Looking Like Death in Dearborn

Terry Jones, Qur'an burner and guy who just will not stop, is planning a march on Dearborn, Michigan's Muslim heart of darkness, the so-called Arab Festival, which is not about Arabs but about Muslims. Jones is expecting some trouble when, on 17 June he and some of his followers make the march. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll watch them die. Ladies and gentlemen, it'll be the greatest show on earth. Or something.

Jones et al have a plan. It is this:

We are petitioning the United States Government with a Fivefold Plan to Save America and Create a Better World:

1. To demand Freedom of Speech, Civil and Human Rights from all Muslim / Koran governed countries or their immediate removal from the U.N.

2. The immediate halting of all Muslim immigration and the removal of all illegal aliens from the United States.

3. Monitoring of all mosques to assure that they are places of worship and not of Islamic propaganda.

4. Positions of authority and decision making in US embassies in Islamic countries to be held by non-Muslims.

5. The nationwide banning of sharia in the United States.

After our Rally we will be marching down to the Arab Festival where we will be entering the Arab Festival and speaking at their Free Speech Zone.

It has come to our attention that a counter protest is planned and there is expected to be thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people opposing our rally. We are requesting that the National Guard be called out to preserve our First Amendment Rights which allows us to peaceably assemble. This right should not only apply to us but also to the counter protesters.

Because of the amount of counter protesters expected and their extreme agenda we feel that it will be necessary to have the National Guard there in order to preserve our First Amendment Rights.

info@standupamericanow.org

THIS EVENT WILL BE LIVESTREAMED FROM:

THE STAND UP AMERICA NOW! USTREAM CHANNEL

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stand-up-america1

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"Stand Up America Now! at 2011 Arab Fest"

Missed Pro-America Rally in Dearborn; Shoots Daughter Instead

WARREN, Mich. — A Twin Cities man is accused of killing his 20-year-old stepdaughter in [the Detroit suburb of Warren,] Michigan because she left home and wasn't following Islam, police said Tuesday.

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Warren Police Detective Lt. Michael Torey ... said Mokdad had left her mother and stepfather to live with her father near Flint in Grand Blanc because she did not like their rules.

"He's a strict Muslim, she was more Americanized," Torey said.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_17981963?nclick_check=1

Full story at Jihad Watch.

Terry Jones press release w/ videos

Terry Jones was back in Dearborn, Michigan, and below he gives some details, including video links, showing what he encountered. Judge for yourself, of course.

News from Dr Terry Jones and Stand Up America Now!

The events in Dearborn the last weeks have opened the eyes of the nation to the threat of Islamic control here in America.

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On April 29th we came back and protested at the Dearborn City Hall, one of the "Free Speech Zones." We protested against out trial and the charges brought against us, against the Free Speech Zones, and the Peace Bond. We also spoke in support of the US Constitution, especially the importance of the First and Second Amendments.

There were approximately 125 supporters, many local supporters from Dearborn and other parts of Michigan, and some who drove from as far away as Chicago, New York and Florida. There were hundreds of counter protesters across the street. I spoke on the First Amendment, and the Constitution. My Assistant Wayne Sapp also spoke about radical Islam and the cowardliness of the Church. (Watch these speeches in the videos below.) As we spoke, the counter protesters shouted obscenities, threw shoes and bottles toward myself, Wayne Sapp and our supporters.

I carried my microphone and walked from the podium down to the barricades on our side of the street inviting everyone on both sides of the street to join me as I recited the Pledge of Allegiance. As I approached the barricades, approximately 300 counter protesters broke through their barricades crossing the street with moving traffic, attempting to attack me and our supporters.

Police immediately worked to push the counter protesters back, at the same time calling the Riot Police to the scene. Police were eventually able to get the counter protesters under control. I was escorted back to the podium where I finished my speech as planned.

We did some filming of the event. The raw video is posted on our Youtube channel, StandUpAmericaNow.

Here are the links to those videos:

VIDEO: Dr. Terry Jones PROTEST in front of Dearborn City Hall, Part I

VIDEO: Dr. Terry Jones PROTEST in front of Dearborn City Hall, Part II

VIDEO: Dr. Terry Jones PROTEST in front of Dearborn City Hall, Part III

VIDEO: Dr. Terry Jones PROTEST in front of Dearborn City Hall, FINAL Part IV


Here are links to some of Fox 2 Detroit and ABC Detroit's coverage:

Fox 2: Jury to decide on Pastor Terry Jones' Planned Mosque Protest

Fox 2: Pastor Terry Jones protest gets underway in Daerborn

ABC Detroit: Thomas More Law Center files appeal for Pastor Terry Jones


We will be back in Dearborn soon, protesting at the Islamic Center of America.

