Posted on 06/22/2010 9:29:06 AM PDT by TaraP
Four Christians were arrested and thrown out of a public Arab festival in Michigan – and at least two people claim a crowd cheered "Allahu Akbar!" while the Christians were led away in handcuffs for doing nothing more than engaging in peaceful dialogue and videotaping the event.
Nabeel Qureshi, David Wood, Paul Rezkalla and 18-year-old Negeen Mayel attended the 15th annual Dearborn Arab International Festival on June 18 in Dearborn, Mich., where an estimated 30,000 of the city's 98,000 residents are Muslim.
The American Arab Chamber of Commerce announced the event was expected to draw "over 300,000 people from across the country, Canada and the Middle East." The festival covers 14 blocks and is free and open to the public.
Qureshi and Mayal are former Muslims who are now Christians. Mayal's parents emigrated from Afghanistan. Wood is a former atheist. All are from a Christian group called Acts 17 Apologetics.
In the following video after the arrest, Qureshi said his group took "extra precautions" to prevent disruptions by not handing out pamphlets and to speak only to people "who first approached us":
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
LOL...TaraP, that headline needs some work! I read it a few times before reading the article, and couldn’t figure it out.
Heh, was a Christian cuffing a witness, and if so, what did the witness see?
Wait..was this a private event, or taxpayer funded? if it is private, they have the right to throw out anyone for whatever reason. If it is public, they do not.
I just Copy and Pasted from WND..
Guess it came out goofy on the thread....
The American Arab Chamber of Commerce announced the event was expected to draw "over 300,000 people from across the country, Canada and the Middle East." The festival covers 14 blocks and is free and open to the public.
Not taxpayer funded, but advertised as a public event.
That is an interesting video. I went to these Christians’ websites looking for video they recorded at the “Arab Festival” but did not find any. Have you seen any?
It was a muslim festival because even former muslims were unwelcome. The ACLU is nowhere to be found.
The Islamic Supremacists are colonizing.
In Europe, the police already treat some communities as "no go" areas.
I know...I got the gist of it.
I find humor in the way certain statements or sentences can become very confusing with one misspelled word or one misplaced punctuation...:)
On a serious note...this can’t be a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention.
In other words, they are Apostates.
According to Bernard Lewis, in Islam, there are several categories of people on whom jihad is approved and can be legally (by the Koran legally) be carried out.
Thieves and Infidels are two of them, I think there are five and I can’t remember the others. But according to him, there is a special circle of Hell reserved for one of that group, and an unrestrictive, vigorous jihad is approved against them. That group is Apostates, those who once believed but no longer do. It is one of the biggest crimes in Islam.
Thieves may have their hands cut off, Infidels may be converted, but there is no redemption and no mercy for Apostates.
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Isn’t pretty much any non-Muslim considered an ‘infidel’, because I thought according to the Koran, everybody is born a Muslim.
The articles I saw yesterday didn’t mention whether the police had returned their video camera and “tape”.
The actual arrest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwQVqdOT0U&feature=related
Excellent observation !
I agree. These people were not welcome there. They were protesting at a private event.
First off, only Liberals and Democrats can get away with that.
Second, they were violating the law, and deserved being handcuffed and taken away in a Police Van. After which, the LE should have called in an air strike.
(said with an air of sarcasm and a straight face)
Yes. But non-muslims supposedly have *some* rights when living as “Dhimmis” under muslim rule. You are a second class citizen, but can be a citizen and have legal rights. (Note this is not what I believe, but what scholars of Islam such as Bernard Lewis say...)
You can supposedly even convert to Islam and be a full member of the club with all privileges, an equal.
However, if you are an Apostate, one who has renounced Islam, there is only one place for you: Dead.
No I have not either....
In the United States, the police already treat some communities as "no go" areas.
And Muslims aren't the only ones that have a lock on that.
nor women.
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