Officials have cancelled the popular Arab International Festival in Dearborn this year because of aggressive proselytizing by so-called Christian missionaries.

The preaching and provocation -- one brought a pig's head to last year's festival -- sparked tensions with local Muslims. Some Christian groups sued the city after police intervened. Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones of Florida said he'd attend this year's June 14-17 festival in Ford Woods Park with the California man who brought the pig’s head last year.

The announcement left many disappointed that a small number of aggressive extremists could ruin what had become a tradition in the eastern section of Dearborn, which has a significant number of Arab Americans, Niraj Warikoo reports in the Free Press.