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This Sunday, May 8th, we will hold our first Texas Rally, in Amarillo TX, 3-6pm. ...

If you would like more information about this event, then please visit our web site Stand Up America Now! TEXAS RALLY

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Dr Terry Jones, Founder and President of Stand Up America Now

Email: info@standupamericanow.org

Dearborn comes out

Bin Laden is dead; and in Dearborn, Michigan, hundreds of Muslims were on the streets letting their emotions run wild!

"In Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit with a large Muslim and Arab population, a small crowd gathered outside the City Hall in celebration, many of them being of Middle Eastern descent."[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_death_of_Osama_bin_Laden

"The Dearborn celebration of about two dozen people was captured on video and posted to YouTube overnight."

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/Metro-Detroiters-and-local-Muslims-react-to-death-of-Osama-bin-Laden

Jessica Carreras and Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey, "Riot Police Respond as Counter-Protesters Storm Terry Jones' Demonstration." April 29, 2011

About 400 people gathered to protest Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones on Friday in Dearborn. At least two people were arrested.

In addition to the counter-protesters on the street, people yelled at Jones, honked their horns and gave him the finger as they drove by.

At least two people were arrested as counter-protesters to Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones stormed his demonstration in Dearborn Friday evening.

Jones spoke out both against Sharia Law as well as what he sees as the oppression of free speech in Dearborn.

Cars and semi-trucks driving by slowed down and honked their horns in support of the protest to Jones' speech, while some passengers leaned out of windows and sunroofs and yelled at Jones, giving him the middle finger.

http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/riot-police-respond-as-counter-protesters-storm-florida-pastor-terry-jones-demonstration#photo-5844415

"It's a special day for us to show Americans we are celebrating, we are united," said Ahmed Albedairy, 35, of Dearborn, who came to the U.S. from Iraq in 1996 and was one of about 20 people outside City Hall very early Monday. Dearborn is home to one of the nation's largest Arab and Muslim communities. Roughly one-third of the 100,000 residents trace their roots to the Middle East.

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Said one Muslim: "I think by seeing him out of our life gives us comfort. At least no big harm will come to the Muslim community in the U.S. from him or people like him."

Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Dearborn-residents-rejoice-at-bin-Laden-s-death-1361229.php#ixzz1LDjampAD

Terry Jones judged wrong kind of Christian

The judge in the Terry Jones/Dearborn, Michigan case has some history too, we see. He seems to be one of those Christians who preaches not just the Bible but also Muslim outreach. Don't like his message? Don't pass Go. He's already had a shot at Christians standing on a sidewalk during a Muslim festival in Dearborn. He's harassed to the point of lawsuits some of the women working in the court, and he is part of a larger chain of Methodist dhimmis who practice "outreach" with local Muslims. Other, less enlightened Christians, go to gaol if they cross him and his cross.

As chief judge of 19th District Court in Dearborn, Mark Somers has heard a number of high-profile, religious-based First Amendment cases during his time on the bench and is no stranger to controversy.

Somers, 52, was first elected to the court in 2002. He is serving his second, six-year term and his third term as chief judge.

Last summer, Somers presided over a trial involving four Christian missionaries accused of inciting a crowd while videotaping themselves evangelizing to Muslims at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn.

The missionaries were acquitted in September.

More: http://www.freep.com/article/20110423/NEWS05/104230444/Controversy-nothing-new-Dearborn-judge

No, it's not like Somers is anti-Christian. He is an active member of his own church. It seems that he just doesn't like churches that don't follow his particular line of belief. Cross his religious line and go to gaol. Or maybe only lose your job.

By: Bill Proctor

DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) - “Religion and the law make an uncomfortable mix," that’s the basis for years of complaints from attorneys and others who’ve appeared before Judge Mark Somers in Dearborn.

