From Basim: "Dearborn Arab
International Festival 2013, in what would have been its 18th year, a gathering
recently wrought with religious clashes, is on hiatus. Last year's event
resulted in at least two civil lawsuits, both filed by Christian organizations
that attended the event for missionary or evangelical purposes."
"The City of Dearborn had been looking to minimize tensions as much as
possible by trying to move the festival into a gated area and charging an
entrance fee. The Christian evangelist group, the Bible Believers, who protested
at the festival last year and caused controversy after displaying a pigs head on
a stick, had planned on returning to this year's festival once again."
