City Of Dearborn Apologizes for Arresting Christians

[thereisnospoon]

CITY OF DEARBORN APOLOGIZES FOR ARRESTING CHRISTIANS AT 2010 ARAB FESTIVAL; SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LAWSUIT

Detroit, Michigan (May 6, 2012) — After more than two years of intense motion practice and discovery, the City of Dearborn has agreed to enter into a settlement that includes a public apology for arresting several Christian missionaries who were peacefully preaching to Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in 2010. The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, is representing Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood, and Paul Rezkalla, who were thrown in jail on June 18, 2010, and charged with “breach of the peace” for their free speech activity.

In September 2010, Robert Muise, AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel, represented the Christians during a five-day criminal trial. At the end of the trial, the Christians were acquitted by a unanimous jury verdict. Following the acquittals, fellow AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi and Muise filed a 100-page, civil rights lawsuit against the City, its mayor, John B. O’Reilly, its chief of police, Ronald Haddad, 17 City police officers, and two executives from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce on behalf Qureshi, Wood, and Rezkalla. The lawsuit was later amended to add the Arab Chamber as a defendant. The civil rights complaint alleged that the Christians’ constitutional rights were egregiously violated during the Arab festival.
Just this past week, the City agreed to enter into a settlement, which includes a public apology that will be posted on the City’s website for three years; the removal from the City’s website of a press release and letter from the mayor that contained derogatory comments about the Christians; and a payment to the Christians, the amount of which is confidential. The legal claims against the Arab Chamber defendants will proceed.
The City’s public apology states as follows:


On June 18, 2010, David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi (co-founders of Acts 17 Apologetics) and Paul Rezkalla were arrested by Dearborn police officers at the Dearborn Arab International Festival (“Arab Festival”), while they were engaging in a peaceful dialogue about their Christian faith with several festival attendees. Wood, Qureshi, and Rezkalla were subsequently charged with breach of peace, a misdemeanor offense.
The decision to arrest these individuals was based in part on information provided to the Dearborn police by Arab Festival attendees, workers, and volunteers. When all of the information—including the video captured by Wood, Qureshi, and Rezkalla—was presented to a Dearborn jury, the jury found that these individuals were not guilty of the criminal offense of breach of peace.
The City of Dearborn regrets and apologizes for the decisions to arrest and prosecute David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi, and Paul Rezkalla and the hardship caused to everyone involved.
Through this apology and its acceptance by David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi, and Paul Rezkalla, the parties seek to build a bridge and to confirm to the community that members of all faiths are welcome in Dearborn to peacefully share their views and to engage in religious discussions.

VICTORY! CITY OF DEARBORN APOLOGIZES FOR ARRESTING CHRISTIANS AT 2010 ARAB FESTIVAL; SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LAWSUIT « vineoflife.net

You can't trespass at a public event. The festival is on a blocked of public street, next year they'll be moving it to a park.

Dearborn is essentially an Arab run city. Christians need not apply.
What I find amazing is how libs will spin this into "the evil Christian bible freaks were attempting to convert the peace loving Muslims"..
In this PC lib age, Christians should be barred from even MENTIONING to other anything about their religion. Yet the PC libs will make excuses for Islamo Fascist terror attacks on innocent people.

 

[TemplarKormac]

We've all seen them and listened to them.

They're hard to miss. Particularly when they keep showing up butchered by their loving families.

There are American women raped, beaten, or murdered, every minute of every day 24/7/365 in the good ole USA

But let's focus on the muslims in foreign countries.

So you try to justify your barbarism with ours?

HEY LIBERALS! MUSLIMS HATE WOMEN TOO!!!

 

[thereisnospoon]

So tresspassing and annoying people is okay?

So when will you let me come into your Church and let me do my "Jesus was a Myth" presentation?

One cannot be charged for trespass at an event open to the general public. Try again.

 

[OldUSAFSniper]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!

I absolutely DETEST the Westboro Baptist church idiots, but in the name of heaven people they have a right to speak. Whether you like it or not. The patriot riders (God Bless each and every one of these guys) keep the idiots separated and out of view.

