I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
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The city of East Lansing will not seek trespassing or littering charges against an unidentified man who left a burnt Quran at the Islamic Center in the city, reports the Lansing State Journal.
Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon tells the newspaper that there is no evidence the man, who turned himself in after authorities posted a $10,000 reward leading to information identifying the suspect in the incident, ever set foot on the property of the Islamic Center.
Of the littering charge, Yeadon says:
“From a littering standpoint, my understanding is that no one would consider a desecrated version of the Quran as litter,” Yeadon said. “That would be potentially insulting and provocative.”
This news comes on the heels of Tuesday announcement by Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III that he would not seek state charges against the man. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for a federal investigation into the incident, calling it a “hate crime.”
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