By America-Today November 20, 2025

DEARBORN, MI — A pair of dueling demonstrations unfolded along Schaefer

Road and Michigan Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 18, as anti-Islam activists and pro-

Muslim counter-protesters clashed in front of a heavy police presence before

moving toward Dearborn City Hall for the evening council meeting.

The city, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the United States, has

recently become a repeated target for out-of-state activists who falsely claim it

operates under “Sharia law.”

The tensions began when Jake Lang, a Jan. 6 rioter who has described himself

as a political prisoner, arrived on Michigan Avenue attempting to burn a Quran.

Lang tried several times to ignite the book, holding it up with a lighter, but

counter-protesters repeatedly knocked it from his hands.

At one point, Lang stepped into the center of Michigan Avenue and tapped the

Quran with a slab of bacon before a Muslim counter-protester snatched the book

and ran off with it.

Lang’s group later marched toward City Hall ahead of the 7 p.m. meeting.

Curtis Hertel, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, released the following

statement.