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Terry Jones: Allan Einstoss

Freedom Of Speech Dept: TORONTO -- An anti-Muslim American pastor who earned an international reputation after burning copies of the Islamic holy text has been denied entry into Canada hours before he was to speak at a free-speech rally in Toronto, organizers said Thursday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Einstoss decried the decision to keep Jones from attending a multifaith debate on freedom of speech, which was slated to take place in front of the Ontario legislature Thursday evening and the Associated Press archives Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center was to speak at a Toronto rally. CP Allan Einstoss said Terry Jones was turned back at the Michigan-Ontario border after being held for several hours. Jones was told he was barred from entering the country when officials could not verify whether he had a criminal record in the U.S., he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.