Jake Lang Quran Burning Attempt in Dearborn
On November 18, 2025, Jake Lang — a pardoned January 6 Capitol riot defendant and Republican U.S. Senate candidate — led an anti-Islam march in Dearborn, Michigan under the banner 'Americans Against Islamification.' Lang attempted to burn a Quran, slapped it with bacon, used racial slurs against counter-protesters, and told Muslim city council members 'we don't want you in our country.' The Dearborn Muslim community mounted a large counter-protest, and city, state, and religious leaders held a unity press conference condemning the provocation. Lang subsequently filed a $200 million federal lawsuit against the City of Dearborn and Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, which the Arab American News exposed as a calculated provocateur strategy. The SPLC documented the incident as part of a broader trend of far-right anti-Muslim provocations.
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December 15, 2025
SPLC Documents Dearborn Incident in Hate Dispatch
The Southern Poverty Law Center includes the Dearborn incident in its December 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch, documenting it as part of a broader trend of far-right anti-Muslim provocations. The report notes Lang told Muslims they were 'violent, disgusting people' and waved bacon in their faces.
SourceNovember 30, 2025
Arab American News Exposes Lawsuit as Provocateur Strategy
The Arab American News publishes an in-depth report framing Lang's lawsuit as a calculated payday scheme, noting his pattern of traveling to Muslim-majority communities to provoke confrontations and then seeking monetary damages. CAIR-Michigan emphasizes the financial incentives behind anti-Muslim bigotry.
SourceNovember 24, 2025
Lang Files $200M Federal Lawsuit Against Dearborn
Jake Lang files a $200 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dearborn, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, and the police department. The complaint alleges violations of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, claiming police instituted a 'stand-down' directive that allowed assaults including pepper spray attacks, thrown gravel, and sucker-punches.
SourceNovember 22, 2025
AHRC Calls for Unity in Dearborn
The American Human Rights Council issues a statement calling for unity in the face of hatred, reaffirming Dearborn as an 'All-American City' and condemning the use of outside provocateurs to target communities based on their faith.
SourceNovember 21, 2025
Dearborn Unity Press Conference with State Leaders
Mayor Abdullah Hammoud hosts a press conference joined by Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, and Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christian, Shia Muslim, and Sunni Muslim leaders. Hammoud declares 'Dearborn belongs to everyone' and vows to protect the city's diversity.
SourceNovember 19, 2025
CAIR-Michigan Condemns Dearborn Provocation
CAIR-Michigan director Dawud Walid issues a statement condemning Lang's actions, saying 'Anti-Muslim bigotry is the only acceptable form of overt bigotry in America, and it can reward people monetarily.' CAIR describes the march as a transparent attempt by outsiders to divide communities using props and slogans designed to inflame tensions.
SourceNovember 18, 2025
Anti-Islam March and Quran Burning Attempt in Dearborn
Jake Lang leads a small group of anti-Islam demonstrators down Michigan Avenue in Dearborn under a banner reading 'Americans Against Islamification.' He attempts multiple times to burn a Quran with a lighter, but counter-protesters knock the book from his hands. He also slaps the Quran with bacon, waves bacon at counter-protesters, uses racial slurs, makes monkey noises at teenagers, and repeatedly uses the n-word.
SourceNovember 18, 2025
Lang Disrupts Dearborn City Council Meeting
After the street march, Lang attends the Dearborn City Council meeting and delivers inflammatory remarks during public comment, telling Muslim elected officials 'you guys don't live like we do. We don't want you in our country' and claiming 'our founding fathers fought and died for white Americans.' He is escorted out after his allotted time expires.
SourceNovember 18, 2025
Three Arrested During Dearborn Demonstrations
Dearborn police report three arrests from people in 'different groups' exhibiting disorderly behavior as multiple organized demonstrations converged and splintered near Michigan Avenue and Schaefer Road.
SourceMarch 15, 2025
Lang Announces Florida Senate Candidacy
Jake Lang announces his candidacy as a Republican in the 2026 Florida U.S. Senate special election for the seat vacated by Marco Rubio, who was appointed Secretary of State. His campaign is widely regarded as a long-shot bid.
SourceJanuary 20, 2025
Lang Pardoned by President Trump
After nearly four years in federal custody, Jake Lang receives a full presidential pardon from President Trump on his first day in office, along with over 1,500 other January 6 defendants. All pending charges against Lang are dismissed.
SourceJanuary 6, 2021
Jake Lang Participates in Capitol Riot
Jake Lang, originally from Narrowsburg, New York, participates in the January 6 Capitol attack, allegedly assaulting police officers with a baseball bat. He is subsequently charged on an 11-count federal indictment including assault, civil disorder, and obstructing an official proceeding.
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