Yet another reason why I am a follower of Jesus Christ and NOT a "Christian".

Lifting up Jesus as the head of the Church is more important than lifting up anything else for the witness to the Gospel. Jesus shall be honored among all nations.

not only Muslims, but everyone, Christians included. We are either loved into the Church by Christlikness or we stay away because of the pig headedness of Christians.

In the United States there is quite a population of "Arab Americans," but what many "conveniently" forget is that only 24% of Arab Americans are Muslim, 63% are CHRISTIANS and 13% are of other religious persuasion/did not answer on the last census. This was an ARAB AMERICAN FESTIVAL - so many lies to label this as MUSLIM which it was NOT and was NEVER LABELED AS SUCH! Obviously the video which has been reported by right-wing and Tea Party supporters is the video shot by the protesters, although there are several other videos which were shot by festival attendees of these self proclaimed "Christian" protesters. If you decide to waste your time viewing the protesters video you will note a lot of editing, first off, not to mention the absolute tastelessness of beginning the video as the group screeched and marched directly into an area where the were quite a lot of CHILDREN, young children most under the age of 12, some little girls under the age of 7 with ice cream cones and their jaws dropping at this completely unexpected disruption to a beautiful summer evening and probably many hopes at taking part in an enjoyable time. This group's mis-labeling and mis-representation of this event is all due to the fact that it was held in Dearborn. There are Greek festivals, Italian festivals, even sexually oriented parades and festivals. Do these brutes have nothing better to do than scare the daylights out of small children until older children approached the "protesters" in order to just make them leave! The only adult on film aside from the police was an 18 year old young man who was just standing there in front of the protesters - and one of the "Good Christians" started screaming at him to go back to his home in Afghanistan and the boy replied that he is from Iraq and they told him go back wherever you're from - we don't want you here!, and they further taunted him, he replied that he's lived here all of his life and is a US Citizen. Do they go to Jewish festivals and order everyone back to Israel or Europe? What cowards to barge in to an area highly populated with small children, espousing their opinions of the beliefs of others - is that what was taught in the Bible, it looks like it may have come from a H*ll's Angel handbook just like the way the "protesters" appearance looked like it was modeled after and their conduct and behavior. Pick your battles, but use good judgment. If they are so wise and educated about Christianity that they state that their purpose is to recruit, maybe they should consult their Holy Book about the proper conduct and sincerity to do so, as well as the proper environment to share their message. I'm currently suffering from inoperable brain cancer, and I can tell you that being a widowed single mother of a young daughter, this story - not just on this site disturbs me severely. Life is too short for pulling stunts in order to pick the next victim group in the USA. It's just so sad that people have nothing better to do than write Anti-Muslim websites, feature Muslims as the only stories on Right Wing and Tea Party sites and online "newspapers." If there exists and religious people out there regardless of belief, check out the Pew Reports for accurate information regarding Muslims and other religions, and the true facts on terrorism, population, and open your minds to read reliable information about Shar'ia instead of gulping down everything the true haters out there are trying to feed the USA. Think for yourselves, if you don't, why should anyone count your votes or elect the educated candidates that are out there. Regardless of religion or personal belief, I don't know a single parent worth his/her salt that wouldn't be offended, disgusted, and quick to protect his/her child in the face of those "protesters," a lot of people I know would have lost their cool and said and done things they might later regret, but fortunately after several days of taunts, offensive signs, aggressive behavior and the overall inexcusable conduct of those "protesters" resulted in a small number of charges with the authorities. Who wants to live in a country where it is restricted, based on the religious population of where you live decides whether or no you are entitled to put together a recreational event which is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, or to attend such an event alone, with friends or family, without fear of THUGS who will stop at nothing in order to blacken the truth and ideals of the beliefs of a percentage of attendees. People in this country with a shred of decency or common sense should JUST SAY NO to this grandstanding and LARGE SCALE BULLYING! That is ALL it is! I have PhDs in religious studies from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and not one of those religions propose or require this behavior - and I've read the Talmuds and Judaic texts more than 3 times, the Bible six times, and the Qu'ran five times. Maybe their true religion is how to harass, provoke, videotape, publish on YouTube or any Right Wing website and promote, promote, promote into a product that looks like a cast-off video from Backyard Wrestling?
NO MORE BULLYING!