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US pastor Terry Jones: "We have agreed to cancel our event"
The US pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday says his plans are not cancelled but "on hold".
A spokesman for pastor Terry Jones said he felt he had been lied to by an imam who had got him to drop the plan.
Mr Jones initially told reporters imam Muhammad Musri had said an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero would be moved.
But Mr Musri later said no such deal had been reached.
Mr Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, which has fewer than 50 members, had named Saturday "International Burn a Koran Day".
But at a news conference on Thursday, he said he was now dropping the plans and urged his supporters to do the same.
Mr Musri, from the Islamic Society of Central Florida, said he had agreed that he and Mr Jones should fly to New York on Saturday and speak with the leaders of the Islamic centre project.
But later on Thursday, the imam said Mr Jones had "stretched his words" when he held a news conference.
The imam in charge of the Islamic centre in New York, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said he had not talked to Mr Jones, or Mr Musri about the issue.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
US pastor Terry Jones: "We have agreed to cancel our event"
The US pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday says his plans are not cancelled but "on hold".
A spokesman for pastor Terry Jones said he felt he had been lied to by an imam who had got him to drop the plan.
Mr Jones initially told reporters imam Muhammad Musri had said an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero would be moved.
But Mr Musri later said no such deal had been reached.
Mr Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, which has fewer than 50 members, had named Saturday "International Burn a Koran Day".
But at a news conference on Thursday, he said he was now dropping the plans and urged his supporters to do the same.
Mr Musri, from the Islamic Society of Central Florida, said he had agreed that he and Mr Jones should fly to New York on Saturday and speak with the leaders of the Islamic centre project.
But later on Thursday, the imam said Mr Jones had "stretched his words" when he held a news conference.
The imam in charge of the Islamic centre in New York, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said he had not talked to Mr Jones, or Mr Musri about the issue.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.