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Hamtramck Fire Department. Hamtramck (/ h æ m ˈ t r æ m ɪ k / ham-TRAM-ik) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.An enclave of Detroit, Hamtramck is located roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of downtown Detroit, and is surrounded by Detroit on most sides.
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.
This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision).
In Dearborn, Michigan, America’s only Arab-majority city, voters are wrestling with difficult decisions ahead of the upcoming elections and amid the Israel-Hamas war.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries having a Muslim majority. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America , such as Ivory Coast , Guyana , Gabon , Mozambique , Nigeria , Suriname , Togo and Uganda – though ...
As a school board member, Mussab Ali was once the youngest Muslim elected official in the nation. Now, he is running for mayor of Jersey City in the 2025 election.
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 ...
Shia Muslims comprise 15-20% of Muslims in the Americas; [10] which is nearly 786,000 [11] to 2.500.000 persons in the U.S. [12] Shia Muslims are situated on United States. The American Shia Muslim community are from different parts of the world such as South Asia , Europe , Middle East , and East Africa .