"Several dozen police officers surrounded the mosque and stood near a grassy area where Jones planned to demonstrate.

They quelled a brief confrontation between the crowd and brothers Jesus and Ruben Melendez, who supported Jones.

"I don't support burning the Quran, but I support his message about radical Islam," said Jesus Melendez, 47, whose Detroit ministry is called Victory in the Blood.

With tempers rising, Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini, leader of the mosque, arrived in a black police cruiser to plead with the crowd to remain peaceful.

"We need no confrontation," he said over the police car's intercom. "This isn't good for Islam or anything."

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