The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged community members to avoid anti-Islam agitators planning to come to Dearborn, Michigan on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Anti-Islam agitator Jake Lang and others are reportedly coming to the Dearborn City Council meeting on Tuesday August 18th to espouse Islamophobic and xenophobic views.
SEE: Dearborn police chief urge residents not to engage with outside groups potentially coming to city (CBS News)
Lang, who has frequented Dearborn and Hamtramck numerous times in recent months, has committed provocative acts including an attempt to burn the Qur’an in front of the Islamic Center of America which is the largest mosque in the country.
SEE: Quran burning attempts by extremist agitator trigger outrage in Hamtramck and Dearborn (Arab American News)
“We join the Dearborn Police Department in strongly urging community members to avoid anti-Islam agitators who plan to come to Dearborn next Tuesday,” said CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid. “Lang and his acolytes seek to provoke mayhem in our area to garner support and to ensnare youth into legal troubles. We should totally avoid engaging him. “
Walid stated that Dearborn has been a target of anti-Islam agitators for the past 15 years including members of Westboro Baptist Church and Pastor Terry Jones coming to the city to stir up tensions against Muslims in Michigan and around the country.
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CONTACT: CAIR-MI Executive Director, Dawud Walid, (248) 842-1418, [email protected]; CAIR-MI Lead Staff Attorney, Amy V. Doukoure (586) 943-8823, [email protected]