(CNN) -- Governments, world leaders and others were responding Friday to a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, even amid confusion over whether it would go ahead. The Rev. Terry Jones, the head of a small church in Gainesville, called off the burning Thursday but later said he would "rethink" his position after a meeting with a local imam. Here's a sampling of global reaction: Hamas leader Ismail Haniya called Jones a "religious criminal" and a "retard that expresses a Western-retarded mentality" that targets the Quran, Islam and Muslims. Speaking in Gaza at the start of the Eid holiday, Haniya said, "I call upon God the merciful, if they want to rip the Quran, for God to rip them apart and their state and make them an example for the believers."
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NEW: Turkish prime minister says Florida pastor should "test himself regarding Islamophobia"
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Sporadic protests against the burning take place in Afghanistan
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Israeli prime minister says the burning undermines religious tolerance
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says burning will not damage the Quran
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