Derek Fenton Fired From His Job

Derek Fenton is the protester who burned pages from Quran outside the mosque near Ground Zero has been fired from NJ Transit according to the authorities. His 11 year career at the agency came into trouble after his photographs appeared in newspapers where he was found ripping pages from holy Quran and burning them.

39 year old Fenton of Bloomingdale, N.J burned the book while protesting on ninth anniversary of 9/11 attacks on United States, he burned them outside Park 51. According to sources he was inspired by the Florida Pastor Terry Jones who planned to burn Quran that day but he changed his plans later.

New Jersey Transit code of ethics were violated by this action from Mr. Fenton. An agency statement said,

“NJ Transit concluded that Mr. Fenton violated his trust as a state employee and therefore [he] was dismissed.”