多年老街坊们形容交通混乱、停车纠纷，还有他们口中拒不提供帮助的市政府
2026年9月20日 美国东部时间早上7:00 / 福克斯新闻
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
全美典型小镇居民称伊斯兰人口激增正严重破坏社区生活
密歇根州沃伦市的多名居民表达担忧，随着伊斯兰人口激增，他们的小镇可能会成为下一个迪尔伯恩。
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密歇根州沃伦——街坊们仍记得周日教堂钟声响起的声音。
一座带有两座陡峭坡顶和尖塔的砖结构建筑——一座拥有80多年历史的路德教会教堂——如今仍矗立着，但尖塔上曾经的十字架已经不见踪影。大约六年前，该地产被出售并改建为阿尔伊赫桑伊斯兰中心。
“他们能把任何地方改成清真寺，”57岁的贾斯汀·泰在带领福克斯新闻数字频道记者参观他的家乡时表示。过去十年间，这座城市的外国出生穆斯林人口大幅增长。
特朗普就职典礼牧师称迪尔伯恩基督徒在穆斯林占多数的城市“害怕”发声
贾斯汀·泰2026年8月25日站在密歇根州沃伦市自家的前草坪上。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
泰还记得，这座教堂曾是他所在美国郊区的核心地标，当地孩子们会在草坪上聚集，玩即兴球类运动。
20世纪初，在亨利·福特的内燃机带动新兴汽车行业对劳动力的需求后，黎巴嫩、伊拉克和叙利亚移民（大多为迦勒底基督徒）开始涌入底特律地区。
沃伦如今是密歇根州仅次于底特律和大急流城的第三大城市，二战后汽车制造业蓬勃发展，退伍军人搬到该地区为福特和通用汽车工作，城市几乎一夜之间扩张。这座蓝领、带有白色尖桩篱笆的社区于1957年正式建镇。
泰成年后离开了沃伦，13年前回到这里买下了童年的家。他表示，当时这座小镇并没有发生太大变化。
如今，一切都大不相同了。
2021年，密歇根州沃伦市阿尔伊赫桑伊斯兰中心的草坪上，伊斯兰礼拜者正在祈祷。( courtesy: 杰夫·泰)
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他回来后不久，外国出生的穆斯林开始大量涌入该地区。
上世纪90年代和2000年代的战争引发了中东移民潮，美国接收了越来越多的穆斯林难民和移民。长期存在的亲属移民政策允许家庭成员追随亲属来到美国，近年来外国移民签证数量激增。
泰表示，这就是沃伦的现状。但他所在城镇的困境被媒体忽视了，一旁的迪尔伯恩如今已是穆斯林占多数的城市，受到了全国和国际的关注。
在他居住的社区七英里范围内，如今已有五座清真寺。福克斯新闻数字频道记者在泰的陪同下参观了该区域，他一一指出了这些清真寺的位置。
一家旧工业机械企业如今变成了清真寺，一座原浸信会教堂也是如此。
泰还指出，当地穆斯林曾试图将一处住宅改建为清真寺，但引发了激烈的 zoning 纠纷，沃伦市议会最终否决了这项变更。
阿尔伊赫桑伊斯兰中心，前身为路德教会，位于密歇根州沃伦市。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
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泰和多名接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访的邻居感觉自己正被挤出自己的家乡。
“一切都是从大约六年前他们买下那块地改建清真寺开始的，”泰站在阿尔伊赫桑清真寺前的街角，和他的老街坊温迪·施耐德一起说道。
“开斋节后，他们会举行开斋节礼拜。事前没有任何通知，我们对此一无所知，”他继续说道。“突然间，我们被100多人吵醒了，他们就在清真寺后面，伊玛目站在讲台之上，用大功率扩音器高声诵读礼拜词，吵醒了整个社区。”
从那天起，泰表示社区陷入了“混乱”，尤其是在穆斯林节日和每周五下午的礼拜期间。
沃伦市的法塔赫伊斯兰中心曾是一家雇佣数十名蓝领工人的工业机械企业。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
施耐德表示，她需要频繁看医生，因此周五下午从不计划出门，因为届时礼拜者会挤满社区参加主麻日礼拜。
两位邻居都称道路变得更加危险，指责该城镇的移民居民开车不守规矩，还称那些不会说英语的人完全不理解交通规则。
“我发现这里的驾驶环境非常危险，尤其是在他们做礼拜的周五，我绝不会预约出门，”施耐德说。“因为开车出门太危险了。”
出于同样的原因，泰今年没有续签摩托车牌照。
密歇根州机动车事故数据显示，2010年该市共发生3607起撞车事故。截至可获取的最新数据，2024年沃伦市共发生4086起事故，增幅达13.3%。同期全国事故增幅约为11%。
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密歇根州沃伦市的一座浸信会教堂最近被改建为九英里伊斯兰中心。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
