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Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remained silent after protesters in Dearborn, Michigan, who shouted “Dying to America” and “Dying to Israel” throughout an Worldwide Al-Quds Day rally had been condemned by the White Home and native leaders.
The hour-long rally was held in entrance of the Henry Ford Centennial Library on Friday and was led by native activist Takek Bazzi.
Within the video, posted by the Center East Media Analysis Institute, Bazzi denounced Israel and America.
“Dying to America, Dying to America,” the protesters chanted.
“Dying to Israel, Dying to Israel,” they echoed.
The White Home condemned the Dearborn, Michigan protest on Tuesday. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remained silent following the pro-Palestinian protests. (Getty Photographs)
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Native activist Takek Bazzi led a pro-Palestinian rally on the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan on April 5, 2024. (Center East Media Analysis Institute)
Bazzi mentioned that the chants had been in honor of former Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini.
“Imam Khomeini, who declared Worldwide Al Quds Day, that is why he would say to pour your entire chants and your entire photographs upon the pinnacle of America,” Bazzi mentioned.
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White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks throughout a information convention within the Brady Press Briefing Room on the White Home on April 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
When questioned by Fox Information, White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned that President Biden condemned the mantra.
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“Sure,” she replied, when Heinrich requested if the president condemned the anti-American and Israeli chants.
“Peaceable protests are one thing that the president has additionally been very clear that, its essential to offer of us house to peacefully protest. However any kind of violent rhetoric, we’re going to denounce,” Jean-Pierre mentioned.
Abdullah H. Hammoud, mayor of Dearborn, speaks throughout an interfaith prayer vigil for Aaron Bushnell exterior the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan on March 3, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Fox Information has reached out to Rep. Tlaib and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer however didn’t instantly hear again.
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud publicly denounced the chants, calling them “unacceptable and opposite to the center” of Dearborn.
“Over the weekend, video emerged of a rally in Dearborn the place some attendees had been chanting statements that had been unacceptable and opposite to the center of this metropolis,” he mentioned.
“We reject all inflammatory and violent statements made on the gathering. Dearborn is a metropolis of proud People; the hateful rhetoric heard on Friday doesn’t replicate the opinion of the members of this group,” Hammoud wrote in a X publish. “The Dearborn group stands for peace and justice for all folks. We’re proud to name this metropolis and this nation house.”
A younger woman holds a Palestinian flag throughout an interfaith prayer vigil for Aaron Bushnell exterior the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan on March 3, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hadidi, the chairman of the Michigan Muslim Group Council, informed FOX 2 that the incident must be investigated as hate speech.
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“It’s terrible for any person residing on our soil, respiratory our air, to be saying one thing like that. The shouting from the group… doesn’t symbolize any Muslim in the US.” Dr. Al-Hadidi mentioned. “It must be investigated as hate speech. Hate speech may be very harmful.”
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking information author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise.
She is a local of Massachusetts and is predicated in Orlando, Florida.
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Michigan ‘Dying to America, Dying to Israel’ protest condemned by White Home
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