Now three lawsuits filed by current and former employees has heated up the battle to remove him from the bench for “preaching religion.” Former probation officer Simone Calvas was fired by Somers after her friends and coworkers Sharon Langen and Julie Pucci sent formal complaints to supervising judges and the State Supreme Court about Somers making religious references and quoting scripture from the bench. Langen was demoted, but Pucci was also fired after the Supreme Court’s regional administrator Deb Green chose to only accept Somers promise to stop the misconduct, and remove religious references from court documents.

With their reports, officials suggested their jobs would not be in jeopardy if Somers remained on the bench, but soon after he became Chief Judge of the 19th District, the women say they became targets.

“ What was going on in the court room was very bothersome to a lot of us,” Calvas told Action News. “There was religious connotations used from the bench…do you go to church, controlled substances or marijuana was referred to as Satan’s weed.”

“Basically, Ms Pucci and Ms. Langen complained about Judge Somers refusal to respect the separation of church and state,” said Calvas’ attorney James Fett. “You have other judges, Judge Hultgren, Judge Wyganic and Judge Sobatca all said my client did a fine job. And the only one who had a problem with my client was Judge Somers.”

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/dearborn-judge-under-fire-for-%22preaching-religion%22

It turns out that Terry Jones is the wrong kind of Christian for Judge Somers.

Religious leaders held a news conference Monday at Greater Mount Tabor Baptist Church on West Chicago and wore T-shirts that read “I Am American … I Am American … I AM American.”

“I would call on Terry Jones not to come to Dearborn,” said Imam Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America, at whose mosque Jones is planning to protest. “What he is doing is inciting hatred against Muslims. We do not think what he is doing is helping our community, our society or our country.”

Metro Detroit religious leaders plan prayer vigils Thursday and Friday to show solidarity against Jones. A prayer event is planned Thursday at the mosque, while another vigil is planned at the Ford Community Performing Arts Center in Dearborn on Friday before Jones’ protest.

The Rev. Edwin Rowe of Central United Methodist Church downtown urged religious leaders and others in Metro Detroit to speak out against Jones.

http://islamicspotlight.com/2011/04/good-friday-mosque-protest-may-spur-unrest-prosecutors-fear/

I confess that I can't tell the difference between one United Methodist Church from another. To me, it's all like a Monty Python skit. However, maybe there is something here that we can make sense of.

The [Somers] couple is active in the Dearborn First United Methodist Church.

http://www.cityofdearborn.org/government/courts/175-judge-somers

Terry Jones: "I'll be back."

Terry Jones is out of gaol and ready to try again this Friday up-coming to protest on the green across from America's largest Mosque, the one at Dearborn, Michigan. A judge has already tossed Jones and a friend in gaol for not playing the Dearborn dhimmi game, and still, Jones is coming back for more. It's not like he gets any great support for this. Instead, he gets the usual death threats, which is common for those who contradict Left dogma; the ACLu, acting as friends of the court in Jones' case of yesterday, likened him and his mates to Nazis marching in Skokie, Ill. I fail to see why Jones would put up with this, but that's the way it is. The press, as we expect, reviles him as a bigot, a racist who hates Muslims because they are somehow a race unto themselves, as if by becoming a Muslim one is suddenly transformed into a Arab, a trick eugenicists might like to learn. So far, only the Left knows how that works. Jones is ridiculed for having the tosh of the decade. He's slagged for wearing a leather jacket. There is pretty much an end to it only insofar as the Left has imagination, which is usually empty when they've finished with insults to another's intelligence. But what we never read is why Jones cares about free speech and why he is against Islam. He's going back to protest next week, but we don't really know why. We know that we support democracy and the right of people to live in peace, both of which, unbeknownst to our Left opposition, no doubt, Islam is against, according to Shari'a. We know these things and take them for granted as the good. We can assume that Jones feels much the same way we do. But we don't know. The press never bothers to explain what motivates Jones. All we get from the media is that Jones is a racist bigot who hates Muslims. That kind of automatic idiocy is what we expect from the media these days. It's not good enough for me, likely not good enough for most readers here. What makes Jones tick? Why is he willing to put up with all the flak? Why go back and risk more time in slam? Who is Terry Jones? All we know now is that he says,

"I'll be back."

A defiant Terry Jones says he plan s to protest next week at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn despite a judge's order that he stay from the mosque for three years. The Quran-burning pastor from Florida said his rights were violated Friday by a judge due to the influence of Islamic law.

"We plan to protest next week in front of the Islamic Center," Pastor Terry Jones said today.

