It would be a generally bad idea for Terry Jones, the Florida pastor most famous for burning Korans and being a generally terrible human being, to vacation in Egypt right about now. Because he would die.
You can imagine what an angry Egyptian mob might do to anti-Muslim U.S. pastor Terry Jones , but you don't have to imagine what an angry Egyptian legal system would do.
One lone stringer for the AFP covered the provacateur's stunt last month
Protests over the pastor's actions enter their third day
Hundreds took to the streets of Taliban-stronghold Kandahar
A heated debate surfaces after an Afghan protest over Koran burning turns deadly
As many feared, the "Ground Zero Mosque" hysterics have consequences
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