Radical Florida Pastor Faces IRS Troubles over Business Activities
A controversial Florida church whose pastor is known for his intemperate attacks on Islam and gay people is facing a series of Internal Revenue Service liens that total more than $100,000.
Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville attracted worldwide media attention in fall of 2010 when its pastor, Terry Jones, announced that he would publicly burn a Quran. Jones was in the media again more recently when he was tied to the makers of an anti-Islamic film that sparked riots in Egypt and a fatal attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya.
Jones is known to Americans United for another reason: In March of 2010, Americans United asked the IRS to investigate Dove World Outreach …
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Article title: Radical Florida Pastor Faces IRS Troubles over Business Activities.
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Church & State.
Volume: 65.
Issue: 10
Publication date: November 2012.
Page number: 16.
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