"The arrests, the whole proceedings, were a definite violation of our Constitutional rights," Jones added. "As a matter of fact, we were arrested and had not even committed a crime. It is a complete violation of our First Amendment right of freedom of speech. It was clearly influenced by the mosque. "

Jones had wanted to protest Friday against jihad and sharia outside the Islamic Center on Friday, but was thwarted by authorities. The center is the largest mosque in metro Detroit, a region with a sizable Muslim population.

On Friday, Judge Mark Somers ordered that Jones and Pastor Wayne Sapp be remanded to jail after a jury determined they would be likely to breach the peace. In his decision Judge Somers set a $1 cash bond for Jones and Sapp, and also said Jones and Sapp could not go to the mosque or adjacent property for three years.

The only exception would be if the leadership of the mosque, such as its board, decided it would be ok for him to visit, Somers said.

Jones said that was an example of the influence of sharia, or Islamic law, in Dearborn.

"Sharia is much closer than we thought," Jones said. "The judge even made a statement, that if the mosque elders and leadership would have desired the restraints placed on us of not going near the mosque be lifted, then he would have taken that into consideration. Thus proving that this whole thing is a direct violation of freedom of speech and that they are favoring the religion of Islam."

Jones also questioned why he was allowed to protest at a free-speech zone in front of Dearborn City Hall, but not the mosque.

Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly Jr. said that he and his city fully support free speech, but added that the right is not absolute. It has to take into consideration the rights of others and public safety. He has said repeatedly that there is no sharia at all being practiced by Dearborn officials.

The mayor said Friday that police will take appropriate action if Jones decides to ignore the judge's orders to stay away from the mosque.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110423/NEWS02/110423012/Terry-Jones-Despite-judge-s-order-will-protest-mosque-next-week?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

PROTEST AGAINST THE DENIAL OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

Stand Up America Now! with Dr. Terry Jones will protest on the steps of the City Hall in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 5pm.

We invite every American who still believes in the freedom and rights that our Constitution guarantees to come and stand with us.

Thank you, Dr. Terry Jones

I'm starting to like this guy.

Americans in this culture would rather murder 1,000 people than see a Qur'an burnt, so Jones is jailed

Some American citizens think that burning a Qur'an is worse than murdering a thousand people, so Terry Jones should not be allowed to demonstrate in front of a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan. In fact, he is now in gaol.

Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad testified that Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini, who heads the Islamic Center, told him that for some members of his mosque, burning the Quran was considered a major crime. Qazwini expressed concern about how some young members of his mosque might react to Jones, Haddad testified.

Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Moran said in court that Qazwini talked about how some feel Quran-burning "is worse than more than 1,000 deaths. That's what the citizens of this society believe."

Moran used that as one reason why Jones should not be allowed to protest outside the Islamic Center, saying it would lead to a breach of the peace.

But in his closing arguments, Jones said that the fact that such a view about Quran-burning concerns him, raising questions about Islam and violence, he said.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110422/NEWS02/110422036/Some-Muslims-call-Quran-burning-worse-than-1-000-deaths-police-chief-testifies

Jones is bailed. That's not good enough. It's an outrage that he had to do more than simply pick up a permit and go on his way to demonstrate. But this is Obama's Left dhimmi fascist America now. We're all going to be in jail if this continues. America will be a prison.

DETROIT (WXYZ) - Controversial Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones was taken to the Wayne County Jail, in Detroit, Michigan, after refusing to post a $1 peace bond.

However, someone posted the bond on his behalf not long after he was taken into custody.

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/WXYZ_quran-burning-pastor-terry-jones-to-arrive-in-metro-detroit-today1303519556227

Up-date:

Terry Jones was jailed briefly today in Dearborn, Michigan after refusing to pay a $1.00 bond-- and refusing to agree not to exercise his rights to free speech. It's not about the buck. You'd have to dig hard to find that in the mainstream media. Here's more, thanks to HRW at Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

Pastor seeking to protest at mosque briefly jailed

By COREY WILLIAMS
Associated Press

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- A Florida pastor's planned demonstration outside a Michigan mosque was scuttled Friday after a jury determined the protest would constitute a breach of the peace and he was briefly jailed for refusing to pay what authorities called a "peace bond."

The Rev. Terry Jones, whose past rhetoric against Muslims has inflamed anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, said he refused to pay the $1 bond because to do so would violate his freedom of speech. He later paid it and was released.

