Wall Street Journal Slammed Over 'Islamophobic' Op-Ed On Michigan City
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING The Wall Street Journal is facing outrage on social media over “Islamophobic” rhetoric in an opinion piece about a Michigan city. The Friday op-ed referred to Dearborn — a suburb of Detroit with the largest Muslim population per capita in the U.S. — as “America’s Jihad Capital,” saying that people there “side with Hamas” amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Gaza-based militant group. The op-ed described the city’s protests as “in support of Hamas” and its allies, and framed the sentiment there as a potential national security issue. The mayor of the city, Abdullah Hammoud, said that the “inflammatory” op-ed led to “an alarming increase in bigoted and Islamophobic rhetoric online targeting the city of Dearborn.” “It’s 2024 and the @WSJ still pushes out this type of garbage,” Hammoud wrote on X, using the Wall Street Journal’s handle on the platform.
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