U.S. pastor Terry Jones’ anti-Islam rally in the state of Michigan was cut short by loud counter-demonstrators, who heavily outnumbered his supporters.
The controversial pastor from the state of Florida returned to Dearborn, home to a large Muslim community, where a jury denied his request last week to protest in front of the Islamic Center of North America.
The Detroit Free Press newspaper said Jones lashed out against Islam and President Barack Obama on the steps of Dearborn’s city hall before being escorted away by police, following a heated exchange with counter-demonstrators.
Police in riot gear arrested at least two people.
Last month, Jones burned a Quran, the Muslim holy book, sparking several days of deadly protests in Afghanistan. Jones, who heads a small fundamentalist church in Florida denied responsibility for the violence.
Jones made international headlines last year when he announced he intended to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, claiming Islam incites violence and terrorism. He later canceled those plans after many people, including top U.S. officials, urged him not to do it.
This pastor preaches the gospel of hate. Indeed this preacher's gospel is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What he is doing is not freedom of speech, it is rather bigotry. American Muslims are American citizens and sons of soil. Mr. Jones needs to be counseled and if it does not work then needs to be stopped from these lunatic activities.
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