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Hamtramck is 1st American city to elect majority Muslim council

Uppity females? Is that like 'uppity niggers', like they're trying to put themselves above their station?

Yeah, I have been confused how the Islamophobia has been taking a back seat to sexism all of a sudden? How did women come to be blamed in this anyway? I never understand this stuff.
 
Yeah, I have been confused how the Islamophobia has been taking a back seat to sexism all of a sudden? How did women come to be blamed in this anyway? I never understand this stuff.

Probably your fault for getting uppity.
 
Well, I'm not optimistic about this........but I also hope that I'm wrong. That does happen on occasion. :)

To me too. And I hope you're wrong too.

Hell, even I don't like uppity females. They incense me as well. That's why I get really pissed off when some TV shows feature females running an
elite police squad. That rarely happens. Usually, there is a female producing, writing or directing that show.....or a combo of all 3.

Why did you have to ruin your post with this knuckledragging post?

I don't know what you mean by "uppity females," but I'm pretty sure I don't like it. My knee is jerking.

I would like to think that you base your opinion of women, "uppity" or otherwise, on something a little more substantial than TV shows.
 
Hmm.

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - History in Hamtramck as voters elected the first majority Muslim city council in the country.

But rather than ease racial tensions, the comments from a Muslim organizer threaten to divide.

It was a historic moment Tuesday, but followed by a controversial comment that may create or widen the rift between the growing Muslim and shrinking Polish community in Hamtramck.

"Today we show the Polish and everybody else," said Ibrahim Algahim in cell phone video.

The comments touched a nerve.

It came after Hamtramck voters elected America's first Muslim majority city council in a town where the Polish community held the power for decades.

Cathie Lisinki-Gordon, a former councilmember, was one of Tuesday's losers and was surprised at the comment.

"I'm shocked that he said that. I'm a very good friend of his," she said. "I cannot believe that he would ever profile any select group. Especially when his community has felt ostracized and profiled for many years."

The statement was immediately rebuffed by many present at the Muslim candidates' victory lab

Saad Almasmari, the top vote getter, was one of them.
Muslim political comments about Hamtramck causes concern - Story | WJBK

I agree. A little disconcerting that.
 
Hmm.

I agree. A little disconcerting that.



And while Majewski advocated to allow mosques to issue calls to prayer, she understands why some longtime residents are struggling to adjust to the sound that echos through the city’s streets five times each day.

“There’s definitely a strong feeling that Muslims are the other,” she said. “It’s about culture, what kind of place Hamtramck will become. There’s definitely a fear, and to some degree, I share it.”
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“The Polish people think we were invading them,” said Masud Khan, one of the mosque’s leaders, recalling that time in an interview earlier this month. “We were a big threat to their religion and culture. Now their days are gone.”
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The town’s transformation caught Mike Bugaj off guard. When the Hamtramck native left to join the Air Force in 1972, the city was widely referred to as “Little Warsaw.” When he returned from the military in 1995, “the Muslims were here,” said Bugaj, who is of Polish and Native American descent. The new majority Muslim council has Bugaj worried that old traditions, like the Polish festival and Fat Tuesday’s paczki day, soon will be wiped away. He and other residents are “concerned about what they would want to change, that they could mistreat women,” said Bugaj, who wore feather earrings and a T-shirt with wolves on it. “Don’t come over to America and try to turn people to your way of thinking.”
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“They are clannish and stick together. . . . The jury is out on them.” Little said.
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Then, after the election, a Muslim community organizer upset many residents when he praised the composition of the new council. “Today, we show the Polish and everybody else,” said Ibrahim Algahim in an address to fellow Muslims that was captured on video. Muslim community activist Kamal Rahman said he empathizes with the older residents’ concerns and has been working to help unify the town by meeting with city leaders.
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“People talk about Muslims by talking about ‘them,’ but we’re not going to be as single-minded as people think,” said Almasmari, a married father of three who covered his Facebook profile picture last week with the French flag filter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d0ea96-8a24-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html



Context can change the meaning, as can the lack of context.

The lack of context in the other context made it sound like "show the Polish" was a threat; the context in the much longer WaPo piece indicates the meaning was that they intend to show the Polish that they had nothing to fear.
 
It all goes back to their allegiance to Mohammad, over all else. The bible of liberals is liberalism.....the bible of muslims is islam. Those two are similar in that they are placed higher than the Constitution of the US or personal Freedoms.

From Hamtramck to Benghazi...


just like that.
 
It all goes back to their allegiance to Mohammad, over all else. The bible of liberals is liberalism.....the bible of muslims is islam. Those two are similar in that they are placed higher than the Constitution of the US or personal Freedoms.

LOL... coming from a guy aligned with a party whose got presidential candidates who say "God's law is supreme" and how we need to amend the constitution to conform with God's standards. And if I have to tell you that I'm talking about Huckabee then you aren't paying very close attention to politics at all.
 
looks like hamtrack will have to change its name to turkeytrack or goattrack
 
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