Dawud Walid
Metro Detroit Muslim leaders worry about possible retribution against Muslims here and elsewhere as a result of the terrorist attack on the the French satirical publication that killed 12, the Detroit New reports.
Local leaders sharply criticized the attacks, as did the Arab American News in an editorial on Wednesday.
“The event is disgusting. We send our condolences to our friends and those who lost loved ones,” Dawud Walid, executive director of Michigan’s branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the News. “We are concerned about backlash against Muslims in the west.”
Derek Draplin of the Detroit News reports that Metro Detroit mosques aren’t upping security, but remain on alert against possible threats.
