Some more information about the arrest last night of Nabeel Qureshi and David Wood of Acts 17 Apologetics ministry at the Arab Festival in Dearborn, Michigan.

Due to their experience last year at the Arab Festival, Nabeel and David (along with two of their friends, Negeen and Paul Rezkalla) were very careful and thoughtful about their behavior and activities this year—not speaking to anyone unless approached, not carrying any Christian pamphlets, walking away the moment anyone asked them to stop talking to them, refusing to comment about Islam, etc. And, of course, they filmed their entire experience on multiple cameras, in order to ensure that no lies would be able to survive scrutiny.

And “lies” is precisely the reason they were arrested, according to Nabeel, who said the police told them they were being arrested for “breaching the peace.” From what Nabeel was able to gather, one of the festival volunteers accused the Acts 17 Apologetics team of surrounding him, preventing him from walking away. “This is as blatantly false as an accusation can get,” Nabeel said, as the video footage will vindicate. But uniformed officers arrested the team, led them away in handcuffs to shouts of “Allahu Akbar!” and placed them in jail overnight, Nabeel said.

According to Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad, all four were arrested for disorderly conduct and later released on bail.

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