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The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan has stepped up security measures in response to a widely criticized Wall Street Journal op-ed that declared his town “America’s Jihad Capital” because of its high-percentage of Arab and Muslim residents.
Abdullah H. Hammoud, announced on Saturday that he was dispatching more police around places of worship and major infrastructure points around the city in a statement on X. He did not mince words explaining why.
“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,” the mayor said. “Stay vigilant.”