Organizers promoted a “peaceful prayer rally” on the steps of Dearborn City Hall Monday evening “condemning inhumane ISIS crimes” and honoring journalist James Foley.
6 p.m. rally tonight at Dearborn City Hall by Muslim-American leaders condemning ISIS pic.twitter.com/IIE2SkaGVM
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
Muslims rallying now against ISIS at Dearborn City Hall pic.twitter.com/M8pGz4FWtT
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
Muslim-Americans, both Shia and Sunni, rallying right now at Dearborn City Hall against ISIS. https://t.co/J6UCzR5PeP
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
@nwarikoo Awesome!!
— Ani Zonneveld (@AniZonneveld) August 25, 2014
@nwarikoo @freep Awesome to my fellow Americans standing up against this brutality. No other country can compete with our religious harmony
— The Gun of Bavaria (@GunOfBavaria) August 25, 2014
@nwarikoo it is appreciated, but 35 people total???? #nativeDetroiter
— NG Holland ⭐⭐⭐ (@norweaver) August 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/BridgetBlueskye/status/504033405369982976
https://twitter.com/HarroldWSmith/status/504038361607446528
@nwarikoo This is a good start.
— Deb (@ott_deb) August 25, 2014
@Yair_Rosenberg I congratulate them for their courage to do the right thing
— DEBOOSTED (@clamsroll) August 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/bonhomme36/status/504032293409656832
@Aaron_RS @Yair_Rosenberg @nwarikoo this is the first time ever I have seen Muslims push back on radicals. I would love to know this story.
— Scott Villa (@CTOompa) August 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/504033108803731456
My two kids holding Muslims Against ISIS banner http://t.co/MPnrUKT1CS
— Dawud Walid (@DawudWalid) August 25, 2014
ISIS are "crazy criminals who are abusing our religion," said Imam Elahi of Islamic House of Wisdom in Dear… https://t.co/lqTc6wKItY
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
At Dearborn City Hall, Imam Elahi of Dearborn Heights tells ISIS: "You're a bunch of gangsters…you're not Islamic." pic.twitter.com/z5wvlpdoc8
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
This will be a great gathering as long as Imam Elahi doesn’t blast Benjamin Netanyahu.
Imam Elahi also blasted Netanyahu, asking Jewish leaders to condemn him just as Muslim leaders are condemning ISIS. pic.twitter.com/KKdMtGvi2x
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 25, 2014
Detroit Free Press reporter Niraj Warikoo notes that this is not the first Dearborn rally against ISIS.
The Shia Muslims of Dearborn have been speaking out strongly against ISIS way before most Americans did, or even knew who ISIS was.
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 26, 2014
Back on June 14, hundreds of people, almost all Muslims, jammed the steps of Dearborn City Hall to condemn ISIS. pic.twitter.com/79RmxDxwAD
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 26, 2014
But most American leaders, including conservatives, didn't seem too concerned about ISIS back in June. In contrast, Shias and Chaldeans did.
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) August 26, 2014