Perhaps the Muslims in Dearborn need some type of patriot riders?

You want speech surpressed, you want to take away my right to bear arms and heaven knows what else. 1984...

 

[thereisnospoon]

So tresspassing and annoying people is okay?

So when will you let me come into your Church and let me do my "Jesus was a Myth" presentation?

Uh, can you give me an example in this case where they were trespassing? Just one? How does handing out the Gospel of John or standing OUTSIDE of the festival constitute "trespassing"?

No man is turned away from the house of God.. well that's how it works in mine. Joe, stop being a freaking bigot. You know, you get your right to hate, I get my right to worship and proclaim the faith. The First Amendment used to mean something in this country, now people like you come up and try to strip it away from people because of your hatred of them.

Did you not recognize the inherent hypocrisy here? Arabs have a Muslim themed festival, nobody arrested. Christian missionaries quietly demonstrate outside, and are summarily arrested. So, why aren't you saying anything about the Muslims/Arabs, Joe?

Oh that's right, I can't hear you over the sound of how bigoted you are.

Joe B is spewing more ignorant statements based on his irrational hatred towards those who are not like him

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I believe there isn't a muslim woman alive who wouldn't like to get out from under Sharia Law but lacks the resources or ability to get out.

Obviously, you don't know any muslim women or you wouldn't make such an ignorant statement. ..

The only ignorance I see is coming from you. You just accused someone of being envious for your religion allowing wife beating. You are sick.

 

[thereisnospoon]

So tresspassing and annoying people is okay?

So when will you let me come into your Church and let me do my "Jesus was a Myth" presentation?

Uh, can you give me an example in this case where they were trespassing? Just one? How does handing out the Gospel of John or standing OUTSIDE of the festival constitute "trespassing"?

No man is turned away from the house of God.. well that's how it works in mine. Joe, stop being a freaking bigot. You know, you get you right to hate, I get my right to worship and proclaim the faith. The First Amendment used to mean something in this country, now people like you come up and try to strip it away from people because of your hatred of them.

Did you not recognize the inherent hypocrisy here? Arabs have a Muslim themed festival, nobody arrested. Christian missionaries quietly demonstrate outside, and are summarily arrested. So, why aren't you saying anything about the Muslims/Arabs, Joe?

Oh that's right, I can't hear you over the sound of how bigoted you are.

By the logic of what you just posted, what Fred Phelps and his bunch of nutters are doing is just fine, too. They aren't "trespassing". They are on public property being assholes.

If I went outside your church and started handing out atheist literature, that would be pretty douchey behavior, and so is going outside an islamic festival and handing out christian propaganda.

Maybe arresting people was an overreaction. But the douchy behavior was the proximate cause here.

That is the difference between people such as your intolerant self and the rest of us.
If people wish to educate others about their beliefs in front of another's house of worship, that is their right.
Because of your intolerance, you view this as 'acting like an asshole'...
Again, you have represented your side well in expressing such intolerance.

 

[koshergrl]

CITY OF DEARBORN APOLOGIZES FOR ARRESTING CHRISTIANS AT 2010 ARAB FESTIVAL; SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LAWSUIT

Detroit, Michigan (May 6, 2012) — After more than two years of intense motion practice and discovery, the City of Dearborn has agreed to enter into a settlement that includes a public apology for arresting several Christian missionaries who were peacefully preaching to Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in 2010. The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, is representing Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood, and Paul Rezkalla, who were thrown in jail on June 18, 2010, and charged with “breach of the peace” for their free speech activity.

