Dearborn: Middle East in the midst of America

When the American car-maker Henry Ford opened his plant in Dearborn, Michigan, his legacy was more than an industrial one he contributed to the formation of one of United States largest Middle Eastern communities.

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[agricola]

@tidaking816 i dunno why your grouping napoleon with hitler and stalin. his objectives never included genocide and mass murders.

[wri7913]

@trachdog2 Except you forget that Muslims in Dearborn are willing to forget about US constitutional law and apply their own shariah law and "Islamic" instead. The terroristic actions against Act17 Apologetics during the Dearborn Arab Festival were ruled by US court to be in violation of US Constitutional law. They also violated Pastor Terry Jones Freedom of Speech and he is now currently suing the city of Dearborn. Good Job Dearborn, you buckled to the Muslim invaders already!.

[wri7913]

@NorthCitySider Do you have evidence to show that people don't understand the Constitution? Many people do understand the first 10 Bill of Rights. Just because people break laws doesn't mean they don't understand the Constitution. I think you are mistaking two different things. The Muslims at the Dearborn Arab Festival and the city of Dearborn infringed on a group's right to Free Speech. The court ruled in their favor, End of Story.

[NorthCitySider]

@wri7913

The majority of Americans don't understand the constitution and know its worth. Why should Muslims be any different? I know tons of idiots who are willing to assault someone just because they have a different opinion.

The Muslims of Dearborn do not deserve to be singled out for something that is part of a larger problem, which is the fact that people in general have little regard for the constitution cannot respect other people's opinions, even though it is required.

[wri7913]

@NorthCitySider Why would a shirt that says "Infidel Pride" be provocative to Muslims? Why would a non-muslim have to avoid wearing something like this in the first place especially if Muslims in America are supposedly respectful towards US Constitutional Laws and adhere to them over Sharia laws?

[NorthCitySider]

@wri7913

And to finish, let me say that anyone with an equally provocative shirt targeting a different group would have been attacked at the very least. Yes, he has every right to wear it, but a shirt offensive in that way will get you in trouble with people REGARDLESS of their background, so it is hypocritical to single out the Muslim community of Dearborn for reacting as they did.

[NorthCitySider]

@wri7913

I agree with you about niqabs, but not hijabs. I think that modesty is okay, as long as you show your face. To me, there is something very wrong about not being able to show your face to people.

I agree that the Quran says all those things. I grew up Muslim and am a secret apostate.

Yes, it is supported by freedom of speech. However, the man had no religious obligation to that shirt. It doesn't make it wrong for him to wear it, but he should have known he had it coming.

[wri7913]

@NorthCitySider Hijabs, Niqabs and the like are offensive to me. They are a symbol of the oppression of women. I've read the Quran and I know that women are considered 1/2 a man so when I see Islamic headress they are offensive and provocative to me. What's your point about "Infidel pride"? I thought people had the right to Freedom of Speech? Are you telling me this is not true? I guess you are proving my point. I don't remember seeing a shirt in the video anyways.

[NorthCitySider]

@wri7913

They were being unnecessarily provocative either way. One fatass even had a shirt that said "Infidel pride".

[wri7913]

@lebronjamesXD No one in the place supported the Christian evangelists when they were being confronted by other Muslims. No Muslims supported Pastor Terry Jones (no matter how reprehensible he may have been to some) when his rights were being infringed. So obviously their following the Constitution is not consistent. The city of Dearborn was sued successfully for infringing those rights so obviously all of those muslims and YOU were wrong. Good day!

[wri7913]

@NorthCitySider Except one ugly fact, I'm no bible thumper. Call me all the names you want but these people WON their case against the city for infringing their rights. Which means they (and I) were right. The Law makes distinctions between "fighting words" and yelling fire in a crowded theatre (which is what yelling "infidels" would be in your example). Evangelism is not provocative and the video shows they were simply talking to people, not yelling and screaming.

[NorthCitySider]

@wri7913

*sigh*

Another retarded Bible thumper. A Muslim who went to a Christian festival and started shouting "INFIDELS" there would have been treated no differently than those rednecks who showed up in Dearborn were.