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| Terry Jones to lead rally at Dearborn city hall |
| 2011-06-17 |
| Florida Pastor Terry Jones says he will bring a message of "welcome and warning" as he prepares for an afternoon rally at Dearborn City Hall, and his crew will be live streaming the spectacle for your viewing pleasure. Jones plans to unveil his "five-fold plan to save America and create a better world," which includes the decidedly unwelcoming suggestiong to ban Muslim immigration in the United States, before marching to the Arab International Festival. Speaking this morning on WJR-AM 760, Jones acknowledged his march may set off a reaction, disclosing that his return to Dearborn is part of a nationwide campaign targeting heavily-populated Muslim areas. He told guest host John McCulloch, "I do realize it is somewhat provacative. We definitely have no intentions -- we ourselves will not be in any means violent. We felt that it was just important to go beyond the steps of City Hall." Mayor Jack O'Reilly has encouraged the local community to ignore Jones' return visit, proposing he intends to "bait and anger," but the non-religious activist group By Any Means Necessary is planning another large counter-protest. "We would of course see ourselves as more of a peacemaker. We realize what we do does strir the pot, but that's probably actually the only way to get things done," said Jones. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 Detroit News online 1707 today: Dearborn— Terry Jones, the Quran-burning controversial Florida pastor, was swept up by police this afternoon and driven away from an increasingly angry crowd as he tried to march from City Hall to the Dearborn Arab International Festival. Following the confrontation, police and festival officials said Jones will not be attending the festival, as had been planned for weeks. It is not known if he decided against going or if police are prohibiting him. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-17 19:46 |
| #3 About the group ByAny Means Necessary |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-06-17 19:43 |
| #2 Back up the accusation of "slave labor". And keep in mind that the people he's confronting support actual slavery as being their right ordained by Allah. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2011-06-17 18:34 |
| #1 Huh? He has less than 4 dozen followers back home, and he lacks tax exempt status because he uses slave labor in a furniture store that supports the church. He's no Pied Piper. |
| Posted by: Whock Darling of the Welsh2846 2011-06-17 18:16 |