Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 061 | Wed 23 Jun 2010

The population of Dearborn (Michigan, USA) is about 30 percent Arab and
for some 15 years Dearborn has hosted an annual Arab International
Festival. Christians (mostly Arabs) have been witnessing at the
Arabfest for years without any strife, although it has stirred
tensions. In 2009 a group called ‘Arabic Christian Perspective’ (ACP) —
led by Californian Pastor George Saieg, an Arab from the Sudan —
agreed to be confined to a booth because of complaints. However, the
Arabfest organisers limited ACP’s ministry greatly by assigning it a
booth at the furthest end of the festival. Meanwhile, other groups that
continued to witness freely were harassed and expelled, despite going
out of their way to avoid trouble. This year (June 2010) an appeals
court ruled that George Saieg had a right to distribute Christian
literature but not inside the festival — only on the perimeter. A team
from Acts 17 Apologetics Ministries visited the Arabfest on Friday
evening 18 June. Taking in no Christian literature, Dr Nabeel Qureshi,
the main apologist, simply wore a t-shirt with the words ‘Jesus Always
Loves You’ and waited for Muslims to approach him. Nabeel had a couple
of wonderful conversations over about 15 minutes before he and his
companions — Paul Rezkalla, David Wood and 18-year- old Afghan convert
Miss Negeen Mayel — were arrested and led away in handcuffs to cheers
and shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar!’ The four Christians were charged with
breaching the peace and held overnight in Dearborn City Jail.

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