In September 2010, Robert Muise, AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel, represented the Christians during a five-day criminal trial. At the end of the trial, the Christians were acquitted by a unanimous jury verdict. Following the acquittals, fellow AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi and Muise filed a 100-page, civil rights lawsuit against the City, its mayor, John B. O’Reilly, its chief of police, Ronald Haddad, 17 City police officers, and two executives from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce on behalf Qureshi, Wood, and Rezkalla. The lawsuit was later amended to add the Arab Chamber as a defendant. The civil rights complaint alleged that the Christians’ constitutional rights were egregiously violated during the Arab festival.
Just this past week, the City agreed to enter into a settlement, which includes a public apology that will be posted on the City’s website for three years; the removal from the City’s website of a press release and letter from the mayor that contained derogatory comments about the Christians; and a payment to the Christians, the amount of which is confidential. The legal claims against the Arab Chamber defendants will proceed.
The City’s public apology states as follows:


On June 18, 2010, David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi (co-founders of Acts 17 Apologetics) and Paul Rezkalla were arrested by Dearborn police officers at the Dearborn Arab International Festival (“Arab Festival”), while they were engaging in a peaceful dialogue about their Christian faith with several festival attendees. Wood, Qureshi, and Rezkalla were subsequently charged with breach of peace, a misdemeanor offense.
The decision to arrest these individuals was based in part on information provided to the Dearborn police by Arab Festival attendees, workers, and volunteers. When all of the information—including the video captured by Wood, Qureshi, and Rezkalla—was presented to a Dearborn jury, the jury found that these individuals were not guilty of the criminal offense of breach of peace.
The City of Dearborn regrets and apologizes for the decisions to arrest and prosecute David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi, and Paul Rezkalla and the hardship caused to everyone involved.
Through this apology and its acceptance by David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi, and Paul Rezkalla, the parties seek to build a bridge and to confirm to the community that members of all faiths are welcome in Dearborn to peacefully share their views and to engage in religious discussions.

VICTORY! CITY OF DEARBORN APOLOGIZES FOR ARRESTING CHRISTIANS AT 2010 ARAB FESTIVAL; SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LAWSUIT « vineoflife.net

You can't trespass at a public event. The festival is on a blocked of public street, next year they'll be moving it to a park.

Dearborn is essentially an Arab run city. Christians need not apply.
What I find amazing is how libs will spin this into "the evil Christian bible freaks were attempting to convert the peace loving Muslims"..
In this PC lib age, Christians should be barred from even MENTIONING to other anything about their religion. Yet the PC libs will make excuses for Islamo Fascist terror attacks on innocent people.

And they justify IMPRISONMENT of Christians, in the US, by psycho Islamic pigs...who had to pay a settlement AND issue an unequivocal apology, after the so-called "case" they had against the Christians was thrown out of the court.

 

[CMike]

We've all seen them and listened to them.

They're hard to miss. Particularly when they keep showing up butchered by their loving families.

There are American women raped, beaten, or murdered, every minute of every day 24/7/365 in the good ole USA

But let's focus on the muslims in foreign countries.

The difference is that Muslim leaders promote wife beating.

 

[there4eyeM]

It is always surprising that someone can go from a purely faith-base religion that rests entirely on choosing to believe in certain scriptures, stories and testimonies, such as Christianity does, to go to another that is the same. How do they know one is false and the other true? If the first is false, is it false because it is based on hearsay, but the second isn't false although only propped up the same way?

Now, if it is a question of personal conviction, there's no arguing. That is subjective and not open to debate. Figuring out the first is 'wrong' and the second 'correct' is incorrect use of language. Saying one chooses the second and has chosen not to pursue the first is all an honest people can say. They certainly have no right to insist that others in the first faith follow them to the second.

 

[JoeB131]

Even without America, Israel shall stand. It is the G-d of Israel that protects Israel not the abilities of any man.

Yes, it reminds me of the story of Samson and his wife.......

You see, Samsons wife thought he would not be able to stand against the Philistines. She gave them the answer to Samsons riddle because if she didn't they had threatened to burn down her families home. She was intimidated. Her family was intimidated. So rather than trust that the G-d of Israel was behind Samsons power she sold him out. Granted Samson wasn't a perfect man. He had some flaws. Still the LORD was with him and she made a mistake by looking at the numbers rather than his G-d. ( Samson was seriously outnumbered )

Now lets fast forward to the 21st century. Israel is outnumbered. The philistines are determined to wipe her out yet the G-d of Israel who neither sleeps nor slumbers watches over His people. We have those in our government, our Pentagon, our Military who believe like Samsons wife that continuing to stand with "Samson" is a bad idea and should come to a halt immediately. They see Israel is outnumbered and believe her days are numbered because like Samsons wife they are blind to the true reason behind Israels strength. It is her G-d that is her strength. One day soon, like Samsons wife, these men will realise ( albeit too late ) they were striving against G-d and not man.

