LONDON (Reuters) - An American Christian preacher who caused global uproar by threatening to burn the Koran has been barred from visiting Britain, the British government said on Wednesday.
Florida Pastor Terry Jones, whose threat to burn Islam's holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks last year provoked widespread condemnation, had been invited by a group that is critical of Islamic immigration into Britain.
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