The planned mass burning of copies of the Koran in the US state of Florida drew worldwide condemnation Wednesday, with the Vatican saying it would be "an outrageous and grave gesture''.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the most senior US official to speak out against the burning scheduled for the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, branded the plan by a little known evangelical church as "disgraceful''.
EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton roundly condemned the planned act, while Arab League chief Amr Mussa dubbed the church leader Pastor Terry Jones a "fanatic'' and told AFP he was urging Americans to oppose the "destructive approach''.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
