Update 5:37 p.m.
Michigan Radio's Rina Miller is at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn and phoned in the above reports.
On their live blog, the Free Press reports that "several hundred people have gathered outside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn for a Terry Jones counterrally, listening to speakers who have pleaded for peace and understanding.
Crowd members are carrying signs that say, 'We are Peace,' 'We Are Islam," and 'Hope, not Hurt.'"
Update: 4:32 p.m.
The Detroit Free Press reports that members of assorted police departments have gathered at the site of the planned counter-protest outside of the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The Freep reports they have riot gear "on hand visible inside several vans, including helmets and sticks."
From the Freep:
Emergency crews from more than a half-dozen agencies are gathered outside the FordCommunity and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. They are on guard for a scheduled 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. counter-rally organized by Detroit-area religious leaders in response to a Florida pastor’s desire to hold his own rally outside Dearborn’s Islamic Center of America, one of the nation’s largest mosques.
2:40 p.m.
Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who organized a Quran burning last month, plans to hold his anti-Muslim rally tonight at 5 p.m. at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn regardless of the outcome of this afternoon's trial.
He said during the trial that he knows of 5 people from his church who will be there.
Prosecutors say more than 10,000 people could show up to counter protest his rally and they fear violence could erupt.
They liken Jones' intent to hold an anti-Muslim rally outside one of the largest mosques in the United States to shouting "fire" in a crowded theater.
A counter-rally has been planned at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn 3 miles away from the mosque.
It's scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
Michigan Radio's Rina Miller will attend the rallies and file updates for us.
