Dearborn-Based Journalist Hussein Hachem Criticizes Protest Where People Chanted "Death to America..

On April 9, 2024, the What's Up Media YouTube channel posted a video in which Dearborn-based journalist Hussein Hachem spoke about the April 5 International Quds Day rally in Dearborn in which protestors shouted "Death to America" (see MEMRI TV Clip No. 11004, which has gone viral). Hachem criticized the protest and those who organized it for allowing such slogans to be shouted, explaining: "We live in the United States. This country is our country.” He said that even though the Arab community does not at all agree with America's foreign policy, this does not give anybody the right to shout "Death to America," calling for the death of their fellow citizens and brothers. He also said that "security threats" faced by Dearborn in light of the video constitute a threat to the entire Muslim community in America, and he elaborated that nobody should give others a pretext to silence Dearborn, particularly due to how influential its electorate might be in the next presidential elections. He elaborated that if people do not like America's policy or officials, they should vote or donate money, adding: "Enough with all those empty slogans. We had enough of them in our Arab countries."