Michigan City Elects America’s First All-Muslim City Council


The long-time Polish-Catholic town has been changing for some time, and the recent vote has shown just how much. Two of the top three vote winners were incumbents Anam Miah and Abu Musa, and the third was a newcomer named Saad Almasmari.

Almasmari is a 28-year-old student who moved to the United States in 2009 and became a citizen two years later.

“Hamtramck has made history,” community leader Bill Meyer said. “The election was far from close, with the three Muslim winners each gaining over 1,000 votes, while the other three candidates garnered less than 700 votes each.”

Though the percentage of Muslim residents in the town is not known, U.S. Census figures describe the city as currently 24 percent Arab, 19 percent African, 15 percent Bangladeshi, 12 percent Polish and 6 percent Yugoslavian. Estimates of Hamtramck’s Muslim population are between 30 percent to 50 percent.

Bill Meyer feels the community voted for them because they helped bring stability, security and sobriety to the city, while lessening the amount of drugs and crime. While that’s certainly not a bad thing to have accomplished, it’s hard not to question exactly how they did this, especially since non-violence is contradicting to their religion. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next.

Source: breitbart.com



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