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Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline, by Timothy D. Lusch – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit at the opening of the new headquarters of the Islamic Institute of America and the inauguration of the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque. (Image: Screenshot | Facebook page for Ribbon Cutting ceremony Prayer Hall of Imamain Al Hassanain Mosque in Dearborn Heights)

By Timothy D. Lusch, Catholic World Report, June 21, 2026

Timothy D. Lusch has appeared in the National Catholic Register, Saint Austin Review, New Oxford Review, Crisis, Toronto Star, Michigan History Magazine, and many other publications online and in print.

 

“There is no place where I feel more respect, fraternity and kindness,” declared Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit at the opening of the new headquarters of the Islamic Institute of America and the inauguration of the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque.

On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani (representative of the Shia Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani in North America), and other Muslim dignitaries at the opening ceremony of the new headquarters of the Islamic Institute of America (IIOA) and the inauguration of the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque.

According to the Arab American News, it is a “$16 million project that community leaders describe as one of the largest and most significant Islamic developments in Michigan in recent years.” It is a sprawling complex built on seven acres, which “features striking golden domes that have already made it a prominent landmark in Metro Detroit’s religious landscape.” ….