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Arab Festival 2009: Sharia in the US

This is a video of David Wood and Nabeel Qureshi asking questions at Arabfest, Dearborn. The date is June 21st, 2009. There was a booth at the festival which had a banner titled "Islam: Got Questions? Get Answers." From their table, we picked up a pamphlet claiming that Islam promotes peace. We noticed that it was full of poor logic and errors, so we decided to make a video refuting it. We went to the booth that gave us the pamphlet to give them the opportunity to defend their claims. Security, however, stepped in and forced us to turn off our camera. We left the booth, received advice from police, and found out that the actions of the security guards were illegal. We went back to the booth to record a potential answer again. Realizing that the Muslims present had no answer, we left. When we came outside, we were asked some questions by two young men, who had been sent by security to entrap us. While we responded to them, festival security started assaulting us, as you will see in this video. The conclusion of this video is a mob of festival security attacking our cameras, pushing us back, kicking our legs, and lying to the police. We ask you, is it a coincidence that the city with the highest percentage of Muslims in the United States is the city where Christianity is not allowed to be represented (let alone preached) on a public sidewalk? Is it coincidence that in this city, people will say "No way!" when we say "This is the United States of America"? Is this what will happen when Islam takes over the United States?

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mofo123 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

mofo123

0 votes NegativePositive

115 days 12 hours ago...

are you serious? What a loser :)

matt99 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

matt99

3 votes NegativePositive

115 days 12 hours ago...

I agree the security guard is a loser for not allowing the guy ask some simple questions. Also for breaking the law by slapping the camera and not allowing the guys ask some questions when on public property. What complete losers those security guards are.

mofo123 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

mofo123

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115 days 11 hours ago...

no, I`m calling this Nabeel Qureshi dude a loser. There is nothing secretive about Islam feel free to ask me ANYTHING you would like to know, and I will to my best ability answer you, if I do not know I will do research and answer you. I just think to confront a society of people in an intimidating manor was wrong of this group, after all they did not refuse to answer question they just didn`t want to be filmed. Its a reasonable request isn`t it. Maybe he could have approached one member of the stand brought him to one side. There are ways of doing things.

dude_from_detroit : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

dude_from_detroit

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115 days 11 hours ago...

mofo its too bad at this festival there werent more muslims like yourself willing to answer these questions on film.Like the above posts claim, videotaping public areas is legal, if you dont like it you must remove YOURSELF to a private area.
Also, give details how this group approached a booth labeled "Got questions, we got answers" in an intimidating manor, the camera and questions that couldnt be answered logically?I hope you werent serious.

mofo123 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

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115 days 11 hours ago...

oh no no I wasn`t suggesting that the camera was intimidating, look at the body language, the general hoo haa they create before they approach, and they are a christian preaching group called act 17 apologetics... hence the muslims were on their guard... and guys come on why did I get voted down thats harsh! :(

matt99 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

matt99

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115 days 11 hours ago...

You are obviously failing to see what happened. Since the event took place on public property they are allowed to do what they please as long as they do not endanger any one else. On the other hand if it had been on private property they would have had to put the camera away. The second point you are missing is that the guy asking the questions and the camera person did not confront them in any intimidating way, he asked if he could ask them a question based on the pamphlet they gave out and they went to a booth that was suppose to answer questions about Islam. The guy asking the question had all the right to film since he is on public property. On the other hand if the guy who was being asked the question didn`t want to be filmed all he had to do is ask not to be filmed and if they didn`t comply then all he would do is ignore them and ask them to leave. But he failed by hitting and putting his hand over the camera and so on.

The security guards were the ones that were intimidating since they were swarming them the entire time.

Second the video was not anything about Islam being secretive. Again look at the premise as to why they went there and where they went.

I would not ask you to answer a question of mine about Islam since you failed to see the problems in this video so I do not think you would understand the questions or views I have. Second I have gone to Muslims in university , friends of mine and some supposedly learned muslims and asked questions about Muhammad and the Quran and they have not been able to answer or they simply attacked me in a verbal way, never in a physical way like in this video.

I have had only one Muslim woman friend talk to me about Islam in a polite manner and I was thankful to her for that. I have maintained a friendship with her and respect her for answering my question in a some what semi-logical way but yet was not able to answer my questions. But she respected my view and I respected her view, thats what it is all about.

mofo123 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

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115 days 11 hours ago...

