LAHORE - An alliance of religious parties declared here on Wednesday they would hold demonstrations across the country on Friday to protest against a Florida churchs pastors plan to burn the Holy Quran on Sept 11, the day New Yorks World Trade Centre was attacked nine years ago. Leaders of the Tehrik-i-Hurmat-i-Rasool, or the Movement for the preservation of the honour of Holy Prophet (PBUH), alleged the United States was backing the pastor, and in case the unholy plan was not dropped 'nobody would be able to guarantee peace in the world. The move, they warned, would ignite the kind of fire which the Christians could not even imagine. The announcement regarding Fridays protests was made jointly by the THR leaders including Maulana Amir Hamza, Hafiz Akif Saeed, Allama Ahmed Ali Kasuri, Allama Zubair Ahmed Zaheer, Dr Farid Paracha, Maulana Muhammad Shafi Josh, Hafiz Abdul Ghafffar Ropri, Maulana Amjad Khan, Syed Nau Behar Shah, Allama Ghazanfar Ali Kararvi, Qari Muhammad Yaqub, Maulana Saifuddin Saif, Maulana Muhammad Yousaf Ahrar, Hafiz Khalid Waleed and Maulana Muhammad Asim Makhdoom. Lahore Bishop Alexander John Malik said a news conference in the provincial metropolis the pastor was a fanatic, already disowned by the entire Christian community. He condemned his plan and said the Muslims should not take it as the one backed by the Christians. The THR leaders urged the Islamic countries to close down the embassies of the states whose nationals had published cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). All expediencies should be set aside for the sake of the honour of the last Prophet (PBUH), they said. They said every Muslim would work to preserve the honour of the Prophet (PBUH) and become Ghazi Ilmdin Shaheed, a Muslim who had killed a Hindu for using derogatory language for the Prophet (PBUH).