Yes, I know. And the ppl of those towns should petition for a name change!
But say "Medina" to most ppl (those who would have a clue at least) and their first answer, in all likelihood, is not going to be "a marketplace" or "the arab quarter of a North African town"
Medina is one of the pair of Holiest of Holy sites in Saudi for Islam-Mecca and Medina are both required to visist for the devout to complete the Hajj.
So holy, no non Muslim ppl can enter it or it's surrounds.
But if you think that the show/book has it in reference to a place in Ohio, then ok. So long as you don't think that Islam and radical or Muslim and terror are words that have nothing to do with one another.
I'll leave this little tiff for the GF's 'line judge' to adjudicate; OM1, just where are you anyhow?