OOTDnews: 04/18/11

Monday, April 18, 2011

Judge: Florida Pastor Terry Jones Must Appear Ahead of Protest

Published : Monday, 18 Apr 2011, 6:56 PM EDT

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan judge has ordered a Florida pastor to appear in court ahead of a protest scheduled for later this week outside a mosque in Dearborn.

Wayne County prosecutors say they fear the Rev. Terry Jones' appearance outside the Islamic Center of America on Friday could lead to violence.

Dearborn's 19th District Court Judge Mark W. Somers on Monday ordered Jones to appear Thursday to answer questions about the event. The Detroit News says prosecutors want Jones to post a "peace bond" to pay for additional police officers during the demonstration.

A burning of the Quran last month at Jones' small church in Gainesville, Fla., inflamed anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, inciting riots and an attack on a U.N. facility that killed seven staff workers.

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Information from: The Detroit News, http://detnews.com/

Al-Jazeera has fans in Obama W.H.

By KEACH HAGEY & BYRON TAU | 4/17/11 4:31 PM EDT Updated: 4/18/11 1:10 PM EDT

In the halls of American power, the Arab Spring has brought Al-Jazeera in from the cold.

Seven years after then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the broadcaster’s reporting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable” and President George W. Bush joked about bombing it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised it as “real news” in her recent Senate testimony.