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DETROIT — Dearborn police will increase patrols across the city as residents face an influx of “Islamophobic rhetoric online targeting the city,” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud announced Saturday. The headline of an opinion piece published Friday in The Wall Street Journal called Dearborn “America’s Jihad Capital” and it aimed criticisms at residents for pro-Palestine demonstrations. In an X post published Saturday, Hammoud announced police would ramp up presence at places of worship and major infrastructure points “as a direct result” of the opinion piece. The op-ed by Steven Salinski, executive dire…

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