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In November 2015, Hamtramck became the first American city to elect a Muslim-majority city council. [9] [10] In 2022, it became the first American city to have an all-Muslim government. [100] It also now has an all male elected government which has been said to "not reflect the city's makeup."
Muslims in the United States have increasingly made their own culture; there are various Muslim comedy groups, rap groups, Scout troops and magazines, and Muslims have been vocal in other forms of media as well. [150] Hijab is commonly worn by Muslim women in the United States, and is a very distinctive cultural feature of Muslims in America.
Dearborn has the proportionally largest Muslim population in the United States and the largest mosque in North America. [9] [10] In 2023, Dearborn became the first Arab majority city in the US, with 55% of its residents claiming to be of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry in a 2023 census. [11] [12]
The mayor of the first US city to have an all-Muslim city council has endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Amer Ghalib, the mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan,...
Sayed Saleh Qazwini, who leads the Arab-majority congregation at the Muslim Educational Community Center of America (MECCA) in nearby Canton, said the community has watched the devastation of ...
In 2013 the city council of Hamtramck became the first in the U.S. that was Muslim majority. [6] [7] By 2015 many Muslim women in the Detroit area asked to be able to wear hijab in public places and in any identification photographs. Several municipalities are having to determine how to deal with producing identification photographs of Muslim ...
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The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.