Jones had planned a demonstration Friday evening outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit that is home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the nation. An estimated 30,000 people in Dearborn, about a third of the city's population, trace their roots to the Middle East.

Prosecutors worry that someone, who knows who, might get violent against Jones if he were allowed to demonstrate against violent Islam. It's Jones' fault if Muslims get violent, so Jones goes to jail for refusing to co-operate in his banishment.

Prosecutors worried the protest would lead to violence and asked Dearborn District Judge Mark Somers to intervene. Somers conducted a one-day jury trial to determine whether Jones would pose a threat to peace. They did, and Somers then ordered Jones and an associate to post the bond to ostensibly cover the costs of police protection.

While largely symbolic, the bond also came with conditions that included a prohibition on Jones from going to the mosque or the adjacent property for three years.

Somers said he spoke to the jury after they reached their verdict and they told him they were concerned with the "time, place and manner and not the content of the speech."

That place would be America, last time I checked.

But Robert Sedler, a constitutional law professor at Wayne State University, called the entire proceedings unconstitutional. He said the U.S. Supreme Court has found that it's the job of the police to protect speakers at such events and said it is unconstitutional to require protesters to post a bond for police protection.

"What basis did the state have for arguing that they would breach the peace?" Sedler said. "It's a matter of First Amendment requirement: The government can't stop a speaker from speaking because of danger from a hostile crowd."

The state law allowing a judge to require a bond "for preservation of public peace" originally dates to 1846. As recently as 1999, the state Court of Appeals upheld it as constitutional in a case involving feuding neighbors who sought peace bonds against each other.

More: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ISLAMIC_LAW_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-22-21-43-39

Jones Jailed.

The story as reported in this source is that Jones is jailed. He could be looking at three years, which we shouldn't dismiss, given that Obama's Department of Justice is headed by a leftist ideologue who likely would laugh to find Jones gaoled. Bad news for free speech in America. Here's some of a report from Reuters:

Bernie Woodall

DEARBORN, Michigan | Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:55pm EDT

DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - A controversial Florida pastor was jailed on Friday after a Michigan court determined that his planned demonstration outside a mosque was likely to provoke violence and he refused to pay a $1 bond.

Terry Jones, 59, was sent to the county jail in Detroit after he declined to meet the terms of a ruling by District Judge Mark Somers in an apparent protest.

Somers had ordered Jones and a supporter, Wayne Sapp, to each pay $1 under the terms of an order that would have also barred them from the Islamic Center of America mosque and nearby public property for three years.

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When Somers asked if he was prepared to meet the terms of the $1 bond, Jones said, "No."

Prosecutors, who had sought a $25,000 bond for both Sapp and Jones, said they could be jailed for up to three years if they declined to pay the $1 bond in protest.

"I strongly voice my disagreement with the ruling," said Sapp, 42, when asked by Somers if he had any comment on the ruling. "The peace bond is to prohibit free speech."

Sapp was also ordered to jail.

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Dearborn police had denied Jones's request and asked him to protest instead in a "free speech zone" in front of one of the city buildings.

But Jones, who represented himself in court on Friday, argued that violated his free speech rights.

"The First Amendment is only valid if it allows us to say what other people may not like," Jones told jurors. "Otherwise, we do not need the First Amendment."

The American Civil Liberties Union agreed, saying police had overstepped by trying to force Jones to post a "peace bond" that could hold him financially responsible for police protection.

The civil rights group filed a motion asking District Judge Mark Somers to dismiss the case.

Somers, who had ruled in favor of prosecutors before the trial, declined to do so.

"It is unconstitutional to put a price on free speech in anticipation that the speech may not be welcome by others," said Rana Elmir, a spokeswoman for the ACLU.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-protest-mosque-idUSTRE73K8ID20110422

Looks like he was ready for this. I wasn't:

On his way into the courtroom, Jones told local news outlet WJBK-TV that the protest -- scheduled for 5:00pm local time -- would go ahead regardless of what the jury decides.

"We will protest, yes. We will definitely risk that possibility [of going to jail]. We feel that this whole free speech zone, this peace bond, we feel that it is definitely unconstitutional," he said.

He added that, "One thing about freedom of speech ... it is only freedom of speech when it allows me to tell you what you do not like."

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/florida-pastor-terry-jones-ready-to-risk-jail-term-in-mosque-protest-dpgonc-20110422-to_12876693

“Dearborn is a diverse, safe and unified city....

