Christian evangelists arrested at Arab festival
Associated Press - 6/21/2010 6:00:00 AMDEARBORN, MI - Police in the heavily Arab Detroit suburb of Dearborn say they arrested four Christian missionaries for alleged disorderly conduct at an Arab cultural festival.
Police Chief Ron Haddad says his department made the arrests Friday. The four, who are free on bond, insist they only spoke with people who wanted to speak with them. Christian proselytizing at the festival has been a matter of dispute for several years.
Haddad told the Detroit Free Press he isn't taking sides, but police have to keep peace at a festival that draws 300,000 people over three days.
On Thursday, a federal appeals court said evangelist George Saieg could distribute information on the festival's perimeter. He was not one of the four Christians arrested.
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