A Muslim mayor in the US tells a citizen to leave the city for opposing a tribute to a supporter of religious terrorism.
The Dearborn (Michigan) city council has named a street after a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah. The mayor told an opponent that opposing it is racism, Islamophobia, and that he will celebrate when he leaves the city.
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At a Dearborn City Council meeting, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has sparked controversy after publicly telling a city resident that “Even though you live here, you are not welcome here.”The reason for the debate: new plaques and street signs honouring the Arab-American publisher Osama Siblani, accused by some of promoting the ideology of groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
Explain Fox News that the citizen intervened at the plenary session to say that he found it provocative that honorary awards were being given to an editor who has made statements encouraging conflict.
«Speak of the blood of the martyrs»
At the centre of the storm are phrases uttered by Siblani himself at public events. To many citizens and observers they are an exaltation of violence. For example, he literally stated: «You speak of the blood of the martyrs watering the land of Palestine… whether we are in Michigan or in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within their means. Some will fight with stones, others with firearms, others with aeroplanes, drones and rockets.«
“Blessed are the peacemakers”
During the City Council session, Edward “Ted” Barham, a Christian resident of Dearborn, He compared Silbani's posters to naming a street “Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street.”. He emphasised that, as a Christian, he promotes peace and quoted a message from the Gospel: “Blessed are the peacemakers”.
Mayor Hammoud's response was furious: He labelled him a “racist” and “Islamophobe”, and told him he was not welcome in the city.. “The day you leave Dearborn, I'll hold a parade to celebrate.”, he added.
Other words that left many attendees stunned were: “My best advice is not to go down Warren Avenue, or at least keep your eyes shut when you drive there. His name is up there, and I spoke at a ceremony to celebrate it, because he has done so much for this community.”, Hammoud stated.
Dearbron is a Muslim.
Dearborn is the city with the highest percentage of Muslim population in the United States. For many residents, what happened at the city council is not an isolated case but a symptom of a deeper fracture. Just ten days ago the city experienced another controversy because the head of the local police… He decided to put Arabic letters on the police badge.:
The measure, officially presented as a gesture of “cultural recognition'”It was received with enthusiasm by some quarters, but it provoked outrage in others, who interpreted it as a politicisation of public institutions and yet another sign of the growing Islamisation of the public sphere.
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