Detroit Public Radio claims rise in ‘Islamophobia,’ cites Hamas-linked CAIR, ignores supremacist aspects of Sharia

There is so much wrong with this item from Detroit’s WDET, but it’s a typical establishment media offering.

The author of the piece, Sam Corey, uses the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as an authority without ever mentioning CAIR’s Hamas ties, or its unsavory record of opposing counterterror measures.

Corey takes Hamas-linked CAIR’s claims about “Islamophobia” at face value, and is likely unaware of and indifferent to the fact that CAIR has, over the years, touted numerous alleged “hate crimes” against Muslims that turned out to have been faked or wildly exaggerated, and that it counts dirty looks and unkind remarks as “Islamophobic hate crimes,” giving people the impression that discrimination against and harassment of innocent Muslims is much more widespread than it actually is.

Above all, Corey ignores the fact that Sharia is political, supremacist, expansionist, and violent, and that these are the reasons why people are suspicious of candidates such as El-Sayed. But like all establishment media “journalists,” Corey assumes that Sharia is entirely benign, and that only “racism” and “Islamophobia” fuel suspicion of Muslim candidates.

“The Metro: Why ‘the last vestige of acceptable racism’ is intensifying,” by Sam Corey, WDET, August 25, 2026:

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) logged 25% more complaints of Islamophobia this year. Lead staff attorney of CAIR-Michigan Amy Doukoure joins the show to discuss.

A week ago, the Dearborn City Council moved its meeting to the public library because they expected a crowd. Police were outside in riot gear. Wayne County sent officers on horses. By the next morning, 22 people had been arrested from across Michigan, and from as far as New York and Tennessee.

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told the council his own daughter didn’t go to daycare that day. Some businesses stayed closed. Sports practices were rescheduled….

Three weeks ago, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Within hours, a sitting U.S. Senator called him a terrorist. A sitting congresswoman called every Muslim holding public office in America “a Trojan horse.”

Last year, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, logged over 8,600 complaints nationwide, more than in any year since the group started counting in 1996. In Michigan, the chapter recorded nearly 500 — also a record, up 25% from the year before. These are complaints people brought to an advocacy group, not hate crimes confirmed by police. But they’re climbing, and they have been for three years running.

Amy Doukoure is the lead staff attorney for CAIR-Michigan, a nonprofit dedicated to combatting anti-Muslim hate locally. She spoke with host Robyn Vincent about why anti-Muslim hate is rising, and what can be done to stop it.