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Local ministers reject Ford Field prayer rally

By | 11.08.11 | 6:23 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

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While some Detroit-area ministers are actively participating in this weekend’s prayer rally at Ford Field, others are speaking out against the rally as a result of some of the anti-Muslim and extremist views of the rally’s organizers.

Ford Field, Michigan prayer rally will have anti-Muslim elements

By | 11.07.11 | 3:01 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

More information is emerging about the people involved in organizing this weekend’s prayer rally at Ford Field amid accusations that the event is targeting local Muslims. People for the American Way reports that Lou Engle, the man behind the rally, worked with Transformation Michigan to put the event together.

Charges of ethnic profiling emerge following 9/11 terror scare in Detroit

By | 09.14.11 | 9:32 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Image by Matt MahurinOne of the three people pulled off a Frontier Airlines flight after landing at Detroit Metro Airport on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is speaking out, blaming the entire situation on jittery passengers who feared them because of their ethnicity.

Time For Some Old-School Neocon Crazy

By | 01.06.09 | 6:17 pm

You didn’t think that the 180-proof neoconservatism would still be on the journalistic shelves this year, but discredited Islamophobic quasi-reporter Steve Emerson submits something truly LOL-worthy. Behold: