The city of Dearborn, Michigan, is beefing up security following the publication of a controversial Wall Street Journal op-ed that called the city the “jihad capital” of the United States.
Dearborn has the highest concentration of Muslims in the United States.
a piece of itWritten by Stephen Stalinsky, executive director of the Middle East Media Institute, the book highlights popular support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran among urban residents.
File: Congressman Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) speaks at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) on March 7, 2020 in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
Stalinsky described demonstrators in the city chanting “Intifada, Intifada,” “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea,” and “America is a terrorist state.”
The article also claims that people were “celebrating” Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and injured hundreds more. These celebrations took place before Israel retaliated with ground attacks that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians, the authors noted.
Israeli military expects Hamas war to last until 2024
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud tweeted Friday that city police have increased security at places of worship and key infrastructure points “as a direct result” of the WSJ op-ed.
Hammoud posted on the X Platform (formerly known as Twitter) that an article published Friday “has caused an alarming increase in bigoted and Islamophobic rhetoric targeting the city of Dearborn online.” .
“In 2024, [Wall Street Journal] In another post, Hammoud called this “reckless.” bigotry. It’s Islamophobic. ”
“Dearborn is one of our nation’s greatest American cities,” he added.
Stalinsky told The Associated Press that his work was not intended to “incite any hatred” and that his work was not intended to “incite hatred of any kind,” and that he has been involved in protests in Michigan and other parts of the country, where people have expressed support for Hamas since the outbreak of war between the United States and Japan. He said he wanted to draw attention to the. Israel.
“This is a worrying time for counterterrorism officials,” he said.
Palestinians look on at the destruction following an Israeli attack on a residential building in Deir al-Bala, Gaza Strip, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
More than 27,000 Palestinians, most of them women and minors, have been killed in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, according to the Hamas-controlled territory’s health ministry.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Hammoud’s office and the Wall Street Journal for comment.
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President Joe Biden condemned “hate in all its forms” in a tweet Saturday that referenced Dearborn.
“Americans know it is wrong to condemn a group of people based on the words of a few,” Biden’s post said. “That’s what can lead to Islamophobia and anti-Arab hatred, and that should never happen to the residents of Dearborn, or to any city in America.”
