DETROIT -- An anti-Muslim article in the Wayne State University student newspaper has outraged students and concerned administrators at the school.

Tuesday's South End, which bills itself as Detroit's third-largest daily, included a column by Joe Fisher in which the writer said that he is not very fond of religion and then continues to tell readers why he has a problem with Islam.

"Some religions (expletive) more than others, though, and one of them is Islam. It's not Muslims that I dislike - I just dislike their faith," Fisher said.

Fisher's column includes a number of remarks that angered Muslim and minority students, some of whom work at the newspaper. Mustafa Youssouff is one of them.

Youssouff works in the advertising department at the newspaper and said that he was offended by the column, calling it "racist" and "filthy."

South End editor Jason Clancy defended his decision to run the piece.

"People are going to have views that aren't very popular but we have to respect that," Clancy said.

Wayne State vice president of student life Charles Brown told Local 4 that he also defends the paper's decision to run the story, but said it was in poor taste and does not represent the university's view.

Brown said that the school has a good newspaper despite the controversy, and that the university has an opportunity to use the incident as "a teachable moment for all of our students."

Fisher did not return messages left by Local 4 seeking comment.