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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)
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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 Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Robert Kunst, of Miami Beach, protests in front of 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. Kunst is against building a Mosque near Ground Zero in New York and is also against the burning of the Qurans. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)
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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center answers a few questions from reporters after news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Pakistani lawyers burn a U.S. flag while rallying in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Koran in Multan, Pakistan, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Rev. Terry Jones tells members of the media on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, that he plans to go forward with plans to burn copies of the Koran at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)
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Imam Muhammad Musri, of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, says he hopes Mr. Jones will change his mind.
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Associated Press photographs Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., arrives at a news conference with an armed escort Wednesday. Mr. Jones said of his plans to burn Korans on Saturday: "It is possibly time for us in a new way to stand up and confront terrorism."
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Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones said that he is going forward with a plan to burn copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Robert Kunst, of Miami Beach, sits with signs in front of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Church members there plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11. Kunst says he is against building a mosque near Ground Zero in New York and is also against the burning of the Qurans. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell)
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Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Wayne Sapp, right, an Associate Pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, armed with a pistol on his hip, escorts Imam Muhammed Musri, left, President of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, in the church to meet with Pastor Terry Jones in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
