Dearborn boosts patrols after WSJ op-ed dubs it 'Jihad Capital'

DEARBORN — On Saturday, an increased number of police patrols began monitoring the streets of Dearborn, Michigan, following an opinion article posted by the Wall Street Journal that dubbed the city "America’s Jihad Capital."اضافة اعلان

According to Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn police would increase patrols around places of worship and major infrastructure points in response to swarms of online hate comments. Hammoud, the city’s first Muslim and Arab American mayor, expressed concern over the situation, Detroit Free Press reported.

US Census Bureau data indicated that in 2020, people of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry made up the majority of Dearborn’s population 54.5 percent. However, some experts have pointed out that it could be up to 70 percent. 


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