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Jurors in Michigan have rejected the concept of a "dhimmi" status for Christians, ruling that four evangelists who went to an Arab festival not just to be present but to "change minds" did not commit a breach of peace as police had claimed. The word comes from the Thomas More Law Center, which defended the four Christians after they were charged for being at an Arab festival June 18 in Dearborn, Mich. The verdict came from a jury of six Dearborn residents late Friday, who concluded that Nabeel Qureshi, Paul Rezkalla, Negeen Mayel and David Wood were not guilty of...

(12 who gained fraudulent access still in country, 7 can't be found, FBI says) The former director of a festival celebrating Arab culture used his position to help nearly two dozen Jordanians enter the country illegally from 2000 to 2002, federal authorities charged Tuesday. Fraud Charges Quotable We're aggressively trying to find these people. - David Mitchell, FBI agent, discussing Jordanians who may be in the U.S. illegally. Since we are the Arab festival and this will be in the paper, they're going to say that all the Arabs are the same. That's what we're concerned about. That people will...