Michigan Muslim group wins FBI Detroit s Community Leadership Award
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The Michigan Muslim Community Council has won the Detroit FBI s community leadership award for 2020, officials announced Thursday.
The honor has been given annually since 1990 to a person or group demonstrating extraordinary contributions to the education and prevention of crime in their communities, the FBI Detroit Field Office said in a statement.
As part of FBI Detroit’s multicultural engagement council, Michigan Muslim Community Counci has fostered dialogue between the bureau and the regional Muslim community, the release said.
The council also has participated in virtual town halls in the last year, bringing together community leaders and the FBI to built trust as well as provided information on COVID-19 schemes, elder fraud and hate crimes, officials said.