Following an inflammatory piece within the Wall Avenue Journal, Marc Lamont Hill talks to Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud.
For the reason that October seventh assaults and the start of Israel’s struggle on Gaza, there’s been an uptick in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric and incidents throughout the USA.
A number of weeks in the past, an opinion piece printed by the Wall Avenue Journal labelled town of Dearborn, Michigan, dwelling to one of many largest Arab and Muslim communities within the US, as “America’s Jihad Capital”. The op-ed has left most of the metropolis’s residents involved that the piece performs into rising anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiment.
In the meantime, persevering with US assist for Israel has left many Muslim Individuals feeling alienated by the present administration. With the 2024 election campaigns totally underneath means, uncertainty concerning the Arab-American assist for US President Joe Biden continues to develop.
So what affect has Israel’s struggle on Gaza had on Muslim and Arab communities within the US? And the way will it have an effect on the upcoming Presidential election?
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to Dearborn’s Mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, on the Arab and Muslims and their response to the rising tensions and the upcoming presidential elections.