Detroit Free Press: Dearborn Mayor Says City “Not Ruled by Islamic Law”
Tweet By Niraj Warikoo | Detroit Free Press April 21, 2011 In an open letter Wednesday to Pastor Terry Jones, Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly Jr. blasted claims that his city is under Islamic law, noting that it has three strip clubs and a factory that makes pork products sitting across the street from a mosque....
Detroit: “Metro Interfaith Leaders to Unite against Quran-burning Pastor”
Tweet BY NIRAJ WARIKOO | DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER April 20, 2011 A protest is planned Friday outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. Area interfaith leaders plan a rally Thursday, in which they will encircle the mosque and hold hands to symbolically shield it from Jones. / ANDRE J. JACKSON/Detroit Free Press As...
NEWSPAPER: “Michigan man who calls Quran Violent behind Terry Jones Rally”
Tweet Apr. 20, 2011 | BY NIRAJ WARIKOO | DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER A rally that Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones plans to attend Friday outside a Dearborn mosque was first organized by a Marlette man who has controversial views about Islam. “It’s just a perverse ideology,” Frank Fiorello, 35, told the Free Press. “There’s...
Detroit Free Press: “At Dearborn forum, law enforcement leaders say all faiths must be protected”
Tweet BY NIRAJ WARIKOO April 12, 2011 DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Speaking at a forum in Dearborn, the U.S. Attorney for eastern Michigan said that Muslims and Islam should not be stereotyped. “Blaming all Muslims and Arabs for the acts of the hijackers of 9/11 is like blaming all Catholics for the acts of Timothy...
