back to top watch live : rejecting islamophobia : a community stand against hate community town hall will be held in dearborn , michigan today , april 29th at 1pm rejecting islamophobia : a community stand against hate it ’s not news to anyone in our community that anti - arab and anti - muslim bias remains a problem .
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but muslim women in metro detroit are rejecting the conference 's message , saying it promotes hatred of islam and arab americans .
anti - islam activists from across the u.s. are in dearborn today for a conference they say is needed to rescue muslim women .
from the politicizing of a fun , family - oriented arab community festival to terry jones ' visits to dearborn , the community has faced these challenges with dignity and courage .
arab americans have mobilized to combat this trend both because it is wrong and because it undermines core american values , including religious freedom .
unlike the irrelevant jones , geller and spencer have thousands of followers , and are given airtime to spew their hate on major american notice you must log in to continue .
the arab american community in michigan is perhaps more familiar with these challenges than anyone else .
with terry jones in particular , dearborn ’s arab americans did the right thing by keeping him marginalized and organizing an interfaith response that affirmed our values .