Anti-Sharia Group to Hold Protest in Dearborn Saturday

Michigan-based group Order of the Dragon, which in Dearborn after controversial Quran-burning Florida Pastor Terry Jones latched himself onto the event, is heading back to Dearborn this weekend to host another event.

The group announced on its website that they will rally at at 3 p.m. this Saturday, May 28, for a demonstration “against radical Islam and Sharia.”

The group said they will be joined by representatives from the American Defense League, ACT! For America and David Horowitz’s Freedom Center. All three list one of their organizational goals as fighting radical Islam.

At an April 16 press conference and meeting with religious leaders in Dearborn, Order of the Dragon President Frank Fiorello and Vice President Jammie Bothwell said that they never believed Sharia was happening in Dearborn, but that the Order saw inklings of it that concerned them. Examples, he said, included the fact that football players practice at night during Ramadan, due to the fact that Muslim players must fast during the day.

“I don’t think Sharia law has been implemented here or anywhere else,” Fiorello said. “I’m just worried about the future.”

The 15-member group’s mission–as stated on their website–is “to come together as a community, help protect the traditional rights of Americans … (and) protect our country from the rise of radical Islam and the implementation of Sharia law.”

At that same April meeting, Fiorello and Bothwell announced that their Good Friday protest had been canceled.

But Pastor Jones–who had on with the event–was summoned to court over the matter and, as a result, the Good Friday event never took place. Instead, he was found “likely to breach the peace” by a jury and a $1 peace bond to the city.

Jones is currently of Dearborn and Wayne County prosecutor’s office, as well as appealing the ruling.

Jones has not pledged to take part in the May 28 demonstration, but is expected to at the Arab International Festival on June 17 in east Dearborn.