This story should alarm Christians all over America.
It all started a few years ago with pro-life free bubble zones where pro-lifers weren’t allowed to discuss abortion with people going into an abortion clinic. But that was only the start. Now heavily Muslim Dearborn Michigan apparently has “Jesus free” zones.
Powerline reports:
Police in the heavily Arab Detroit suburb of Dearborn say they arrested four Christian missionaries for disorderly conduct at an Arab cultural festival… The “disorderly conduct” consisted of handing out copies of the Gospel of John outside the festival.
The problem with the disorderly conduct charge is that the protestors videotaped the kerfuffle and it shows absolutely ZERO disorderly conduct…
View the video and continue reading at the National Catholic Register>>>
June 24, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Ha ha ha. Dirty cops hate the Christians. Also, if (when) the libertarian wing of the republicans take over the party, all "public" streets will be privatized, and the unwanted element will be starved to death in their legal residence or mercifully put down by doctor cops. Enclosure and eminent domain strike again.
June 24, 2010 at 8:01 pm
And now we see why laws are being passed to forbid videotaping
on-duty police. I believe Maryland just passed such a law. Such
video can be awfully inconvenient…
June 24, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Disorderly conduct is also being used on the homeless, so say the advocacy group:"Picture the Homeless"….see june 15, 2010 new york daily news:"We are not criminals,homeless new yorkers tell cops in protest outside NYPD headquarters.
June 25, 2010 at 4:41 pm
wait, wait, wait a minute…there's a FIVE BLOCK bubble zone for the Muslim Festival? That's the "rule" as it was explained to the cameraman? I'd like to see that one in print somewhere. I'd also like to see some sort of statement from the police dept on the incident, and any court papers filed. This is ridiculous!
June 25, 2010 at 4:49 pm
also interesting to note is that at first, they completely ignore the Muslim-looking young man, with the keffiyeh around his neck.
June 26, 2010 at 4:45 am
First of all, this happened last year. You guys are a little late in the game on covering this. Second, I have met both David and Nabil. They are NOT nice people. They are the "Michael Moore"s of the Fundie Set. They are provocateurs, liars and frauds and use creative editing to suit their agenda.
While I am absolutely the LAST person to defend Mohammedans or their wayward supporters, let me shed some light on what happened, contrary to their markeing spin: 1) they went into the festival looking for an excuse to proseletyze. There were other legitimate Christian groups there (2 Lebanese Maronite churches sponsored kiosks) and there were 3 Christian entertainers, so this was not a "Muslim Event" regardless of how David and Nabil wanted to make it out this way. 2) the organizers did not allow proseletyzing by Mohammedans OR Christians and each group had their own designated areas/kiosks where they could hand out pamphlets, literature, t-shirts etc. 3) None of the fundies were arrested. They were detained by the police ON SITE at the festival for being a nuisance (and they are a nuisance, if nothing else) and told to keep away 5 blocks from the festival, which they disobeyed.
It may surprise you to know there are far more Christian Arabs in the US than Mohammedans. The organizers of the Arab Festival did not want any sectarian issues, which is why they made the rules very clear, which these Fundies disobeyed. In short, you guys are backing the wrong horse here.
July 27, 2010 at 3:14 pm
America, you will down if you close your eyes !