Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center, a church in Florida, US threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the '9/11' destruction of the World Trade Centre in 2001.
This was a clear case of MisLeadership and widely condemned, not only by Muslim leaders but The Vatican, Obama administration, Nato and many other commentators. The US Attorney General went as far as to call it "idiotic and dangerous".
One wonders which element of Dove, World and Outreach Pastor Jones felt his intended actions would have progressed - this was Misguided Leadership.
There will always be people with idiotic and dangerous views and our main concern here is the publicity they can gain in the media, which both gives the views an air of respectability and popularity - the Dove World Outreach Centre has a congregation of 50 but their pastor's views are now known to billions - and is extremely tempting for a person who wants to gain such publicity for their cause or personal notoriety. Machiavellian Leadership.
The temptation to ridicule the Pastor is high but those doing so must accept much of the blame for any retaliation that takes place. Misguided Leadership again.
Even this blog adds fuel to the fire. Our purpose is different, but is that a valid excuse?
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