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玛戈特·克利夫兰指控该市拒绝悬挂复活节、逾越节或其他宗教符号，却悬挂新月标志
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发布于2026年10月8日美国东部时间上午6:14
起诉该市的记者称，密歇根州迪尔伯恩市“是基督徒和犹太人的敌意之地”
玛戈特·克利夫兰解释了她为何对密歇根州迪尔伯恩市提起第一修正案诉讼——此前她发现该市仅展示伊斯兰节日装饰，尽管有人请求展示基督教和犹太教装饰。
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《联邦党人报》高级法律通讯员玛戈特·克利夫兰正在起诉密歇根州迪尔伯恩市及其市长阿卜杜拉·哈穆德，指控他们在公共展示中仅展示穆斯林符号，违反了第一修正案，并指责该市“是基督徒和犹太人的敌意之地”。
克利夫兰指控该市悬挂了庆祝伊斯兰斋月的横幅和新月造型展示，却拒绝展示同等的基督教或犹太教象征物。
“我当时在迪尔伯恩市中心取披萨。沿着大道走的时候，整条街都挂满了‘拉姆丹卡里姆’（慷慨斋月）的横幅，这相当于祝斋月快乐或祈福，”克利夫兰在接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家采访时说道。
“那是四旬斋的第四周。再过两周就是复活节，还有一周就是逾越节。我当时震惊了，接着又看到了孤零零的展示——又是新月造型，”她说道。
迪尔伯恩多个街区的路灯杆上悬挂着发光的新月和星星，作为该市庆祝斋月的一部分。（《今日美国报》网络版 via 路透社连线）
克利夫兰告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她曾写信给迪尔伯恩市检察官，询问该市是否计划为其他亚伯拉罕诸教对等展示装饰，但未收到回复。
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克利夫兰提交了一系列《信息自由法》（FOIA）申请，以了解这些展示的成本。根据她的诉讼和接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时的说法，她据称了解到该市还在其他官方场合融入了伊斯兰象征物。
“警察局当时在售卖带有警察局徽章的斋月T恤，上面有警察局徽章和新月图案，我记得上面还写了‘斋月’字样，”克利夫兰说道。
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在多次尝试联系市政府官员后，克利夫兰仍未收到任何回复，直到一名市议员告诉她，市议会已接到指示，不得与她接触。
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“我联系了市议会，给每位议员都发了公开邮箱和备用邮箱，都没有收到回复，”她说道。“但在领英上，一名议员回复说，‘嘿，我们接到指示，不能和你交谈’，”克利夫兰告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
克利夫兰随后于5月出席了一场公开的市议会会议。她请求负责该市财政的议员们动用当前的预算盈余，购买庆祝犹太教和基督教节日的横幅。
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“我并没有要求该市不要庆祝斋月，”她说道。“我所要求的是，该市平等对待基督徒和犹太人。挂上逾越节横幅、复活节横幅，挂上大卫之星、十字架，做些什么。再加上一些爱国符号，表明我们是一个迪尔伯恩，一个所有信仰都能平等代表的国家。但这些都没有做到，”她说道。
克利夫兰称，该市非但没有答应她的请求，反而在她试图联系市政府官员后，增设了更多庆祝斋月的装饰。
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“在我被无视之后，发生了什么？市长随后又采购了更多斋月装饰。我抱怨了那些横幅。他怎么做的？他搞了更大更亮的发光斋月展示，”她说道。
迪尔伯恩市长阿卜杜拉·哈穆德在2025年9月23日的市议会会议上发言，当时他拒绝为引发全国关注的言论道歉。（迪尔伯恩市政府截图）
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“不在迪尔伯恩生活的人不了解迪尔伯恩，”克利夫兰说道。“我反对的是市长和管理该市的人，他们歧视基督徒和犹太人。住在迪尔伯恩的普通人相处得很好。这是一个多元化的城市，大家都和睦相处。是市长制造了问题。”
该市在克利夫兰提起诉讼后不久发布的一份声明中驳斥了她的指控。
声明写道：“迪尔伯恩长期以来承诺公平、公正地服务所有居民，无论其信仰或背景如何。”
“迪尔伯恩将继续维护每位居民的权利和尊严，始终做一个公平、尊重对待所有人，并在法律面前人人平等保护的城市，”声明继续说道。
美国自由法律中心于9月17日代表克利夫兰在密歇根州东区美国地区法院提起了民事诉状。
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Lawsuit accuses Dearborn, Michigan, of being ‘hostile to Christians and Jews’ with Islamic displays
2026-10-08T06:14:19-04:00 / Fox News
Margot Cleveland alleges the city refused to put up Easter, Passover or other religious symbols alongside crescent moons
By Robert McGreevy, Fox News
Published October 8, 2026 6:14am EDT
Dearborn, Michigan is ‘a hostile place for Christians and Jews’ says journalist suing the city
Margot Cleveland explains why she filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the city of Dearborn, Michigan after discovering the city displaying exclusively Islamic holiday decorations despite requests to show Christian and Jewish decorations.
