Pastor Terry Jones Returns to Metro Detroit

DEARBORN, Mich. (WJBK) - "We're glad to be back. We're not going to be able to do much right now. I wasn't aware that we needed a permit to have a press conference," said Pastor Terry Jones.

He was greeted by airport police Thursday and quickly escorted away as reporters peppered him with questions.

Jones said previously he was meeting with Dearborn's chief of police Thursday afternoon, but maybe not.

"We checked with our lawyers to see if that's advisable. As long as they give us an okay, then we will be meeting with him. We have absolutely nothing against meeting with him. That would be fine," Jones said.

We're told the attorney for Jones advised against the meeting.

Jones is appealing last week's court ruling that found he might breach the peace if allowed to protest against radical Islam outside the Islamic Center of America. He and his associate, Pastor Wayne Sapp, were briefly jailed, and now they're back and this time protesting outside Dearborn City Hall.

"Sharia, jihad, what happened last week -- we are even going to be talking about President Obama's re-election," Jones told the media.

Police were in a hurry to move Pastor Jones out of the very public space of the airport for his own protection, airport officials said.

Meanwhile, over at city hall, barricades are in place. Pastor Jones and his supporters will get the steps, while counter protestors will get the sidewalk across the street.

"The best thing is let him come and go. We want him not to be harmed or anyone else, and then we'll go on with our lives," said Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly, Junior.

"All our community disagree with his message, but he has a right to deliver it," said Osama Siblani with the Congress of Arab-American Organizations. "So, let him deliver it. Let him deliver it and then go home."

The mayor says they'll have a large police presence to deal with the crowd. They don't know how many to expect, but it's very expensive to police something like this. They do say there are some outside groups who are passing out flyers and trying to stir things up, but they're hoping this will be a peaceful day.

The demonstration starts at 5:00 p.m. Friday.

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Pastor Terry Jones joined FOX 2's Murray Feldman by telephone during FOX 2 News at 5:00 p.m. Click on the second video in the player above to listen to their conversation.