(AFP) Abdullah Hammoud’s election as the first Muslim mayor of Dearborn was a watershed moment for this city, an automaking hub home to the highest concentration of Arab-Americans in the United States. But while his early focus was on upgrading sewer infrastructure […]
(Detroit News) The media clash between local Arab American leaders and the writer of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece continued Monday as both sides doubled down on accusations their opponents are peddling hate. On Monday, members of the Arab American Civil […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck City Council will remain the only all-Muslim council in the U.S. after a community arts worker, Lynn Blasey, came in fourth place in a six-person race for three council seats. Mayor Pro Tem Mohammed Hassan, one of three […]
(LA Times) For months, hundreds of religious parents have regularly rallied outside a Maryland school board building, aghast at [a] curriculum featuring books that portray LGBTQ+ families to elementary school kids. Waving American flags, they have chanted against “indoctrination” of children. They’ve […]
(Detroit Free Press) Michael Flynn, a retired Army general who once served as former President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, is reaching out to Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib and the Muslim community in metro Detroit to form a broad conservative coalition. Flynn, […]
(Detroit News) At the meat business he runs in Hamtramck, Mo Islam fields requests from Muslims to butcher and prepare animals in the manner their religion requires. He usually expects plenty of business when families ask to process sacrificial meat, often from […]
(Detroit Free Press) Facing criticism from some elected officials in metro Detroit, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib is defending a resolution he supported that banned the display of LGBTQ+ and political flags from city property. The six-member Hamtramck City Council voted unanimously last […]
(Detroit News) Residents and nonresidents packed council chambers as well as the hallway at Hamtramck City Council Tuesday night as city officials approved a proposed neutrality flag resolution that would effectively ban LGBTQ+, religious, ethnic, racial and political flags from being flown […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck may ban the display of LGBTQ Pride flags on government buildings and city property such as sidewalks. A resolution on the agenda for Tuesday night’s city council meeting, introduced by Hamtramck Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Mohammed Hassan, […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck city council this week approved a proclamation expressing support for Palestinians and opposing military aid to “all repressive governments.” The proclamation did not mention Israel, but appeared to criticize the country, drawing criticism from some residents and support […]
(Detroit Free Press) After several months of contentious debate and pressure from Muslim residents, Hamtramck City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the religious sacrifice of animals on residential property. Muslims often slaughter animals during the holiday of Eid al-Adha and Hamtramck […]
(National-UAE) The upcoming US midterm elections serve as a reminder of how far the Arab American demographic has come in gaining political power and influence. In Dearborn, Michigan — the Detroit suburb long considered the heart of America’s Arab American community — […]
(Detroit Free Press) The protest began with a prayer. On a Sunday afternoon last month in Dearborn, Nagi Almudhegi took the stage to address the crowd gathered outside Henry Ford Centennial Library to demonstrate against some LGBTQ books in Dearborn Public Schools’ libraries. […]
(Detroit News) Hamtramck made history Sunday afternoon when Amer Ghalib became the city’s first Muslim mayor, sworn in alongside three new council members who are all also Muslim. Some believe the city of 28,000 is the first city in the nation to have a […]
(CNN) For decades, Hamtramck was known as Michigan’s “Little Warsaw,” a city of just two square miles of tightly packed houses and factories, spitting distance from downtown Detroit. The Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla visited once, back in 1969, before he became pope. […]
(Religion News) In Dearborn, Michigan, where the mayor once promised to do something about the city’s “Arab problem,” Abdullah Hammoud, a Lebanese American Muslim, was elected this month to fill that post. In New York, Bangladeshi American Shahana Hanif became the first […]
(Detroit Free Press) The six-member City Council of Hamtramck will consist of all Muslims starting in January, another historic first for the metro Detroit city known for its sizable immigrant population. The newly elected mayor, Amer Ghalib, 42, is also Muslim, which means all […]
(Detroit Free Press) In a historic victory, a 31-year-old state legislator born to immigrants from Lebanon defeated a 66-year-old veteran politician to become the first mayor of Arab descent of Dearborn, a city long known for its sizable population with roots in […]
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