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TMLC: July 12 Arraignment of 4 Christian Missionaries Arrested at the Dearborn, Mich Arab Festival
Thomas More Law Center ^ | July 08, 2010 | (no annotation)

Posted on 07/08/2010 8:52:59 AM PDT by Gene Eric

People - D. Wood arrestANN ARBOR, MI – The arraignment of four Christian missionaries on criminal charges will take place on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. in the 19th Judicial District Court located at 16077 Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, Michigan. This is the next step in what has been described as police enforcement of Sharia law in a city dominated by a large Muslim population.

To the jeers and shouts of “Allah Akbar” by the Muslim crowd, the four Christian missionaries were arrested and thrown in jail on June 18, 2010 by Dearborn Police officers at the Annual Arab International Festival held in Dearborn.  One of the arrested missionaries was Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, MD, who was engaged in peaceful dialogue with several Muslim youths.  The other three missionaries, who were merely videotaping the conversation, had their cameras and other equipment illegally seized before police arrested them as well. 

Police refused requests by the missionaries to view the video at the scene of their arrest, which the missionaries claimed would completely exonerate them of any wrongdoing. 

The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan is representing all of the Christian missionaries.  Because District Judge Mark W. Somers required that all four defendants personally appear before him for the arraignment, the Law Center assisted with the costs of their travel from different parts of the country.


The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life. It supports a strong national defense and an independent and sovereign United States of America. It does not charge for its services.

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TOPICS: Government; Religion
KEYWORDS: christian; dearborn; persecution; sharia
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Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, added, "Not all police officers approve of the way their department treated these Christians."

Any similar cases to this one in American history?
1 posted on 07/08/2010 8:53:06 AM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Gene Eric

Islam needs to be wiped off the face of the earth and sent back to Hell where it originated.


2 posted on 07/08/2010 8:54:18 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: Gene Eric

Arab muslims will suffer a lot of misery in the U.S. if this crap isn’t stopped.


3 posted on 07/08/2010 9:00:08 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversdun)
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To: Gene Eric

Arab muslims will suffer a lot of misery in the U.S. if this crap isn’t stopped.


4 posted on 07/08/2010 9:00:21 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversdun)
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To: Gene Eric

Stage 1:
Start immigrating - move into a country quietly

Stage 2:
Begin starting churches: “learning centers”
community helps: food etc.

Stage 3:
Political activism: demanding rights, denounce
derogatory comments/press etc.

Stage 4:
Get elected, pass laws favoring rights etc. move toward
political majority

Stage 5:
Political control, Sharia Law


5 posted on 07/08/2010 9:01:44 AM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: Gene Eric

I wonder how many of these folks in Dearborn fled Iraq and were admitted to this country claiming to be persecuted Christians?


6 posted on 07/08/2010 9:03:05 AM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: Gene Eric

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, added, “Not all police officers approve of the way their department treated these Christians.”

“Just doing my job” wasn’t good enough for the Nazi guards. Good police need to stand up.


7 posted on 07/08/2010 9:06:21 AM PDT by freedomfiter2
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To: Gene Eric

What were the charges? I read it twice but I guess I missed that.


9 posted on 07/08/2010 9:08:59 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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What were the charges?

Not being Muslim.

10 posted on 07/08/2010 9:11:49 AM PDT by mockingbyrd (Remember in November.)
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To: Gene Eric

Christians should show up en masse and quietly, peacefully, prayfully stand in solidarity with the missionaries in the courtroom and surrounding the entire courthouse throughout the entire proceeding.....

WHERE are the Christians in Michigan on this? WILL THEY BE THERE? WILL they STAND with these saints?!


11 posted on 07/08/2010 9:15:31 AM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Gene Eric

Islam is not compatible with Western values and culture. They are a threat to our freedom and we allow this virus to continue to grow on our soild at our peril.

As far as I’m concerned the entire Western World...the US included...should outlaw the practice of islam as a matter of self defense. Islam is not a religion, per se, it’s a total, unified, political, cultural, economic, and judicial code of life that is completely at odds and opposed to our western heritage. I’m not saying kick all muslims out. I’m saying treat islam the same way that islam threats Christianity. Close all mosques and outlaw their existence on National Security grounds.


12 posted on 07/08/2010 9:21:32 AM PDT by pgkdan (I'm a monthly donor...you can be one too!)
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To: brytlea

Breach of Peace and 1 was charged with failure to obey a police order. Except for 1 it sounds like it was Arabs reaching out to Muslims.


13 posted on 07/08/2010 9:30:08 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: hgro
Arab muslims will suffer a lot of misery in the U.S. if this crap isn’t stopped.

Muslims have all but taken over the US, according to data from 2008, which I'm still analyzing. Fresh data show, if anything, the process accelerating. Find my post on islamic centers a while back.

It's probably now too far along to stop. In practice, you are at sharia law.

14 posted on 07/08/2010 9:41:16 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: F15Eagle

The saddest part is that the missionaries are just trying to
introduce them to a real living God through Jesus Christ and save their souls, what is the muslim intent, submission to a demon spirit that they respect because they are not free to think for themselves.
Islam will be thrown in the pit with Satan..also known as allah..


15 posted on 07/08/2010 9:44:11 AM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: thethirddegree; hgro; svcw; MSF BU; freedomfiter2; F15Eagle; brytlea; mockingbyrd; ...

Thanks for your comments. I don’t have much to add to what we already know.


16 posted on 07/08/2010 9:48:01 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Hardraade

Muslims have all but taken over the US, according to data from 2008, which I’m still analyzing. Fresh data show, if anything, the process accelerating. Find my post on islamic centers a while back.

It’s probably now too far along to stop. In practice, you are at sharia law.
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Not in Texas and it will never happen here!!!!


17 posted on 07/08/2010 9:50:16 AM PDT by ForAmerica (Conservative Christian Black Man!)
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To: Gene Eric

If they are actually going through with trials maybe a conviction will bring about actual stoning. That would be an eye-opener.


19 posted on 07/08/2010 10:27:12 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson" to have your econ arguments effortlessly to hand.)
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To: thethirddegree

The Islamic War started with Mohammed and will end when there are no more Moslems or when all are Moslem. There will be times of remission but they will only constitute hiatus. The War resumes when the Moslems have resources sufficient to carry on. Oil money now provides those resources.


20 posted on 07/08/2010 10:29:50 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson" to have your econ arguments effortlessly to hand.)
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