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Radical U.S. pastor Terry Jones has decided to protest against Islamic principles in the United States following a recent Qur’an burning in the country.
Terry Jones will return to Dearborn, Michigan, this Friday and is to invite supporters to join him in a protest at “the presence of Radical Muslims and their promotion of Sharia (or Islamic) Law within the United States.” WXYZ
HIGHLIGHTS
The Quran-burning pastor from Florida was briefly handcuffed and jailed by Dearborn police Friday after a trial stemming from an unusual complaint filed by Wayne County prosecutors.
“It was a total violation of our constitutional rights,” Jones told the Free Press on Saturday in an interview from Detroit Metro Airport, where he waited for a flight back to Florida. “It was a mockery of the judicial process”.
Now, Jones said he is considering filing a lawsuit against Wayne County and Dearborn authorities and he plans to rally at 5 p.m. Friday.
County prosecutors filed a complaint to make Jones stay away from a mosque for a rally last week because they said it would breach peace. A jury sided with prosecutors Friday, and Jones was led to jail after refusing to pay a $1 bond.
Maria Miller, spokeswoman for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, had no comment Saturday on the potential lawsuit.
Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. told the Free Press on Saturday that he has no problem with Jones rallying at City Hall, where the city has a free-speech zone. City officials have been urging Jones to rally there instead of the mosque.
“If he had done this in the first place, there would have been no issue to begin with,” O’Reilly said. Regarding the possibility of a lawsuit, O’Reilly said the city acted properly in trying to protect public safety and respect the rights of its residents to worship.
FACTS & FIGURES
The Islam-hating Florida preacher who threatened to burn the Qur’an on the anniversary of 9/11 torched a copy of the holy book in March despite vowing not to. Daily Mail
A range of Christian and U.S. Muslim leaders have condemned Jones and his small Dove World Outreach Center church, which reportedly has a congregation of around 30 members. Toronto Sun
Government officials in Pakistan and Afghanistan have called for U.S. authorities to arrest Jones. Toronto Sun
Earlier in April, thousands of Afghans burned U.S. flags and condemned the actions by two U.S. pastors who burned the holy Qur’an
His sacrilegious act infuriated Muslims in other parts of the world as well as at home.
