Civil organizations gather in a meeting to bring down the discriminatory plans of Pastor Terry Jones

By: Duifaf Waely

Thursday April 7, 2011

The Iraqi Human Rights Network and its founder, Said Al-Waely, participated in a meeting of more than fifty different organizations of civil society on Wednesday April 6, 2011 in the meeting hall in the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn to discuss ways to bring down the plans of Pastor Terry Jones after continued news of coming to Michigan and demonstrating in front of the Center. Among those who were present was the mayor of Dearborn City Mr. Jack O'Reilly, and other Muslim and Christian figures. Under the motto “we are here today to make our voices heard and bring our views to drop the malicious intents of Jones. We are also here to bring our ideologies closer and unify ourselves to provoke sectarianism and racism among religions.” This was reached through extensive discussions and divergent viewpoints. The following decisions were made:
1 A community arranged conference in The Islamic Center of America gathering will take place at four o'clock p.m on April 21, 2011 to clarify the ways in how to shoot down racial attempts by Terry Jones in the case of implementing the planned visit.
2 The following day, April 22, another civil society gathering will take place. Arab and Muslim communities will pressure the media to stop racial activity and discrimination against Arab and Muslim communities in Dearborn.
It is noted that a copy of the holy Quran was already burned in Pastor Jones’s church in Florida after previous attempts of burning a whole carload of holy Qurans in prior months. We call upon Arab American communities for a commitment to the peaceful and civilized protests and demonstrations of Terry Jones’s plans and racial projects.