( CNN ) -- An armed Christian organization , Right Wing Extreme , will protect a church that is planning to host an `` International Burn a Quran Day '' on September 11 , the church 's pastor said Tuesday . The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville , Florida , says it is hosting the event to remember 9/11 victims and to take a stand against Islam . With promotions on its website and Facebook page , the nondenominational church invites Christians to burn the Muslim holy book . Dove 's Facebook page , set up for the September event , has nearly 6,000 fans . The initiative has also drawn critics . Dove World Outreach Center Pastor Terry Jones has accepted the support of Right Wing Extreme , which he said offered to come to the church with between 500 and 2,000 men on September 11 . He described the organization as an armed civilian militia group . `` There is a need for this protection . It is absolutely necessary in light of the death and terror threats we have received , '' Jones said in an e-mail to CNN . `` We have met with the FBI who have warned us of the threats they have seen , not only against us but against other targets in Florida . We have personally received threats by phone and many by mail , '' he said . No one from Right Wing Extreme was immediately available to comment on Tuesday . But in a statement sent to CNN by the Dove World Outreach Center , Right Wing Extreme founder Shannon Carson said : `` We fully support Dove World Outreach Center and its efforts to put an end to the notion that Islam is a peaceful religion . Islam is a violent cult with the goal of world domination . '' Muslims and many other Christians , including some evangelicals , are fighting the church 's plan to burn the Quran . Religious leaders in Gainesville have planned an event billed as a `` Gathering for Peace , Understanding and Hope '' on September 10 , in response to the church 's proposal . The Islamic advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on Muslims and others to host `` Share the Quran '' dinners to educate the public . In a statement , the group said it would give out 100,000 copies of the Quran to local , state and national leaders . Separately , Jones has proposed a meeting with Abdul Rauf , the imam at the center of the controversial proposal to build a mosque and Islamic center near New York 's ground zero . The meeting would be meant to negotiate a `` peaceful resolution , '' said a statement from Dove World Outreach Center on Tuesday .
The Right Wing Extreme is described as an armed Christian organization . The organization says Islam is a `` violent cult '' The group will provide protection for `` International Burn a Quran Day '' on September 11 .