Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to stop a Florida church that said it will burn copies of the Quran, a presidential spokesman told CNN Thursday.
The letter urged Obama "to ensure that this hideous act is not carried out," said Teuku Faizasyah, a presidential spokesman.
Indonesia is concerned that the burning of the Muslim holy book would incite hardline Muslims in Indonesia and around the world, the spokesman said.
"It's a very dangerous situation and we are very concerned," the spokesman said.
A hardline Indonesian Muslim group, the Islamic Defenders Front, told CNN it will protest the planned burning and will issue a death sentence on Rev. Terry Jones, if he carries out his plan.
"This is not a problem between Muslims and Christians but rather between Terry Jones and mankind," said Sabri Lubis, a secretary general with the group.
Jones, the head of a small church in Gainesville, Florida, says he will go ahead with plans to burn Qurans on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Jones' plan comes amid increased pressure and warnings that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans worldwide.
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