CAIR-MI: Civil Rights Groups to Call for Inquiry Into Feds Labeling Dearborn as Suspected Terrorist Community

(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 8/7/2014) — On Friday, August 8, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and other civil rights organizations will hold a press conference to call for a congressional inquiry into how a federal law enforcement database labeled Dearborn, Mich., as the second highest population of “known or suspected terrorists.” Representatives…

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Secret Papers Describe Size of Terror Lists Kept by U.S.

August 6, 2014 WASHINGTON — About 20,800 United States citizens and permanent residents are included in a federal government database of people suspected of having links to terrorism, of whom about 5,000 have been placed on one or more watch lists, newly disclosed documents show. The documents are briefing materials about accomplishments in 2013 by…

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Terry Jones, Quran-Burning Pastor, Plans ‘Dearborn Freedom Rally’ In Front Of Mosque

June 3, 2014 Terry Jones, the Florida pastor known for burning Qurans, is planning a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, outside one of America’s largest mosques. The event is schedule to take place on Flag Day, June 14, outside of the Islamic Center of America (ICA). Jones, author of Islam Is of the Devil, explained on his website, Stand…

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Muslim parent upset over school flyer promoting church’s Easter egg hunt

April 4, 2014   Some Muslim parents are concerned about public schools in Dearborn handing out flyers to all students advertising an Easter egg hunt, saying it violates the principle of church and state separation. A flyer headlined “Eggstravaganza!” was given to students this week at three elementary schools in the Dearborn Public Schools district,…

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McDonald’s drops halal food from U.S. menu

DETROIT — There have been only two McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. that have offered halal food. Both were in east Dearborn, Mich., which has a sizable population of Arab-American Muslims. But after a contentious lawsuit that accused the restaurant chain of selling non-halal items advertised as halal, McDonald’s has yanked its Halal Chicken McNuggets and…

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