Dearborn is not a Shari'a enclave in America. We know this because Christians, Jews, and Muslims are all holding hands and saying so.

Look at this. It's proof:

Four Christians were arrested and thrown out of a public Arab festival in Michigan – and at least two people claim a crowd cheered “Allahu akbar!” while the Christians were led away in handcuffs for doing nothing more than engaging in peaceful dialogue and videotaping the event.

Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood, Paul Rezkalla and 18-year-old Negeen Mayel attended the 15th annual Dearborn Arab International Festival on June 18 in Dearborn, Mich., where an estimated 30,000 of the city’s 98,000 residents are Muslim.

The American Arab Chamber of Commerce announced the event was expected to draw “over 300,000 people from across the country, Canada and the Middle East.” The festival covers 14 blocks and is free and open to the public.

http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/christians-arrested-at-muslim-festival-in-dearborn/

See?

Whoops. Well, let's see what Dearborn is like.

According to dhimmi Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly:

“Dearborn is a diverse, safe and unified city that is addressing its future in a proactive manner. We cherish the American Dream that brought so many people here during the last century to earn a decent wage and enjoy a high quality of life thanks to Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company,” the letter said. “And for Dearborn, our success and our identity is tied to welcoming people of all backgrounds who have chosen to make America, and our community, their home. We are proud to have welcomed them.”

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City officials denied Jones a protest permit for the event, citing concerns about a riot breaking out and about access for parishioners heading to Good Friday worship services at any of the four Christian churches that neighbor Islamic Center on Altar Road.

Furthermore, the Wayne County prosecutor filed a complaint to prevent a criminal act against Jones and his followers in Dearborn’s 19th District Court.

The prosecutor’s complaint sought to have Jones post a peace bond, which is cash or surety posted by a defendant to guarantee that they [JONES!] would not bother or threaten another person. Jones and his assistant, Wayne Sapp, both refused to post the bond and a jury trial began Friday.

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http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2011/04/22/news/doc4db1cdefe3524510143384.txt

Jones is told to post a hundred thousand dollar bond to ensure he won't attack Muslims. If we believe that, let's believe Islam is a religion of peace. Yeah, that's not a Shari'a enclave. It's Mainstreet, Michigan.

Detroit Riot Police to Protect Muslims from Insults. Or something.

Dearborn, Michigan prepares for Terry Jones and co. protesting on the grass across from America's largest mosque. Why the riot police? Don't Americans have the right to protest just about anything that suits them to protest? Why are Detroit riot police out in force? Why should the Religion of Peace meeting a handful of demonstrators on the lawn across the street be this serious?

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'We'll do it today at 5 or we'll come back next week'

Earlier, after an intense debate in court this morning over free speech and religion, Pastor Terry Jones said that he's not backing down from his plans to protest at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn.

Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad testified today that there have been at least four serious threats made against Jones from metro Detroiters, arguing that his protest could lead to violence if allowed.

But Jones told the Free Press during his lunch break: "We'll do it today at 5 or we'll come back next week."

Speaking at a McDonald's restaurant down the street from the courthouse, Jones -- who's defending himself -- said he thought the proceedings are going well. And he said the government's case was weak.

As he spoke, someone drove down Michigan Avenue yelling "Get out of Dearborn, you terrorist!"

Jones is facing a jury trial today on whether he should be allowed to protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn.

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In his opening statement, Jones repeated negative comments about Islam that he made last month when he oversaw the burning of the Quran in Florida. He said in court today that the Quran "promotes terrorist activities around the world."

He also strongly defended the U.S. Constitution.

"The one thing that makes the Constitution great is the First Amendment," Jones said to the jury.

Except for the Bible, the Constitution is the greatest document in history, Jones said.

"The 1st Amendment does us no good if it confines us to saying what is popular," he added.

More: http://www.freep.com/article/20110422/NEWS02/110422014/Dearborn-jury-deliberates-Terry-Jones-right-rally-mosque?odyssey=mod|mostview

Terry Jones meets State obstructions on Lenin's birthday

Terry Jones, Qur'an burning pastor from Florida, is going to be out on the green sometime today in Dearborn, Michigan to demonstrate for American freedom. He's dealing with some State-constructed obstacles.

