Dearborn, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A Republican candidate for governor has called for a peace rally in Dearborn on Nov. 18 as the city has become the focal point of controversy this fall.
“CALLING ALL PATRIOTS NOVEMBER 18. We WILL BE MARCHING IN DEARBORN,” Anthony Hudson, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, stated on his X account, announcing the event. “This will be PEACEFUL. Your RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES will be PROTECTED. FREEDOM of RELIGION will not be misconstrued to OPRESS Christ. SHARIA LAW WILL BE BANNED. The PEOPLE of MICHIGAN will be PROTECTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. See you soon Abdu. Tell your buddy Soros and the brotherhood, THE MICHIGAN PATRIOTS say HELLO. MICHIGAN FIRST. AMERICA FIRST. CHRIST WILL PREVAIL. LIGHT WILL WIN.”
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The post has been viewed more than 23,000 times.
“See you soon, Abdu,” marks an apparent reference to Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud. In September, he told a Christian resident in Dearborn he was not welcome in the city.
“This is how they really treat Christians.”
On Nov. 11, Hudson posted a WXYZ video of Pastor Terry Jones and a mob of protesters being held back by police in Dearborn in 2012.
“REMEMBER: THIS IS HOW THEY REALLY TREAT CHRISTIANS. DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU. THEY HATE YOU. THEY DO NOT WANT PEACE. LIGHT WILL WIN,” Hudson tweeted.
Hudson has also posted that he wants the Dearborn rally to be peaceful. “We are not going down there to start a riot. We are not going down there to cause trouble,” Hudson said in a video post on X. “We are going to walk through Dearborn. Together. Unified. Showing a presence. And we are gonna to do it by obeying the law and following our First Amendment right.”
Dearborn in the spotlight.
In addition, Dearborn is the focus of a federal terrorism plot in which eight people have been charged, five of which live in Dearborn. Federal prosecutors say that the group of Muslim men and juveniles had plotted to do a mass attack on Halloween and had scouted Ferndale bars and an amusement park as potential targets.
Some residents have also complained about how loud some mosque’s call to prayer have been. In Dearborn, the Muslim call to prayer is broadcast over speakers as many as five times a day and as early as 5:30 a.m.
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Mayor Hammoud said in a podcast this month that the city has investigated complaints and found the calls to prayer were not above the decibel level the city’s noise ordinance allowed. He said in instances where the calls to prayer were too loud, the mosques have turned it down.
