Koran Burning: Westboro Baptist Church Burns Korans and the American Flag
Pastor Terry Jones may have decided against burning Korans on 9/11 after he sparked global outrage, but that didn’t stop the Westboro Baptists. Amarnath Amarasingam on why the church burned a Koran—and the American flag—yesterday.
Shirley Phelps-Roper, left, a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Topeka, Kan., holds a protest sign outside an American soldier's funeral services in 2006. (Charlie Neibergall, File / AP Photo)