第三位邻居1971年起就居住在沃伦，拒绝透露姓名，他向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，移民涌入已经打乱了他们的生活方式。
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“看起来每家倒闭的美国餐厅，都会有一家穆斯林餐厅取而代之。到目前为止我已经见过四五家了，”他说。
第四位邻居同样要求匿名，他在沃伦出生长大，家族自1966年起就拥有现在的住宅。和泰一样，他离开过沃伦，后来又回来了，至今已有十年。
“我平时性格随和，没什么事能让我烦心，”他说。“但问题是，这是我的社区，他们却要把它占为己有，这就是让我恼火的地方。而且他们根本不在乎这里的居民。”
密歇根州沃伦市一座大型清真寺正在建设中。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
泰表示：“整个社区在不到十年的时间里就彻底变成了穆斯林社区。当然，他们为人不错，见面也会打招呼。但我看的是他们的行为，他们的行为并不友善。”
“不尊重社区，不尊重住在这里的居民，把车停在我们的车道上，挡住我们的车道，甚至停在我们的草坪上，”他继续说道，细数着生活发生的变化。
当地一家媒体2021年曾报道称，居民在开斋节庆祝活动期间骚扰穆斯林礼拜者。“对我们来说，这就像圣诞节，却有人在神圣的节日里攻击你，这确实更伤人，”礼拜者穆巴拉克·莫泽布当时告诉WDIV电视台。其他人则补充说，他们在社区里感觉不受欢迎。
泰告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他从来没有在圣诞节用扩音器吵醒过整个社区。
密歇根州沃伦市一座改建为清真寺的浸信会教堂外的标识，指示女性前往指定的停车和入口区域。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
居民们感到当地官员，包括沃伦警察局，并不支持他们。
虽然一些警官对他们的困境表示同情，但社区成员猜测，官员们因为讲究政治正确而束手束脚。
泰表示，沃伦市市长洛里·斯通拒绝和他们见面。
“你根本没法和斯通市长对话，你只能和她的秘书交谈，而她是一名穆斯林，她告诉我和我的邻居们，我们需要尊重他们，因为他们是穆斯林，”他说。
“他们除了推诿指责之外什么都不会做，”他在谈到警方和市选举官员时说道。
福克斯新闻数字频道联系沃伦市政厅和沃伦警察局后，双方均驳斥了这些说法。
斯通在一份声明中表示，她并不了解居民在采访中提出的任何问题，并坚称她的政府“认真对待居民的担忧，致力于解决问题、协助解决社区事务”。
贾斯汀·泰指着一条禁止半挂卡车进入社区的标识，身后阿尔伊赫桑伊斯兰中心的地块上停着一辆半挂卡车。(彼得·达布罗斯卡/福克斯新闻数字频道)
斯通还表示，福克斯新闻数字频道转达给她办公室的说法“过于宽泛，缺乏足够信息，让市政府无法核实或调查所谓的事件”。
“截至目前，我的办公室尚未收到您邮件中概述的投诉或担忧，沃伦警察局也未提供任何与您描述的问题相关的最新进展，”回复中写道。
沃伦警察局就转达给他们的几起事件作出回应，称其“认真对待所有生活质量相关的投诉，包括停车和噪音问题，无论投诉来自何方”。该局表示，最近一次出警是在3月份。
“过去几年，警官们在该区域出警时 consistently 发现，虽然车辆流量可能较大，但所有车辆都合法停放，”声明继续说道。“过去，与该区域相关的噪音投诉主要集中在白天，这不在城市一般噪音禁令的限制范围内。”
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该局补充称，未收到市政厅下达的豁免该市任何地区执法的指令。
斯通的办公室未回复后续置评请求。阿尔伊赫桑伊斯兰中心也未回复福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
Working-class Americans say their town is the next Dearborn — and they’ve had enough
Longtime neighbors describe traffic chaos, parking disputes, and a city government they say refuses to help
September 20, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
Residents in all-American town say Islamic surge is wreaking havoc on neighborhood
Several residents in the town of Warren, Michigan are expressing concerns that their town could become the next Dearborn as the Islamic population surges.