- Jeremiah

Actually, guy, funny you should mention that. Samson didn't have some flaws. He was a complete psychopath. But he was also typical for characters in the Book of Judges, which included Jephthah butchering his own daughter on a foolish oath or Abimelech murdering his 69 brothers. The point of Judges is that the Israelites had become a fallen people and needed a King to lead them.

Eventually, Israel will be wiped off the map because the jews aren't having babies and are leaving and the Arabs are. Demographics are not Israel's friend.

And good riddance when it happens. Maybe people will stop believing in Sky Pixies. But more likely, they will just do what the people who wrote the book of judges did and blame themselves....

 

[JoeB131]

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That is the difference between people such as your intolerant self and the rest of us.
If people wish to educate others about their beliefs in front of another's house of worship, that is their right.
Because of your intolerance, you view this as 'acting like an asshole'...
Again, you have represented your side well in expressing such intolerance.

Again- the thing was.

THEY WEREN'T INVITED TO THIS FESTIVAL.

They were intruding on someone else's good time.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Even without America, Israel shall stand. It is the G-d of Israel that protects Israel not the abilities of any man.

Yes, it reminds me of the story of Samson and his wife.......

You see, Samsons wife thought he would not be able to stand against the Philistines. She gave them the answer to Samsons riddle because if she didn't they had threatened to burn down her families home. She was intimidated. Her family was intimidated. So rather than trust that the G-d of Israel was behind Samsons power she sold him out. Granted Samson wasn't a perfect man. He had some flaws. Still the LORD was with him and she made a mistake by looking at the numbers rather than his G-d. ( Samson was seriously outnumbered )

Now lets fast forward to the 21st century. Israel is outnumbered. The philistines are determined to wipe her out yet the G-d of Israel who neither sleeps nor slumbers watches over His people. We have those in our government, our Pentagon, our Military who believe like Samsons wife that continuing to stand with "Samson" is a bad idea and should come to a halt immediately. They see Israel is outnumbered and believe her days are numbered because like Samsons wife they are blind to the true reason behind Israels strength. It is her G-d that is her strength. One day soon, like Samsons wife, these men will realise ( albeit too late ) they were striving against G-d and not man.

- Jeremiah

Actually, guy, funny you should mention that. Samson didn't have some flaws. He was a complete psychopath. But he was also typical for characters in the Book of Judges, which included Jephthah butchering his own daughter on a foolish oath or Abimelech murdering his 69 brothers. The point of Judges is that the Israelites had become a fallen people and needed a King to lead them.

Eventually, Israel will be wiped off the map because the jews aren't having babies and are leaving and the Arabs are. Demographics are not Israel's friend.

And good riddance when it happens. Maybe people will stop believing in Sky Pixies. But more likely, they will just do what the people who wrote the book of judges did and blame themselves....

This might happen to Isreal, might not. I agree with your observations about demographics, but I detest your celebration of a nations demise. You probably feel the same about the USA too but are too much of a fucking coawrd to openly admit it.

BTW, fuck you, you piece of shyte.

 

[JoeB131]

[

This might happen to Isreal, might not. I agree with your observations about demographics, but I detest your celebration of a nations demise. You probably feel the same about the USA too but are too much of a fucking coawrd to openly admit it.

BTW, fuck you, you piece of shyte.

Well, America's demise will be because we let a few big corporations buy our government, and stupid religious rubes like you let them do it.

But, yeah, Israel is beyond reprehensible. It practices religous apartheid. It's like an abused child that's become big enough to beat up on someone else.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Even without America, Israel shall stand. It is the G-d of Israel that protects Israel not the abilities of any man.

