Islam Attempts to Trump the U.S. Constitution in Dearbornistan
H/T – Creeping Sharia
Thomas More Law Center Represents Four Christian Missionaries Arrested at Arab Festival in Dearborn
ANN ARBOR, MI – In what some have described as police enforcement of Sharia law at the annual Dearborn Arab International Festival, last Friday night Dearborn Police Officers arrested four Christian missionaries and illegally confiscated their video cameras which were recording the events surrounding their arrests. The Thomas More Law Center, a public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced it is representing all of the Christian missionaries.
Arrested on charges of Breach of the Peace are: Negeen Mayel, Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, Paul Rezkalla, and David Wood. Mayel, an eighteen year old female, whose parents emigrated from Afghanistan and a recent convert from Islam to Christianity, was also charged with failure to obey a police officer’s orders. She was approximately 100 feet away and videotaping a discussion with some Muslims when her camera was seized.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “These Christian missionaries were exercising their Constitutional rights to free speech and the free exercise of religion, but apparently the Constitution carries little weight in Dearborn, where the Muslim population seems to dominate the political apparatus. It’s apparent that these arrests were a retaliatory action over the embarrassing video of the strong arm tactics used last year by Festival Security Guards. This time, the first thing police officers did before making the arrests was to confiscate the video cameras in order to prevent a recording of what was actually happening.”
Thompson continued, “Contrary to the comments made by Police Chief Ron Haddad, our Constitution does not allow police to ban the right of free speech just because there are some hecklers. Not all police officers approve of the way their department treated these Christians.”
Robert Muise, Senior Trial Counsel with the Law Center in charge of the case, yesterday faxed a letter to Chief Haddad demanding that the three video cameras and tapes illegally seized from the missionaries be immediately returned.
The Law Center is also representing Pastor George Saeig who was prohibited by the Festival and Police authorities from distributing religious material at last year’s festival. That case is ongoing.
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23 June, 2010 at 9:26 am
Pictures please, or mug shots if you will, of the police involved, their commandewrs and their leader. someday people are going to surround their homes demandeing that they take off their holster go with them. Pictures please, as you can see, above all, rats dont like to be exposed.
23 June, 2010 at 9:43 am
As you know I know a few vetrean cops and the disturbing thing I hear is they say that police depts are scraping the bottom of the barrel, recruit wise. Since I heard that it has been troubling me for a few years now. Troubling indeed. Bottom of the barrel. Mexican law enforcement in the USA. Give em a state!
23 June, 2010 at 10:05 am
It’s good that the Ministers are going to challenge the local police in this issue.
After all its very suspect (no pun indended) that only they are arrested but the moslems can set up booths advertising islams global jihad.
23 June, 2010 at 11:24 am
The only things that will work in matters of this nature are some kind of judicial sanction either a court order or a heavy fine. It will be a long drawn out process, however the laws of the land and basic Constitutional rights must be upheld. In the 1960′s people marched for full rights for everyone, not to have them taken away in the 21st century.
23 June, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Don’t worry, it will get worse, and this is an example why Islam is pushed to come to America by the CFR controled State Department.