Anti-Islam protests turn ugly in Dearborn, but mayor says ‘We stood tall’

DEARBORN (WWJ) — It’s quiet in Dearborn Wednesday morning, after a tense and at times chaotic day Thursday, as opposing protests clashed in the city.

The first rallies began on Michigan Avenue by groups supportive of Dearborn and Muslims. Across from them, were anti-Islam protestors led by Jake Lang, a right-wing protester who was charged with assaulting a police officer during in the January 6th U.S. Capitol riots, and then pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Lang spoke out against “Sharia law,” what he called “the Islamification of America,” and attempted to burn a Quran…

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