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What started as a regularly scheduled town hall in\u00a0Dearborn, Michigan, erupted into a flashpoint over the influence of Muslim culture in American civic life Tuesday as the pastor of a local church accused the town of operating under Sharia law.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAmerica, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore,\u201d Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

The outburst, which came amid a series of other\u00a0anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview, views Sewell believes are at odds with the vast majority of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are only 1% of this nation. We are not a nation of Muslims,\u201d Sewell said.<\/p>\n

Sewell\u2019s references to the implementation of Sharia law don\u2019t refer to actual legislation looking to codify Muslim religious practices.<\/p>\n

Instead, they\u2019re based on what he sees as a form of favoritism applied unevenly to Muslims in the name of\u00a0religious freedom.<\/p>\n

In particular, Sewell and other Dearborn critics have pointed to a case in which Muslim counterprotesters, in his view, suffered inadequate consequences for assaulting Jake Lang, a local political activist.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not up under American law. You are up under Sharia law. That is the reason why you have made no arrests,\u201d Sewell said, referring to the incident.<\/p>\n

Lang, the activist, is no stranger to brushes with the Muslim community in Dearborn.<\/p>\n

He frames himself as a faith-based champion of American culture. In one video posted to X, Lang conducts baptisms while wearing military-style garb and a bulletproof chest plate, an outfit he dons in a lot of his online content.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know about you, but I am ready to load up CRUISE SHIPS with f\u2014ing AMERICAN GUNS & go and LIBERATE SPAIN from the Muslim hords. If the Democrats take power in 2028, I\u2019ll be at the Southern Border laying these animals down by the HUNDREDS!!!!!\u201d Lang wrote in\u00a0another post,\u00a0referring to a recent influx of immigrants to Spain.<\/p>\n

But his online opposition turned into a real-world altercation earlier this month when Lang took his protest to the city\u2019s\u00a0Arbaeen March, an annual religious commemoration.<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0one video,\u00a0Lang takes a punch from behind while holding a sign saying \u201cdeport 100 million, save America.\u201d Muslim counterprotesters chased Lang back to his car, and at least one tried to hit him with a rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetroit Crime News JUST released video of 3 BARBARIC Muslims picking up large rocks to STONE me to death!!! For preaching the NAME OF JESUS!!!\u201d Lang wrote online.<\/p>\n

Notably, the police did arrest one of the assailants and asked for help in identifying others who had engaged in unlawful behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne individual was arrested by Dearborn Police during the altercation and is currently held without bond as the Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office determines charges,\u201d a police\u00a0press release\u00a0of the incident said.<\/p>\n

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In Lang\u2019s view \u2014 and in the view of Sewell \u2014 that isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Tuesday city council meeting, Lang, Sewell and other demonstrators announced plans to protest the gathering, pressing for the city to more seriously evaluate Muslim influence and the influence of Sharia law.<\/p>\n

City officials have pushed back on characterizations that Muslims are being treated differently than other citizens of Dearborn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people portray Dearborn as some place that has been overtaken by Muslims, they aren\u2019t simply attacking our Muslim and Arab communities. They\u2019re also trying to erase our Christian brothers and sisters who have contributed immeasurably to the city and folks of other faiths,\u201d Mayor Abdullah Hammoud\u00a0said\u00a0at the city council meeting Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, they\u2019re attacking something much larger than any one faith or community. They are attacking the idea that all of us can belong to America at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the 2020 US census, a majority of Dearborn reported Middle Eastern or North African ancestry, making it the first American city to have a predominantly Arab population at roughly 54.5% of its\u00a0residents,<\/p>\n

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