But you are presuming I can not answer you, I have a Bachelors in Biochemistry and studying for a Masters in Biomaterial Engineering, so I have a scientific background on which I can answer you and I believe I have enough capabilities to answer your question. I was only offering to clear things up for you or at least try... I like you also have many non-muslim friends who I regularly have conversations with, I try not to preach or be patronising it just interests me to know how people interpret things differently to the way I do. Anyway I`m always willing to engage in logical debates.

matt99 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

matt99

2 votes NegativePositive

115 days 10 hours ago...

I am assuming that you cant answer since you didnt see the problem in the video which is the topic which we are talking about and not biochemistry. Do not get me wrong its nice that you have a bachelors and are striving for a masters. I have a bachelors and will be going for a masters in international development. but our educational background really should not come into this. since watching this video is not about education but about common courtesy and respecting the law. As for you answering my questions based on your education , well it doesn`t invalidate it or validate your ability to answer my questions.

If you really want to try and answer a question of mine, here it goes. Muslims say that the bible has been changed, i would like to know where? i will let you look for the info and we can have a discussion about it. if you want to make this more personal in the sense of exchanging emails or something let me know since I am sure that spikedhumor members aren`t to willing to read through discussion of what we would discuss.Hope to hear from you.
salem u aleikum (let me know if i wrote it right)

mofo123 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

mofo123

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115 days 10 hours ago...

Walaykum-as-salaam :) you said it well as anyone else, (Asalaam-o-alykum thats the phonetic spelling I tend to use just for reference) Guys! stop voting me down :( I`m not saying anything!! lol alright cool I`ll be happy to exchange emails :)

matt99 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

matt99

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115 days 10 hours ago...

I didn`t know if you would answer tonight. I have to go but will get back tomorrow to see if you answered with anything. Gn

thmjklmstrymn : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

thmjklmstrymn

1 votes NegativePositive

115 days 10 hours ago...

down with all descendants of Abraham.....christians, muslims, jews, catholics, mormons......all reading the same books, and telling the rest of us how to live our lives.....

It goes like this folks..... Religion should be treated the same as drug use, and whatever sexual kinks you have...
..leave it all at home......its fine there.....

don`t act surprised when you drag that shit in the streets and throw it in peoples faces that the response you get will be less then welcoming

Doqaz : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

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115 days 10 hours ago...

"Is this what will happen when Islam takes over the United States?"

WTF? D:

There`s retarded people and there`s people who manage to overretard themselves with previous retarderness. This video, regardless the muslims behaviour, stinks with religious intolerance.

5:39 "When did an american`s right to free speech become limited to a specific intersection?"

So it hasn`t been limited? lol

Venomousvole : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Venomousvole

-2 votes NegativePositive

115 days 3 hours ago...

hello and welcome to douche patrol, today we will be praying on people`s suspicions to plant suspicion in our audience. discussion is of no interest when hostility is garunteed.

I hate rentacops almost as much as that awefull t-shirt.

I knew it, "where simply representing christianity".

Chuckus : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Chuckus

-1 votes NegativePositive

114 days 21 hours ago...

This was clearly edited to not show their initial contact with the booth. I`m sure they started answering questions and got a lot of jesus talk and started going after them. Does that mean the muslims are nice people in this video? I don`t know and don`t care. What I do care about is that they edited the video to paint themselves as martyrs which Al-Qaeda does on a regular basis.

If you can`t see the fox news style media tactics going on in this video than you`ve learned nothing.

Never support people who manipulate information in order to get you to sympathize with them ESPECIALLY when you agree with their point. Arguments are won on facts and logic. They just baited the people, got them pissed filmed their reaction and called them oppressive.

matt99 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

matt99

1 votes NegativePositive

113 days 20 hours ago...

to Chukus

If you look on youtube for the unedited video of the beginning you would see that the people from the booth at first said that they didn`t want the camera on them but after the guy asking the question mentions to the camera that they wanted to ask a question but the booth people were not willing then the guy at the booth decided to change his mind and to at least hear him, not necessarily answer his questions. After that it is when the woman security guard interrupted , notice in the unedited and edited version the guy was trying to answer the question , maybe not the right and logical way but trying at the very least. If you look at other videos of them asking questions to Muslims in other conventions they actually thank and acknowledge that they are treated much nicer than in this video. You actually see them do their whole thing in other conventions.

If anything , I think the big point in this video is that the security guards are slapping, hitting and pushing them. Which should not be done since they are not doing anything that would be considered violent. So they are breaking the law.

As in my previous comments, its all about respect, whether you agree with them or not its about respect and complying with the law. Which in this case the security guards and some of the people in the convention where not doing.

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