Yes, it reminds me of the story of Samson and his wife.......

You see, Samsons wife thought he would not be able to stand against the Philistines. She gave them the answer to Samsons riddle because if she didn't they had threatened to burn down her families home. She was intimidated. Her family was intimidated. So rather than trust that the G-d of Israel was behind Samsons power she sold him out. Granted Samson wasn't a perfect man. He had some flaws. Still the LORD was with him and she made a mistake by looking at the numbers rather than his G-d. ( Samson was seriously outnumbered )

Now lets fast forward to the 21st century. Israel is outnumbered. The philistines are determined to wipe her out yet the G-d of Israel who neither sleeps nor slumbers watches over His people. We have those in our government, our Pentagon, our Military who believe like Samsons wife that continuing to stand with "Samson" is a bad idea and should come to a halt immediately. They see Israel is outnumbered and believe her days are numbered because like Samsons wife they are blind to the true reason behind Israels strength. It is her G-d that is her strength. One day soon, like Samsons wife, these men will realise ( albeit too late ) they were striving against G-d and not man.

- Jeremiah

Actually, guy, funny you should mention that. Samson didn't have some flaws. He was a complete psychopath. But he was also typical for characters in the Book of Judges, which included Jephthah butchering his own daughter on a foolish oath or Abimelech murdering his 69 brothers. The point of Judges is that the Israelites had become a fallen people and needed a King to lead them.

Eventually, Israel will be wiped off the map because the jews aren't having babies and are leaving and the Arabs are. Demographics are not Israel's friend.

And good riddance when it happens. Maybe people will stop believing in Sky Pixies. But more likely, they will just do what the people who wrote the book of judges did and blame themselves....

You have an utterly twisted interpretation of holy scripture going on there, Joe. Having a reprobate mind ( as you most certainly do ) is clearly the problem but as you are under a curse ( for cursing Israel among other things) I'd expect you to be as miserable as you do appear to be. To be clear - you are not spiritually worthy to untie Samsons sandals - got it?

-Jeri

 

[CMike]

[

This might happen to Isreal, might not. I agree with your observations about demographics, but I detest your celebration of a nations demise. You probably feel the same about the USA too but are too much of a fucking coawrd to openly admit it.

BTW, fuck you, you piece of shyte.

Well, America's demise will be because we let a few big corporations buy our government, and stupid religious rubes like you let them do it.

But, yeah, Israel is beyond reprehensible. It practices religous apartheid. It's like an abused child that's become big enough to beat up on someone else.

That is utterly rediculous.

There are more than six million Israeli arab citizens, with the vast majority of them being muslim. They are also represented in the Israeli parliament.

The Status of Israeli Arabs

Yanno, if the arab settelers in Judea and Samaria managed to get their own country within Israel, how many jews would they let stay there?

Zero.

If anything Israel has been far too restrained.

 

[Jarlaxle]

The Arab Festival is a just a family event with carnival rides for kids and plenty of food plus entertainment.

These harassing Christians are no different than the Westboro Church people who picket military funerals.

But since it's muslims, and not soldiers funerals, many here support the rabid protesters. ..

I support EVERYONE'S right to protest. Yes, even yours.

 

[Jarlaxle]

It's going to take one or two more decades but this kind of harassment against muslins will be legislated as a "hate crime".

And people like these hate filled christian protesters would go to jail.

And again, the truth comes out: like most Muslims, you are a wanna-be tyrant who demands the death of anyone unwilling to worship your psychotic pedophile mohammed.

 

[Jarlaxle]

People like you make so angry.. and I can't believe there are 1.6 billion of you.

And exponentially increasing in numbers every day.

All the more reason to treat Islam like any other cancer: a dose of RADIATION therapy.

 

[TemplarKormac]

People like you make so angry.. and I can't believe there are 1.6 billion of you.

And exponentially increasing in numbers every day.

All the more reason to treat Islam like any other cancer: a dose of RADIATION therapy.

lol