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The number of hate crimes reported in Michigan dipped in 2007.
But a Detroit-area Muslim leader said 2007 was the worst year since 2001 for vandalism aimed at mosques and Arab or Muslim businesses. On just one night in January 2007, three mosques and 10 businesses in Dearborn and Detroit were attacked by vandals, said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Michigan.