DEARBORN, Mich. (FOX 2) – The mayor of Dearborn announced Saturday that police will be ramping up patrols in his city after “Islamophobic rhetoric” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
“Effective immediately – Dearborn police will ramp up its presence across all places of worship and major infrastructure points.” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said on X. “This is a direct result of the inflammatory @ WSJ opinion piece that has led to an alarming increase in bigoted and Islamophobic rhetoric online targeting the city of Dearborn.”
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal posted an op-ed that referred to Dearborn as “America’s Jihad Capital” and that politicians & Imams side with Hamas.
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