Demonstration Against Sharia and Jihad

On Friday, April 22, 2011 from 5pm to 8pm

In front of America's Largest Mosque:
The Islamic Center of America
19500 Ford Road, Dearborn, MI

The STAND UP AMERICA NOW! DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LOCATED directly south of the Islamic Center, on the public grassy area between Altar Road and Ford Road

Here is the press release:

Today is our second day in court concerning our permit to protest, to exercise our First Amendment Rights.

We expressed very clearly yesterday, and will express this morning, that these prolonged court proceedings is a further attempt to try to stop us from exercising our First Amendment Rights.

They were, of course, not able to stop us by denying us the permit. They were not able to stop us by trying to institute some type of a "peace bond".

Now, the tactics are to prolong the court proceedings in order to somehow stop us from our planned protest.

This is State intimidation of citizens in favour of a select and approved in-group, i.e. Muslims in Dearborn, over Americans per se. It is wrong and anti-American to treat Jones this way. Like him or not, this is just dead wrong. Permit or no permit, I am cheering Jones' demonstration.

Seeing a man standing up to Red fascism in Dearborn is a good thing. Go, Jones.

And yes, things have changed since I was a church-goer. Then, some while ago, it must be, I, and all other men and boys, wore suits and ties. What doesn't change, one thing that never goes out of style, is our struggle for freedom. For that one sometimes has to dress down a bit. Or a lot....

Terry Jones, Banned in Dearborn?

Terry Jones, the guy in Florida who burnt a Qur'an, is back in the news, this time because he and his mates are going to hold a rally in Dearborn, Michigan.

Or are they? Is that still allowed in America? He's a Christian, after all, and Dearborn is basically a Muslim city, like it or not. It means that Muslims might well turn to violence against an American citizen who demonstrates against them in public. Muslims might kill Jones and those who attend a rally with him. Solution? Ban Jones et al from demonstrating. We call it the rule of law.

Prosecutors Seek to Stop Rally Outside Dearborn Mosque by Florida Pastor

Concerned about a potential outbreak of violence, Wayne County prosecutors have filed a complaint in court that seeks to compel Florida pastor Terry Jones — who oversaw the burning of a Quran last month — not to rally outside an Islamic center in Dearborn this week.

Jones told the Free Press he intends to come to Dearborn this Friday with others to protest against sharia and jihad, Islamic ideas that he said threaten the U.S.

But Dearborn police and Wayne County prosecutors are trying to convince him that showing up at the Islamic Center of America would endanger his life and public peace. In the court filing, prosecutors and Dearborn police note that Jones has received numerous death threats and a $1.2 million bounty on his head by leaders of Jamaat-ud Dawa, a cover organization for the Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.

Filed Friday in 19th district court in Dearborn, prosecutors say that if Jones shows up outside the center, “the greatest danger is the likelihood of a riot ensuing complete with the discharge of firearms.”

The court action, considered rare, is called in the filing a “verified complaint to institute proceedings to prevent crime.”

Dearborn and Wayne County authorities also note that Friday happens to be Good Friday and that the Islamic Center is next to several churches. And so if Jones and his followers were to protest, they argue, it could create enormous problems for Christian worshippers to enter and leave the churches for Good Friday services.

A spokesperson for Terry Jones was not immediately available to comment today, but Jones has told the Free Press he wants to come to Dearborn to help preserve the U.S. Constitution and ensure that Islam does not dominate non-Muslims.

Also today, a group of religious leaders, Christian and Muslim, gathered at Greater Mt. Tabor Baptist Church in Detroit, to ask Jones not to visit Dearborn.

“He’s an impostor of the Christian religion,” said Rev. Charles E. Williams, pastor of the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit.

http://loganswarning.com/2011/04/18/prosecutors-seek-to-stop-rally-outside-dearborn-mosque-by-florida-pastor/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Loganswarning+%28Loganswarning%29

More here on Detroit, leading city in the late great state of Michigan:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/leaving_detroit.html

It's the world of Obama in the flesh. Here's the musical version from-- Gasp!-- over 40 years ago.

As I recall, this video is from the Sixties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLTFZgy7fbk

A letter from Terry Jones

A group of fifteen year old girls had another girl backed into a doorway on the street as they taunted her and berated her because she was wearing blue jeans and blue tennis shoes with white stripes.

