Via Hot Air, the sorta-crazy Florida pastor Terry Jones, who is best known for his burning of a Koran just weeks ago, was convicted of breach of peace by a Detroit court earlier this week. The jury found that Jones was likely to incite violence by way of his protesting:

At the start of Friday’s trial, prosecutors presented their arguments before the jury. They argued that a protest outside the mosque would pose a significant safety issue. They also argued that there is concern from authorities that someone may get hurt.

The violence of concern was not anything that would have been committed by Jones or associates, but by the members of the mosque he was to protest. Prosecutors were worried that the mosque members would get angry and create a mob, potentially hurting someone.| MORE ›

The best part of the crisis in Iran, is that extremists and fundamentalists everywhere are panicking. They thought that the Iranian regime would remain in place for years, perhaps decades to come. Tehran has been supporting them – think of Hizbullah, Hamas but also dozens of other fundamentalist and extremist* organizations, newspapers, groups, etc.| MORE ›

Think Progress reports that Al Jazeera aired an interesting report of Christian members of the U.S. military trying to convert Afghans. They had many Bibles in Pashto and Dari, the languages of Afghanistan, with them, seemingly in order to give them to Afghans.

US military rules are clear about ‘proselytizing’: it is not allowed. American soldiers represent their country, not their God.| MORE ›

200 mosques in Saudi Arabia were built in the wrong direction.

NIO (Dutch Islamic Network) reports (via) that several mosques in Saudi Arabia were built wrongly. Muslims have to pray towards the ka’aba, the black stone (/building). There is an image of a door or gate in every mosque that shows believers where the ka’aba is – they all line up behind it and pray in its direction.| MORE ›

Pope Benedict held an open-air mass in the Arab country of Jordan today. A massive crowd listened to him.

Thousands of Jordanians have joined Pope Benedict XVI for an open-air Mass in a football stadium, on the third day of his Middle East tour.

The crowd, in the capital Amman, included hundreds of children waving flags of Jordan and the Vatican.| MORE ›

Hot Air notices the publication of a poll showing that 67% of Catholics approve of the job President Obama is currently doing. The conservative blog’s AllahPundit argues that this once again shows that many Catholics do not adhere to the Church’s basic teachings. Catholic readers of HA respond angrily to the poll, arguing that these ‘Catholics’ who approve of Obama are not Catholics at all.| MORE ›