Dearborn Heights police investigate threats to mosque

The police of Dearborn Heights stated they’re investigating threats in opposition to a big mosque within the metropolis on Tuesday 30 September led by a distinguished inter -religious chief.

Police and metropolis officers stated that they’ve recognized an individual of curiosity within the case, however no arrests have been made. Prior to now three or 4 days the individual known as the imam of the mosque after which he began calling the secretary and leaving some threatening messages, “Dearborn Heights Police Sgt. Ahmad Mazloum instructed The Free Press on Tuesday.” He stated “I will burn it.”

The police stated that the suspect known as the Islamic institute of America, which is led by Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini, who used to guide the Islamic heart of America in Dearborn. Al-Qazwini is a nationally identified Muslim chief who typically meets chosen officers and has been lively in inter-religious actions in Michigan for many years. Al-Qazwini confirmed on Tuesday to the free press that his mosque would have threatened. The mosque is engaged on constructing a brand new constructing at a unique location in Dearborn Heights.

The caller was imprecise about his threats, “bounce between Dearborn and Dearborn Heights,” stated Mazloum. “He might have been a bit confused of which metropolis to which jurisdiction belongs.”

Dearborn and Dearborn Heights are adjoining and are particular person cities. Each cities, which have important Arab American communities, have typically needed to cope with a hateful rhetoric through the years. Earlier this month, the police of Dearborn Heights was the goal of some right-wing influencers on-line after a proposal for a police patch of an Arabic language was shared on Fb after which eliminated.

“Due to the character of what is going on on, we have now to take all threats significantly,” stated Mazloum. “We work along with our native and federal companions to get this on the backside. These threats and this hatred of our varied communities are undesirable.”

In a separate case, a 32-year-old man from Virginia was lately imprisoned for varied costs after being accused of creating feedback Aim at a mosque in Dearborn With an AR-15, WSET-TV (Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia) reported Monday 29 September.

In Dearborn Heights, the police have carried out patrols round homes of worship.

“Our security has been carried out with the mosques and the locations of worship in our metropolis, in order that the mosque holders can relaxation relaxed, as a result of we do our due diligence to guard them on the identical time investigating this present case,” stated Mazloum.

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Dearborn has additionally carried out patrols exterior homes of worship within the gentle of the assault of 28 September in a church in Grand Blanc Township, the police stated in a put up on Fb on Tuesday.

Mayor Invoice Bazzi of Dearborn Heights repeated Mazloum and stated on Tuesday in an announcement that “we have now zero tolerance for each kind of risk in our neighborhood, aimed toward a home of worship, an organization, a resident or customer.”

Free Press reporters Nour Rahal and Natalie Davies have contributed to this report.

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