Category Archives: Dearborn Arab International Festival

Posts relating to the Arabic Festival which takes place in Dearborn, Michigan

Jul 24

Torrent: Acts 17 in Dearborn 2009

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I threw together the YouTube Videos of Acts 17 in Dearborn last year (2009). Why on earth you would want them via bittorrent I have no clue, but now you have that option :) Most people will just go to their YouTube Channel.

Please use discretion (or an ad-blocker) when visiting the site below. Sometimes they show inappropriate advertisements. If you want to get the .torrent file without even bothering with their site, click on the 2nd link:

Acts 17 Apologetics in Dearborn 2009

Acts 17 Apologetics in Dearborn 2009.torrent

The files are listed below:

01 Arab Festival 2009- Sharia in the US.mp4 43.66 MiB
02 Arab Fest 2009- The Unedited Footage.mp4 29.89 MiB
03 Arab Fest 2009- Asking Muslims Questions.mp4 16.04 MiB
04 Arab Fest 2009- Dhimmis in Dearborn.mp4 12.73 MiB
05 Arab Fest 2009- Hate Messages in Dearborn.mp4 6.16 MiB
06 Arab Festival 2009- Responses to Sharia in the US.mp4 35 MiB

If you are new to bittorrent and want to download the file(s) please read: How to Download a File with Bittorrent (It’s easy, I promise)

Jul 24

VIDEO: Nabeel Qureshi interviews a Christian who was harassed by Dearborn Police

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Nabeel Qureshi of Acts 17 Apologetics interviews Luke. Luke was not related to Acts 17 Apologetics. Luke was harassed by Dearborn Police (albeit, not as severely as the Dearborn Four). In the video you will see them pan over to a Muslim man who is handing out pamphlets without any problem. This reveals a HUGE double standard applied by the Dearborn Police.

Video is available on YouTube

David Wood comments on Answering Muslims

Jul 22

Video: Exposing Another Dearborn Police Accusation To Be False

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Harassing Muslims at the Dearborn Arab Festival? Nabeel Dialogues with Hakeem (Caution, Muslims will curse a lot in this video)


In this video you will see Muslims cursing at Christians and being generally annoying. They were mocking the Acts 17 Apologetics YouTube Channel. Personally I like that channel.

After watching this video ask yourself who was behaving appropriately and who was behaving poorly? Who, if anyone, was talking in a way which warranted police attention?

David Wood discusses the Video at Answering Muslims

Jul 19

Dearborn Update: Footage from David Wood’s Camera

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David Wood talks about the letter from the Mayor of Dearborn which says he was blocking foot traffic. Then he shows the film from his camera of Nabeel Qureshi’s cool, calm conversation and there are a bunch of people passing by behind them without any trouble. Another point which the Dearborn police and Mayor (John O’Reilly) lied about in their respective documents.

Jul 18

VIDEO: Josh McDowell in Dearborn

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Ouch, who could Josh McDowell be referring to who got arrested in Dearborn but the Dearborn Four? If I might put in my two cents it would be as follows: Josh McDowell is a great apologist. His books The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, and Handbook of Today’s Religions are valuable resources which grace my bookshelf. This video itself was not that bad, hokey music, yeah, but passing out free literature (fictional novels?) is a good way to start off a conversation with a peaceable tone.

Of course Nabeel Qureshi also had a peaceable tone with the people he was talking to when he was arrested for shouting and gathering together a mob of people who were already angry at the weather (to borrow from Dearborn’s finest). So I am now confused. Both McDowell and Acts 17 apologists are Christians, both are there to witness, both talked in calm tones. Why rip on Acts 17 for getting arrested when they did what you did? If the police had been consistent in their anti-Christian bias they would have put you in handcuffs and carted you off to prison also.

The Christians brave enough to go to Arabic festivals need to band together. There are so few and there is strength in numbers. Am I right?

James White comments on Pros Apologian

Jul 16

VIDEO: Footage of the False Arrests of David Wood and Nabeel Qureshi

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In this video: Nabeel Qureshi is approached by Muslims who were asking questions about why he was there this year. One Muslim invites Nabeel to preach to him and Nabeel (in a casual voice) shares the Gospel and answers questions from the small crowd. At about 6 minutes 20 seconds David Wood is seen being arrested by the police, Nabeel’s arrest follows shortly afterward.

Again, here are some captures of the Dearborn PD who are stepping out of their role as police officers in America and pushing an agenda that happens to be popular in their town (due the a heavy Arabic population). These men have perverted justice:

Jul 16

VIDEO: Footage of Negeen Mayel’s Harassment by Dearborn Police

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In this video: David Wood and Negeen Mayel discuss her arrest. As it turns out the video does not exactly match up with the police report. The footage from her camera starts about 3 minutes and 42 seconds into the video.

Thanks to this video *finally* being released we have a photo of one of the Dearborn policeman who was involved in this false arrest:

One of the arresting officers who lied to Negeen and wrote the ridiculious police report

Another of the same officer:

The man above along with this man (who could possibly be the one from the photograph of David’s arrest) were two of the officers who participated in the false arrests of June 18th:

Another Dearborn Police officer involved in the harassment and false arrests

This video was originally posted at Answering Muslims, The Islamoblog of Acts 17 Apologetics Ministries (link)

Jul 15

Cameras to be Returned to the Dearborn Four

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From the Left: Paul Rezkalla, David Wood, Negeen Mayel, Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, Tom McMillin and Robert Muise

In a blog update to the latest happenings in Dearborn, MI, apologist David Wood commented

I hear that our cameras have finally been returned to our lawyers. Since plane tickets are way too expensive, Paul and I are going to drive to Michigan tonight. We’ll be able to examine the cameras in the morning to see if the footage has been tampered with. If we’ve got our footage, we should be able to start posting videos tomorrow.

The cameras, camera equipment and film has been held Dearborn police since June 18th (for those curious, that was 26 days ago). And they had permission from a judge to copy the film the Monday after the arrest (June 21st) and have therefore illegally held the camera equipment for 26 days, and illegally and unnecessarily held their camera equipment for 23 days. Does the word childish come to mind?

This is good news. I know many of us are looking forward to seeing what actually happened and who is telling the truth. My inkling is that the Christians are telling the truth because they have been open and forthcoming since the day they got out of prison about what happened. The police and mayor of Dearborn took their time to come up with their “uhh… they wanted to be arrested” reply (see page 3 of the Mayor’s letter). Also, the Dearborn PD has a history of enforcing sharia law rather than US law as anyone can see from their encounter last year.