Controversial Pastor to Run for US President
Jones who is avowedly “anti-Obama,” and described as a “fringe front-runner” in the race, made headlines in 2010 when he declared his intention to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, drawing criticism around the world.
When Jones announced his plans to hold an “International Burn a Quran Day,” he faced major pressure from world leaders to call off the event.
This week in an interview with a television channel Jones said, “I believe most all politicians are politicians… They’re not telling the American people the truth. I’m running for president. Vote for me.”
Although he told reporters that he was “pretty devastated by the condition of America, the moral condition, the spiritual condition, the economical condition,” he admitted that winning would require “some type of major miracle.”
Reports quoted Samir Khatib, Spokesperson for the Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton in Florida, saying that the idea of Jones running for president was laughable.
“Warmonger. Hatemonger. He hates people. To even think of becoming the president of [the US] is an insult to the American people,” Mr. Khatib said.
Jones received no academic degree but was given an honorary degree from the unaccredited California Graduate School of Theology in 1983, which sought to disassociate itself from him during the 2010 Quran burning controversy.
Source: RT
