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The city of Hamtramck, Michigan has voted three Muslim city council candidates into office Tuesday, forming a Muslim majority local government.

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One of the winners Tuesday is Saad Almasmari, a 28-year-old student who received the highest percentage of votes – 22 percent. He moved to the US in 2009 and two years later, he became a US citizen.

At the end of the day for Hamtramck, he said, it’s not about religious unity.

“Although we are Muslims, it doesn’t have anything to do with serving the community,” Almasmari said. “It’s not about religion. It’s not about Muslim unity. We are planning to work for everyone.”
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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Up...the-first-time-a-Muslim-majority-city-council

What, no sharia? :frown:
 
Ah, Hamtramck. I know it well. One of the many Polish enclaves in the Motor City.
 
Ford said:
Ah, Hamtramck. I know it well. One of the many Polish enclaves in the Motor City.
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It used to be. I know because its history has come up a number of times in my genealogy hobby. Right now, though, it has a Muslim majority.
 
Dearborn, Michigan is also gone. Minneapolis is gone. America has cancer.
 
Albanians probably. There are many Albanians in Hamtramck and Poletown, what's left of it. Also known for carrying guns.

When I lived in Detroit years ago, there was also one of the largest Arab communities in the US. But in those days, they were concentrated in Dearborn and the near northern suburbs.

It helps to read the article...

The latest US Census surveys found that Hamtramck is now 24 percent Arab, mostly Yemeni, 19 percent African American, 15 percent Bangladeshi, 12 percent Polish, and 6 percent Yugoslavian. Out of the four new Muslim council members, th
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Horatio Parker said:
Albanians probably. There are many Albanians in Hamtramck and Poletown, what's left of it. Also known for carrying guns.

When I lived in Detroit years ago, there was also one of the largest Arab communities in the US. But in those days, they were concentrated in Dearborn and the near northern suburbs.

It helps to read the article...

The latest US Census surveys found that Hamtramck is now 24 percent Arab, mostly Yemeni, 19 percent African American, 15 percent Bangladeshi, 12 percent Polish, and 6 percent Yugoslavian. Out of the four new Muslim council members, th
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Well, 24%+15%=39% So you need 11% to get 50%.
And yes albanians are known for carrying guns in Albania, I heard.
 
barbos said:
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
He moved to the US in 2009 and two years later, he became a US citizen.
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How the fuck is that possible?
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I can't think of a way, either. The shortest period I'm aware of is three years and that's for the spouse of a US citizen--but the clock only starts once you have your green card. Given how slow that is the only way I see to actually accomplish that is to be living with your spouse overseas and go through the green card process before ever entering the US. (I'm thinking of someone posted to an overseas office who marries but remains there for the duration of their posting.)
 
Dearborn MI has long been home to what was and may still be the largest concentration of Arabs outside of the MidEast.

More recently, various parts of the US have seen a large influx of Somali immigrants, with some significant immigration from other predominately Muslim countries. Now, with the situation in Syria, I would expect there to be more Muslim immigrants. Which is distinct from Arab immigrants. I've lived and worked in areas with significant Arab Christian presence.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
barbos said:
How the fuck is that possible?
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I can't think of a way, either. The shortest period I'm aware of is three years and that's for the spouse of a US citizen--but the clock only starts once you have your green card. Given how slow that is the only way I see to actually accomplish that is to be living with your spouse overseas and go through the green card process before ever entering the US. (I'm thinking of someone posted to an overseas office who marries but remains there for the duration of their posting.)
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Wikipedia says at one point the military was offering a route to citizenship "in as little as six months."
 
Are they going to change the name of the town to Halaltramck?
 
Loren Pechtel said:
barbos said:
How the fuck is that possible?
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I can't think of a way, either. The shortest period I'm aware of is three years and that's for the spouse of a US citizen--but the clock only starts once you have your green card. Given how slow that is the only way I see to actually accomplish that is to be living with your spouse overseas and go through the green card process before ever entering the US. (I'm thinking of someone posted to an overseas office who marries but remains there for the duration of their posting.)
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Assuming he won Green Card lottery and moved in, even then I think it takes more than 2 years to get a citizenship.
Don't know about spouses but I suspect it's worse than that.
 
barbos said:
Loren Pechtel said:
I can't think of a way, either. The shortest period I'm aware of is three years and that's for the spouse of a US citizen--but the clock only starts once you have your green card. Given how slow that is the only way I see to actually accomplish that is to be living with your spouse overseas and go through the green card process before ever entering the US. (I'm thinking of someone posted to an overseas office who marries but remains there for the duration of their posting.)
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Assuming he won Green Card lottery and moved in, even then I think it takes more than 2 years to get a citizenship.
Don't know about spouses but I suspect it's worse than that.
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It's 3 years of residency for spouses (this clock only starts once you actually are given a green card--for us that was just under 2 years from when we applied), 5 for anyone else before you're allowed to apply for citizenship.
 
help me understand... you are (pretty much) all saying that there should be a religious test for office, right?
I can't seem to glean any other message out of what ya'll are saying.
 
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