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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/man-held-in-koran-burning-inquiry.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A man has been arrested after a Koran was allegedly burned in Carlisle city centre" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-man-held-in-koran-burning-inquiry.jpg" alt="A man has been arrested after a Koran was allegedly burned in Carlisle city centre"/></a></p>
<p>A man has been arrested after a Koran was allegedly burned during an anti-Islamic rant, police have said.</p>
<p>He was reported to have stood on a street in Carlisle city centre on Wednesday making pronouncements against the Muslim religion in front of a large crowd.</p>
<p>The man is then alleged to have set fire to the Koran he was holding before discarding it on the floor and hurrying away. Officers arrived at the scene a short time later and are now investigating.</p>
<p>A spokesman for Cumbria Constabulary confirmed that a 32-year-old man has been arrested.</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;Just after midday on Wednesday, police received reports that a Koran was being burned by a man in Carlisle city centre. Police have seized the remains of the book and a 32-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour. The man remains in police custody where he is helping officers with their inquiries.&#8221;</p>
<p>The incident came as controversial American preacher Pastor Terry Jones said he was disappointed to be barred from the United Kingdom, calling his exclusion from the country &#8220;unfair&#8221;.</p>
<p>The preacher sparked outrage when he announced plans by his Florida-based church to burn copies of the Koran to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America.</p>
<p>Pastor Jones had accepted an invitation to speak to a group called England Is Ours next month.</p>
<p>Speaking after the Home Office announced it would not allow him to enter the UK, he insisted he was not against Muslims or Islam, only the &#8220;radical element of Islam&#8221;.</p>
<p>A Home Office spokesman said: &#8220;The Government opposes extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded Pastor Terry Jones from the UK. Coming to the UK is a privilege, not a right, and we are not willing to allow entry to those whose presence is not conducive to the public good.&#8221;</p>
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