pastor who is showing no sign of being unnerved by the global backlash.<br /><br />[September 10, 2010]
