Michael Collins, pastor of University Lutheran and chaplain of Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Florida, Gainesville, stands in front of the church's sign, changed in September in response to a local congregation's plan to burn Korans.
"While we may not agree with the beliefs of Islam, there is nothing Christ-like in a blatant attack on their personhood or their belief; or in religious persecution," Collins told parishioners and students.
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