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City of Dearborn Settles Lawsuit – Apologizes to Acts17

May 7, 2013 By Jonathan Light

DEARBORN, Michigan - One of the top stories of 2010, the violation of free speech rights of  three Christian missionaries at the 2010 Arab Festival, and two years of legal wrangling, was finally settled as the City of Dearborn issued a public apology to the Acts 17 group, and paid an undisclosed sum to settle the matter. A news release from the American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Featured Tagged With: ACTS17, Free Speech

Federal Judge Rules Arab Chamber Part of Civil Conspiracy

December 2, 2012 By News Release

Hand Shake

DETROIT, Michigan - On November 28th, Federal Judge Stephen J. Murphy III, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, issued an order, granting the American Freedom Law Center’s (AFLC) request to file a second amended complaint in its civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of four Christian missionaries who were unlawfully … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Featured, Government Tagged With: ACTS17, Free Speech

Human Rights Conference at Hyatt Sparks Controversy

April 29, 2012 By Jonathan Light

Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference

DEARBORN, Michigan - The Dearborn area will be hosting two conferences on Sunday, April 29 that deal with the controversial topics of  "Honor Killing in Islam" and "Islamophobia". It's been about one year since Jessica Mokdad was murdered. She was just 20 years old. Organizers for the Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference  (to be held at the Hyatt Sunday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Community, Editorial Tagged With: ACTS17, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination, Arab-American, domestic violence, Islam, Nonie Darwish, Terry Jones

Judge Denies Request to Dismiss 2010 Arab Festival Case

February 7, 2012 By News Release

Acts 17

Michigan Federal Judge Denies City of Dearborn’s Request to Dismiss Civil Rights Claims Brought by Christians Who Were Arrested at 2010 Arab Festival DETROIT, Michigan — Today, a U.S. District Court Judge in Detroit, Michigan denied the City of Dearborn’s request to dismiss the civil rights claims brought by several Christian missionaries arising out of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Community, Government Tagged With: 1st Amendment, ACTS17, civil rights, Free Speech, John O'Reilly, Ronald Haddad

BAMN Invades Dearborn – Preventing Pastor Terry Jones from Walking to Arab Festival

June 20, 2011 By Jonathan Light

Terry Jones vs. BAMN Protestors

DEARBORN, Michigan - An angry group of Detroit area BAMN protestors prevented Pastor Terry Jones from walking peacefully to Dearborn's 16th annual Arab Festival last Friday afternoon. Using Dearborn's City Hall and Schaefer Road as a stage for their antics  (and attempting to grab international news headlines) - a small group supporting Terry Jones … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Community Tagged With: ACTS17, Arab Festival, BAMN, Terry Jones

Dearborn Officials Face Federal Court Lawsuit

February 25, 2011 By Jonathan Light

Mural inside 19th District Court, Dearborn, Michigan

DEARBORN, MI – The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced  that the City of Dearborn,  Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Chief of Police Ronald Haddad, 17 City police officers, and two executives of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce were named as defendants in a ninety-six page federal civil rights lawsuit filed in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Government Tagged With: 1st Amendment, ACTS17, Free Speech, John O'Reilly, lawsuit, People, Ronald Haddad

UPDATED: Mosque Bomber Foiled Like Fawkes

January 31, 2011 By Douglas Vos

January 31, 2011

DEARBORN, MI -  On this day in 1606,  Guy Fawkes was executed after his conviction in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James the First. The conspiracy was thwarted before any explosion occurred. During a search of the House of Lords at about midnight on November 4, 1605, Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buzz, Community, History Tagged With: ACTS17, CAIR, Eddie Byrne, George W. Bush, Guy Fawkes, Harry Truman, History, Islamic Center of America, ISoA, Joe Nahhas, People, Roger Stockham, Ronald Haddad

Top 10 Dearborn News Stories for 2010

December 29, 2010 By Douglas Vos

Dearborn, MI -- Newspaper editors around the nation follow a tradition each December - picking the top 10 news stories for the year.  The results are a great way of summarizing the big events of the year.  Among the top national and international stories, there are few surprises: Gulf Oil Disaster, Health Care Overhaul, Haiti Earthquake, Decline of the US … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: 1st Amendment, ACTS17, Ford Motor Company, Free Speech, Homecoming, Music, Panera

Acts-17 Group Acquitted of Inciting Crowd

September 25, 2010 By Jonathan Light

Acts 17 Logo

DEARBORN, Michigan - Friday afternoon at the 19th District Court, four Christian missionaries affiliated with the Acts 17 apologetics group where acquitted of inciting a crowd at the local Arab Festival. The jury found them not guilty of the charges of "breach of peace".  Nabeel Qureshi of Virginia, Negeen Mayel of California and Paul Rezkalla and David … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Government Tagged With: 1st Amendment, ACTS17, Free Speech

Amazing Grace Amid Profound Controversy

August 31, 2010 By Jonathan Light

Nabeel Quereshi

EDITORIAL (31-Aug-2010) - Monday morning, at the 19th District Court in Dearborn, Judge Mark Somers deliberated over a pre-trial hearing concerning an incident which occurred at Dearborn's 15th annual Arab International Festival on Friday, June 14th.  As previously reported in the Dearborn Free Press, several people affiliated with the Acts 17 Apologetics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Front Porch Tagged With: 1st Amendment, ACLU, ACTS17, Amazing Grace, Chris Tomlin, Free Speech, Martin Luther King, TMLC

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