The girl was close to tears. No, she was actually crying. I heard a couple of the girls going on about her shoes, and I looked and saw the other girls had white tennis shoes with blue stripes. All the conformists in the group, regardless of their own positions in the pecking order, had a chance to pick on the girl with the reverse colour clothing. For just a moment there was someone other than themselves who was lower, someone they could pick on rather than being the losers they are the rest of the time.

I got a letter from Terry Jones et al. Today the gang of school girls of Left group-think are bitching about the style of the Jones' church shoes. I think I find myself standing with Jones and his own just because the group-think kiddies make me sick. And beyond that, I won't back down anyway, because it is everyone's right to walk in the shoes they choose. Some will bitch, but that's how life is. One breaks out of the pressure group formed to intimidate and humiliate, and one goes on. Bullies and thugs make me sick.

Go, Jones! Burn that Qur'an, and who cares what the thugs say about it!

Since Judge the Koran Day, we have been dealing with hundreds of negative mails and calls a day and many requests from media.

We have now over 400 domestic and international death threats that law enforcement agencies seem to be ignoring, although we were asked to pass them all on, and have done so.

Our tech experts and firewalls have been fighting off massive cyber attacks from every continent. We are winning!

Our insurance is, once again, to be cancelled.

Our own government has condemned us and is considering criminalizing free speech, selling out our Constitution to coddle the OIC and the UN.

But we are not going away. We are not going into hiding. They will have to knock us all off to stop us! We are doing this for our country, for the nations and people of the world, oppressed under the lies and violence of Islam. It means more to us than our lives.

Come and support us in Dearborn, MI, April 22, in front of the largest mosque in America, where we join OOTD of Michigan and protest Sharia and Jihad, the oppression and violence of Islam. This mosque supports Hamas, Hezbullah, and their backers in Iran. We stand with Israel. Bring any signs and flags you like.

You can continue to support us through our websites:
doveworld.org
and
standupamericanow.org
where you can sign up for our newsletter, see our events, press releases and articles, and connect with us on facebook and twitter

Thank you, also, for your prayers.
God Bless you, your families and businesses.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Terry Jones, Founder and President of Stand Up America Now.

Wayne Sapp, Assistant Director of Stand Up America Now

Pastor Luke Jones, Dove World Outreach Center

and all of us here who stand with our leaders.

info@standupamericanow.org

352 371 2487

Terry Jones goes to Dearborn, Michigan's Largest Mosque

On Lenin's birthday (b. 1870) this year we will have the pleasure of witnessing, most of us from afar, the following event:


Dearborn, Michigan
PRESS CONFERENCE,
April 22, 2011

We understand that there have been some questions as to whether or not we are actually coming to Dearborn, Michigan on April 22nd. We want to make that clear so that there are no misunderstandings.

We will definitely be in Dearborn, Michigan, and will stand
in front of America's Largest Mosque:
The Islamic Center of America
19500 Ford Road, Dearborn, MI

on Friday, April 22

We will hold a PRESS CONFERENCE at 5:00pm across the road from the mosque. We will be talking about jihad, sharia, and the radicalization of Moslems in America. Participating with us, will be Ahmed Abaza, of The Truth TV.

info@standupamericanow.org [Copy and paste to connect.]

If you are not celebrating Lenin's birthday, passing on the cake and ice-cream and red flag-waving and Party favours, you might care instead to follow this event instead.

U.S. Govt. officials upset over Qur'an burning

"I for one will not be dictated to by people who have yet to learn the mysteries of the shoelace."

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/03/pakistan-two-more-christians-killed-churches-burned-as-muslims-respond-to-florida-quran-burning.html#comment-772061

"Pakistan: Two more Christians killed, churches burned as Muslims respond to Florida Qur'an burning," Jihad Watch. 28 March 2011.

Two were Christians were just killed outside a church in Pakistan last week, and now two more have been killed because a Qur'an was burned in Florida.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/03/pakistan-two-more-christians-killed-churches-burned-as-muslims-respond-to-florida-quran-burning.html

That was last week or so. Now the death toll has gone up, Muslims killing over Pastor Terry Jones of Florida having burnt a Qur'an. Those causing the trouble aren't folks in Florida: they are savages who haven't come so far as to learn how to use a fork at dinner time. They eat with their hands. Well, one hand. They use the other to wipe their butts. What's to like about Islam?

Roger Kimball has a fairly OK and short essay at the link:

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/04/04/terry-jones-and-preemptive-capitulation/?singlepage=true