Religion_Belief

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FILE - This Tuesday Aug. 26, 2008 picture shows Sir Salman Rushdie in front of central London's High Court. "The Satanic Verses" author is not a great fan of organized worship but believes an Islamic center and mosque should be permitted two blocks from ground zero. Rushdie's satirical novel led in the 1980s to worldwide riots by Muslims and calls for his death. He said in an interview Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 that he understands the "sensitivities" of building the site close to where thousands were killed during on Sept. 11, 2001. But he says First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religion should be honored. He adds that he is "not personally" a lover of mosques or any place of worship. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Masked Kashmiri protesters display the victory sign during a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. Scarf reads "Allah is great," top, and "There is no God but Allah and Prophet Mohammad is his messenger," bottom. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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An elderly Kashmiri Muslim cries as he offers Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. The mostly Muslim region has seen near-daily anti-government demonstrations and clashes between protesters and security forces in the past three months which has claimed dozens of lives. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri protesters beat the remains of an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama after burning it during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri protesters lift burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri protesters beat the remains of an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama after burning it during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A young Kashmiri boy shouts slogans during a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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**FILE** Pakistani lawyers burn a U.S. flag while rallying in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Sept. 9, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Co-founder Hatem Bazian (front) and co-founder and Chairman of the Board Shakir Yusuf pray at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Calif. Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near the former World Trade Center, the new Islamic college opened its doors with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim American leaders. (Associated Press)

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In this April 23, 2010 file photo, Belgium's Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, left, and commission chairman Peter Adriaenssens address the media in Brussels about the sexually abuse of a Bishop. A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, file)

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Fashion from Christian Siriano Spring 2011 collection is modeled Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rev. Terry Jones is joined by Muslim Imam Muhammad Musri, as Mr. Jones announces Thursday that his Gainesville, Fla., church won't burn Korans on Saturday. He is now reconsidering.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Michael D. Crapo, Idaho Republican, addresses a group of brewers, farmers and concerned citizens in his state about a tax relief bill for small breweries. Mr. Crapo is a Mormon but says he won't impose his religious beliefs on others.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rev. Terry Jones tells members of the media he plans to go forward with plans to burn Qurans at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Church members there plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11.

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An Iraqi policeman stands guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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A Pakistani protester shouts slogans during a rally in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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The Rev. Hani Aziz, right, speaks of the one God of Muslim and Christian beliefs, during a statement Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, to journalists delivered with Muslim cleric Sheikh Salah bin Yousuf al-Jowder, left, at the National Evangelical Church in Manama, Bahrain. The men denounced a Florida preacher's planned Sept. 11 Quran-burning, as a "detestable act." (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant church in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Iraqi policemen stand guard outside Evangelical Protestant churchin Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. There are fears of a backlash against Christians in predominantly Muslim countries. Canon Andrew White, the chaplain of an Anglican church in Baghdad, said the Iraqi military had warned him that his church had been threatened. Security was beefed up around the Church of Virgin Mary in central Baghdad on Thursday, with military vehicles blocking the entrance to the church and more soldiers were deployed to guard it. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Pakistani protesters rally in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)