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Margot Cleveland, senior legal correspondent at The Federalist, is suing the city of Dearborn, Michigan, and the city’s mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, for violating the First Amendment by displaying exclusively Muslim symbols in public displays, accusing the city of being “a hostile place for Christians and Jews.”
Cleveland alleges the city put up banners celebrating the Islamic holiday of Ramadan and a display of crescent moons while refusing to showcase equivalent Christian or Jewish iconography.
“I was picking up pizza in downtown Dearborn. When I went down the boulevard, up and down the street were ‘Ramadan Kareem’ (generous Ramadan) banners, which is the equivalent of a happy or blessed Ramadan,” Cleveland told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
“This was the fourth week of Lent. We had Easter coming up in two weeks, and Passover was a week away. I was shocked, and then I saw the display all by itself — again, the crescent moon,” she said.
Illuminated crescent moons and stars hang from light poles in several Dearborn districts as part of the city’s celebration of Ramadan.(USA Today Network via Reuters Connect)
Cleveland wrote to Dearborn’s city attorney, asking if the city planned to reciprocate the displays for the other Abrahamic faiths, but did not get a response, she told Fox News Digital.
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Cleveland submitted a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to find out the cost of the displays, which, according to her lawsuit and in an interview with Fox News Digital, is where she allegedly learned that the city had also integrated Islamic iconography in other official capacities.
“The police department was selling — with the police department’s seal — Ramadan T-shirts. It had the police department seal and a crescent moon, and I believe it said Ramadan,” Cleveland said.
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The Dearborn Police Department did not respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry regarding the alleged T-shirts.
Photos of alleged T-shirt designs from the Dearborn Police Department, which Margot Cleveland included in her lawsuit.(American Freedom Law Center)
After repeated attempts to try and contact city officials, Cleveland still received no response, until one city councilor told her that the council had been instructed not to engage with her.
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“I reached out to city council, every individual, both their public email and a secondary one. Received no response,” she shared. “But on LinkedIn, one of the council members responded and said, ‘Hey, we were told we can’t talk to you,’” Cleveland told Fox News Digital.
Cleveland then attended an open city council meeting in May. She asked that the councilors, who she explained control the city’s purse strings, use an ongoing budget surplus to purchase banners celebrating Jewish and Christian holidays.
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“I have not asked the city not to celebrate Ramadan,” she said. “What I’ve asked is that the city treat Christians and Jews equally. Put up Passover banners, Easter banners, put up a Star of David, put up a cross, do something. And throw in some patriotic symbols to show we are one Dearborn, one country where all faiths are represented equally. That has not been done,” she said.
Contrary to acceding to her requests, Cleveland claims the city put up even more decorations celebrating Ramadan in the wake of her attempts to contact city officials.
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“After I was ignored, what happened? The mayor then went and bought more Ramadan displays. I complained about the banners. What does he go? He goes bigger and brighter with lighted Ramadan displays,” she said.
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud listens during the Sept. 23, 2025, City Council meeting, where he declined to apologize for remarks that drew national scrutiny.(City of Dearborn screenshot)
The mayor’s office did not respond to a Fox News request for comment.
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“People who are not in Dearborn do not understand Dearborn,” Cleveland said. “My beef is with the mayor and the people running the city, who are discriminating against Christians and Jews. The average people who live in Dearborn get along great. It is a diverse city and people get along. The mayor is causing a problem.”
The city rejected Cleveland’s accusations in a statement released shortly after Cleveland’s lawsuit.
Dearborn “has a longstanding commitment to serving all residents fairly and equitably, regardless of faith or background,” the statement read.
“Dearborn will continue to uphold the rights and dignity of every resident and remain a city where everyone is treated with fairness, respect, and equal protection under the law,” the statement continued.
The American Freedom Law Center filed the civil complaint on behalf of Cleveland in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Sept. 17.
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Dearborn’s city attorney did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for additional comments.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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