Hate Crime Investigation Continues of Fire at Building Connected to Dearborn Mosque

Some advocacy groups have called for the incident to be investigated as a possible hate crime.

Dearborn police and FBI officials are still investigating a fire and graffiti discovered Tuesday at a storage building at the Dearborn Woods Community Center on Pelham, as community reaction to the incident continues to grow. The Council for American Islamic Relations of Michigan called on law enforcement officials to investigate the incident as an anti-Muslim or anti-Arab hate crime, citing similar cases in Michigan and beyond over the past few months. The affected building is owned and operated by the American Muslim Center, located nearby out Outer Drive in Dearborn. A fire destroyed the storage space Tuesday morning, which was also found to be spray painted with obscene graffiti, along with the word “Arabs.” FBI Detroit spokesman Simon…

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Lebanese Patriarch Makes Visit to Dearborn Mosques, Cultural Center

Lebanese Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Rai stopped by Bint Jebail Cultural Center, the Islamic Center of America and the American Muslim Center in Dearborn on Monday.