Is Hamtramck, Michigan in the USA or Yemen? with Benjamin Baird

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Hamtramck, surrounded by Detroit, is perhaps the only U.S. town with a Muslim majority population, as well as the first one governed entirely by Muslims. It's newly-minted mayor, Amer Ghalib, has endorsed comments calling African Americans "animal[s]," Jews "monkeys," and been accused of corruption and voter fraud. Yet the media insists on ignoring the Ghalib story. Why so? What does this augur for Hamtramck? Should Americans care?