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WARREN, Mich. — Neighbors remember the sound of church bells ringing on Sundays.
A brick building with two sharply sloped roofs and a steeple — a Lutheran church for more than 80 years — still stands, but the cross that once stood atop the steeple is gone. About six years ago, the property was sold and turned into the Al Ihsaan Islamic Center.
“They’ll turn anything into a mosque,” Justin Tye, 57, told Fox News Digital during a guided tour of his hometown, where the foreign-born Muslim population has grown significantly over the past decade.
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Justin Tye stands on his front lawn in Warren, Michigan on Aug. 25, 2026.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Tye remembers the church as the centerpiece of his American suburb where local children would gather on the lawn to play pickup sports.
Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrian immigrants, mostly Chaldean Christians, began moving to the Detroit area in the early 20th century, after Henry Ford’s combustion engine drove demand for laborers in the newly-minted auto industry.
Warren, now the third-largest city in Michigan after Detroit and Grand Rapid, exploded almost overnight with the post-World War II auto manufacturing boom, as war veterans moved to the area to work for Ford and General Motors. The blue-collar, white-picket-fence community incorporated as a town in 1957.
After leaving Warren in his adulthood, Tye returned 13 years ago and purchased his childhood home. At that time, he says, it hadn’t changed dramatically.
Now, it’s much different.
Islamic worshippers pray on the lawn of the Al-Ihsaan Islamic Center in Warren, Michigan in 2021.(Courtesy: Jeff Tye)
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Shortly after his return, foreign-born Muslims began flocking to the area.
Wars in the 1990s and 2000s led to a boom of Middle Eastern migrations, as America took in a growing Muslim refugee and immigrant population. Longstanding chain migration policies allowed family members to follow their relatives to the United States, and foreign immigrant visas have exploded in recent years.
This, Tye said, has been the story of Warren. But his town’s plight is overshadowed in the media by nearby Dearborn, a now Muslim-majority city that has garnered national and international attention.
Within a seven mile radius of his neighborhood, there are now five mosques. Fox News Digital toured the area while Tye pointed them out.
An old industrial machinery business is now a mosque, as is a former Baptist church.
Tye pointed out a residential home that local Muslims sought to turn into a mosque before a bitter zoning battle, where the Warren City Council eventually decided against the change.
The Al-Ishaan Islamic Center, formerly a Lutheran church, in Warren, Michigan.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
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Tye and several neighbors interviewed by Fox News Digital feel like they’re being pushed out of their own hometown.
“It all started when they bought the mosque, roughly six years ago,” said Tye, standing on the street corner in front of Al Ihsaan alongside his longtime neighbor, Wendy Schneider.
“After Ramadan, they would have their Eid al-Fitr prayer service. It was unannounced. We didn’t know anything,” he continued. “All of a sudden, we were just woken up to 100-plus people behind the mosque, with an Imam on a podium with big amplifier speakers, belting out his prayer service. So it woke up the whole neighborhood.”
Since that day, Tye says the neighborhood has turned to “chaos,” especially during Muslim holidays and weekly Friday afternoon prayers.
The Masjid Al-Fath Islamic Center of Warren was once an industrial machinery business the employed dozens of blue-collar workers.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Schneider, noting that she requires frequent doctors appointments, doesn’t make plans to leave her home on Friday afternoons, when worshippers flood the neighborhood for Jummah prayers.
