DEARBORN, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Detroit Free Press columnist Neal Rubin recently wrote a column titled, “It’s time to leave Dearborn alone.”

Rubin focused on the antics of Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang, who came to incite Muslims by saying he wanted to burn a Quran and cook bacon at the steps of city hall during a Nov. 18 Christian march through Dearborn.

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Lang was criticized and strongly rebuked by Republicans and conservatives who saw it as a profiteering stunt.

An Islam in the West expert weighs in.

But Rubin’s retelling of the story left out key elements of the story, according to one expert on Islam in the West.

“Columnist Neal Rubin seems to have a tough time remembering that that the recent round of controversy in Dearborn was prompted by an act of Islamic supremacism on the part of the city’s mayor Abdullah Hammoud,” said Dexter Van Zile, a research fellow with the Middle East Forum, an Islamic think tank. “When Dearborn resident Ted Barham raised legitimate concerns about local leaders honoring a supporter of Hezbollah the mayor lost his temper and effectively told him to shut up and leave the city, all in the name of ‘coexistence,’ of course. By refusing to apologize for his abusive behavior, Hammoud gave Jake Lang and his fellow travelers the opening they needed to sow chaos.”

That was in September when Hammoud told Barham was not welcome in the city. Hammoud didn’t preface his attack on Barham saying it was his views as a private citizen. Instead, the mayor said, “Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here,” inferring his words were backed by the power of government.

Van Zile continued: “Barham and others responded in an irenic and responsible manner to Hammoud’s bullying and the mayor did not apologize. An honest and forthright apology from the mayor will go a long way toward reducing the tensions he initiated.”

Doubling down.

Instead of apologizing, Hammoud went on a local podcast and said he was making his comments as a concerned father of daughters who saw Barham’s comment as an attack against him family.

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Hammoud also joked on that same podcast about the threat of jihadist terrorism in his city.

“The funny idea I had was to go and name everyone ‘Jihad,’” the mayor said during that podcast. “‘Hi, my name is Jihad.’ And just put that in the video. ‘We are Jihad.’ I thought that would be funny.”

An alleged terrorist attack stopped.

Days later, the FBI announced it had thwarted an alleged Halloween terrorism attack. There have been five Dearborn people charged in the plot that included Muslim conspirators from coast-to-coast. Muslims in Washington and New Jersey have also been charged with the plot that the FBI said the planners hoped would result in hundreds of casualties.

Rubin’s column did not address the terrorism plot anchored in Dearborn.

In September, the city of Dearborn also renamed a stretch of a street after prominent local figure Osama Siblani. The Middle East Media Research Institute described Siblani as “a longtime outspoken supporter of U.S. Designated Terror Organizations Lebanese Hizbullah and Hamas.”