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Michigan state politicians are being criticized for their silence ahead of a planned “Christian Crusader” demonstration in Muslim-majority Dearborn on Tuesday organized by white nationalist and anti-Muslim activist Jake Lang.

Lang and fellow Islamophobic activist and Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell have planned an assault on Dearborn City Hall during a city council meeting on Tuesday evening.

In his post on Facebook with a seemingly AI-generated poster advertising the demonstration, Lang encourages followers to join, saying “CRUSADE OR BE REPLACED,” seemingly referring to the white nationalist “great replacement” conspiracy theory. Sewell said that Lang is also planning a pig roast.

Community leaders, including Christian figures, have called for unity ahead of the march — which is just the latest of Lang’s visits to Dearborn to harass Muslim residents and provoke them into responding for his audience of hundreds of thousands online.

Dearborn has the highest proportion of Muslim residents of any U.S. municipality, and has become a frequent target of Islamophobic attacks from politicians and provocateurs like Lang.

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Lang, who Donald Trump pardoned last year for his participation in the January 6, 2021 Capitol........

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