Both neighbors claim the roads have become more dangerous, accusing the town’s immigrant residents of driving erratically and claiming those who don’t speak English don’t fully understand the rules of the road.
“One thing that I’ve found is that the driving conditions around here are very dangerous, and especially on their Friday, I make no appointments,” Schneider said. “Because it’s too dangerous to try to leave my house.”
For the same reason, Tye didn’t renew his motorcycle license plates this year.
Michigan motor vehicle accident data shows that in 2010, the city had 3,607 crashes. In 2024, the last year for which the data was available, Warren had 4,086, a 13.3% increase. Nationwide trends show about an 11% increase in crashes during the same time period.
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A Baptist church in Warren, Michigan was recently turned into a the Islamic Center of Nine Mile.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
A third neighbor, who has lived in Warren since 1971 and who declined to be named, echoed to Fox News Digital that the influx has disrupted their way of life.
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“Seems like every restaurant that closes up — American restaurant — there’s a Muslim restaurant that opens up. I’ve seen four or five of them so far,” he said.
A fourth neighbor, who also asked not to be named, was born and raised in Warren in a home his family has owned since 1966. Like Tye, he left Warren but later returned. It’s been a decade since he came back.
“I’m normally laid back. Things don’t bother me,” he said. “But it’s like, this is my neighborhood and they’re just taking it over, and that’s what bothers me. And they don’t care.”
A large mosque is under construction in Warren, Michigan.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Tye said: “This whole neighborhood has been flipped in a decade — less than a decade — to Muslim. Sure enough, they’re nice, they wave and everything. But I go by their actions, and their actions aren’t nice.”
“Disrespecting the neighborhood, disrespecting the people who live here, parking in our driveways, blocking our driveways, parking on our lawns,” he continued, rattling off examples of how life has changed.
A local outlet ran a story in 2021 accusing residents of harassment of the Muslim worshippers during Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. “It’s like Christmas for us and to have people attack you on a holy day, it does hurt a little bit more,” worshiper Mubarak Mozeb told WDIV at the time. Others added that they didn’t feel welcome in the neighborhood.
Tye told Fox News Digital he’s never woken up his entire neighborhood with loudspeakers on Christmas.
A sign outside a Baptist church turned mosque in Warren, Michigan directs women to a designated parking and entry area.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Neighbors feel unsupported by local officials, including the Warren Police Department.
While some officers have expressed sympathy for their plight, the community members speculate that their hands are tied by city officials who value political correctness.
Tye said that Warren’s mayor, Lori Stone, refuses to speak with them.
“You never get to talk to Mayor Stone. You get to talk to her secretary, who’s a Muslim, who informed myself and my neighbors that we need to respect them because they’re Muslims,” he said.
“They will do absolutely nothing but gaslight you,” he said of the police and the city’s elected officials.
City hall and the Warren Police Department disputed these claims when reached by Fox News Digital.
In a statement, Stone claimed she wasn’t aware of any of the issues neighbors brought up in their interviews and insisted her administration “takes resident concerns seriously and works diligently to support the community by addressing issues and assisting with problem-solving.”
Justin Tye points to a sign barring semi trucks from his neighborhood, as semi truck sits on the property of the Al-Ishaan Islamic Center behind it.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Stone also said the claims, relayed to her office by Fox News Digital, were “broad and lack sufficient information for the City to verify or investigate the alleged incidents.”
“To date, my office has not received the complaints or concerns outlined in your email, nor has the Warren Police Department provided any updates indicating problems related to the matters you describe,” the response notes.
The Warren Police Department addressed several incidents relayed to them, claiming it “takes all quality-of-life concerns including parking and noise complaints seriously, regardless of where they originate.” It said the last incident they responded to was in March.
“In previous years when officers responded to calls in the area, they consistently found that while vehicle volume can be high, all vehicles were legally parked,” the statement continued. “In the past, noise complaints associated with the area were primarily reported during the daytime, which fall outside the restrictions of the city’s general noise ordinances.”
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The department added that it has not received any directives from city hall to exempt any areas of the city from law enforcement.
Stone’s office did not return a follow-up comment request. The Al Ihsaan Islamic Center did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.