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U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - chairman - 11-06-2015
Hamtramck, a historically Polish-Catholic enclave of Detroit, rose to national prominence more than a decade ago when its city council gave permission to a mosque to broadcast its call to prayer from speakers on its roof.
At the time, opponents were angered by what they saw as an intrusion of Islamic practice onto a public space. The city council’s approval of an ordinance to allow mosques to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer onto public streets made it one of the few cities in the United States to approve the practice, according to a 2004 story in the Detroit News. “This is about uniting our community,†Shabad Ahmed, the first and only Muslim member of the Hamtramck City Council, told the newspaper.
Fast forward to 2015, when the city of some 22,000 people physically surrounded by but politically separate from Detroit has elected a Muslim-majority city council, believed to be the first in the nation. On Tuesday, the city elected six city council members, four of Muslim faith.
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - Kwami - 11-06-2015
Allah Uh Akbar!!!
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - Kwami - 11-06-2015
God is great!!!
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - Googley - 11-06-2015
wow! elected and not appointed!! amazing!
::LOL::
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - Kwami - 11-06-2015
First order of business ,, construct some Madrasas, Mandatory wearing of Burka and Niqab ;D
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - ketchim - 11-06-2015
Try this ??? ::LOL::
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - Kwami - 11-06-2015
LET stoning s and Sharia rein in this city ;D
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - ketchim - 11-06-2015
Quote:Hamtramck, a historically Polish-Catholic enclave of Detroit, rose to national prominence more than a decade ago when its city council gave permission to a mosque to broadcast its call to prayer from speakers on its roof.[quote author=Kwami link=topic=101009.msg662213#msg662213 date=1446836386]
LET stoning s and Sharia rein in this city ;D
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Bobbice humor has no kwams (qualms)
qualm
kwäm,kwälm/ noun
an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - ketchim - 11-06-2015
Mapoui , how on earth these "come lately"
has accomplished more since Abe's Abolition in 1838 ? :-\
Re: U.S. city has become the first to elect a Muslim-majority city council - ramesh - 11-06-2015
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=101009.msg662215#msg662215 date=1446836787]
Mapoui , how on earth these "come lately"
has accomplished more since Abe's Abolition in 1838 ? :-\
[/quote] The Muslims did well to stick together and more power to them