A small man from a small church in the US State of Florida is planning on burning a paperback copy of the Koran, which he likely purchased at his local bookstore.
His actions are protected by the freedom of speech and freedom of religion clauses of the US Constitution.
The US Constitution protects all speech and also protects all actions that are meant to make a political point (such as burning the flag, burning draft cards, and burning bras). The US Constitution protects all religions, even religions that believe some people are aliens from another galaxy.
We in the US believe that a country's course of action can only be correctly determined if everyone has the right to say what they think and to vote as they please.
Now, a small man from a small church is getting his 15 minutes of fame by insulting Islam by burning a paperback copy of the Koran. (Andy Warhol, the pop artist, once famously said that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. Now we use "15 minutes of fame" to describe a person who so wants to be famous that the person will do anything to become famous even for a little while.)
If anyone anywhere protests the actions of this small man from a small church, the small man will get an hour of fame, and lots of people who want to be famous may do what he did.
If you want to stop the small man from a small church from insulting Islam, you should hire an expensive excellent attorney and sue the small man from the small church. You may not win your lawsuit, but you will certainly cost the small man and the small church a lot of money in legal fees.
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