The Detroit Free Press reported on Thursday that a federal judge sentenced a Dearborn restaurant cook to 8 months in prison for e-mailing death threats to right-wing blogger Debbie Schlussel.
Mohamad Fouad Abdallah, 40, pleaded guilty in June to sending two e-mails to Schlussel in August 2006 threatening to rape and blow her up.
Schlussel is known for regularly accusing countless Arab and Muslim Americans of terrorist ties on her website. She frequently refers to Dearborn as “Dearbornistan.” For years she has infuriated many Arab Americans, who view her as an unrelenting bigot.
U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani ordered Abdallah to undergo mental health and diversity training after getting out of prison and lectured him about teaching fear, murder and intolerance to his 9-year-old daughter, according to the Detroit Free Press report.
Osama Siblani, President of the Arab American Political Action committee, said he has implored Arab Americans to dismiss and ignore Schlussel for years.
“Our community should avoid having any discussion with this racist individual. At the same time that we recognize that she puts so many people in our community at risk, we should avoid any communication with her. We should ignore her. Period.
“Our community is very emotional, but we should never threaten people. Don’t communicate with this woman. She’s racist and she’s bad news.”
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