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05-07-2011, 10:30 AM
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You really ought to visit Dearborn, MI sometime. My company's office is there, so I get over there frequently. It's an extremely diverse community with a checkered history in the area of race relations. However, as many are aware, it now boasts the largest Arabic population outside the Middle East, and is the home of the largest mosque in North America.
The diversity is truly fascinating. Many businesses have outdoor signs that are bi-lingual, and some businesses have signs only in Arabic. It's not unusual to see a group of women wearing burkas walking through the neighborhood or at the playground with their kids mixing with other women in typical attire. Most folks socialize pretty well, and show general respect and tolerance for each others cultures and religions. The school populations are also very diverse, both public and parochial.
The city is not without its issues, but what city of any size isn't. There are sometimes ethnic tensions, but with Detroit just across the boarder from Dearborn, racial and ethnic tensions are nothing new around here.
But the issue of religious tension is nowhere near the issue that one might think or expect. Sure it happens from time to time, but given the diversity of the population, it's quite understated. The themes that you hear from both mosque and church are more likely to be those of tolerance and respect than division.
There's hope....
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05-07-2011, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MoCo, MD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whell
You really ought to visit Dearborn, MI sometime. My company's office is there, so I get over there frequently. It's an extremely diverse community with a checkered history in the area of race relations. However, as many are aware, it now boasts the largest Arabic population outside the Middle East, and is the home of the largest mosque in North America.
The diversity is truly fascinating. Many businesses have outdoor signs that are bi-lingual, and some businesses have signs only in Arabic. It's not unusual to see a group of women wearing burkas walking through the neighborhood or at the playground with their kids mixing with other women in typical attire. Most folks socialize pretty well, and show general respect and tolerance for each others cultures and religions. The school populations are also very diverse, both public and parochial.
The city is not without its issues, but what city of any size isn't. There are sometimes ethnic tensions, but with Detroit just across the boarder from Dearborn, racial and ethnic tensions are nothing new around here.
But the issue of religious tension is nowhere near the issue that one might think or expect. Sure it happens from time to time, but given the diversity of the population, it's quite understated. The themes that you hear from both mosque and church are more likely to be those of tolerance and respect than division.
There's hope....
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I'd love to go there with my feed bag on. I love Middle Eastern food.
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05-07-2011, 12:36 PM
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Abby Normal
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 11,245
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Originally Posted by finnbow
I'd love to go there with my feed bag on. I love Middle Eastern food.
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way healthier than american cuisine
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05-07-2011, 12:54 PM
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Area Man
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
Posts: 27,407
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whell
You really ought to visit Dearborn, MI sometime. My company's office is there, so I get over there frequently. It's an extremely diverse community with a checkered history in the area of race relations. However, as many are aware, it now boasts the largest Arabic population outside the Middle East, and is the home of the largest mosque in North America.
The diversity is truly fascinating. Many businesses have outdoor signs that are bi-lingual, and some businesses have signs only in Arabic. It's not unusual to see a group of women wearing burkas walking through the neighborhood or at the playground with their kids mixing with other women in typical attire. Most folks socialize pretty well, and show general respect and tolerance for each others cultures and religions. The school populations are also very diverse, both public and parochial.
The city is not without its issues, but what city of any size isn't. There are sometimes ethnic tensions, but with Detroit just across the boarder from Dearborn, racial and ethnic tensions are nothing new around here.
But the issue of religious tension is nowhere near the issue that one might think or expect. Sure it happens from time to time, but given the diversity of the population, it's quite understated. The themes that you hear from both mosque and church are more likely to be those of tolerance and respect than division.
There's hope....
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Michigan must be one of those "northern secular" states that flacaltenn speaks of? And, of course there's hope, we protect religious freedom here. Which means we protect Muslims from getting the crap beat out of them by stupid rednecks who think America is for "Christians Only". God Bless America!
Dave
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Last edited by BlueStreak; 05-07-2011 at 12:57 PM.
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05-07-2011, 09:22 PM
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Reformed Know-Nothing
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: MoCo, MD
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And now this: A Delta Connection pilot refuses to fly with two Imams aboard who had been cleared by TSA. They were flying to Charlotte from Memphis to attend a conference on Islamophobia. WTF???
http://www.examiner.com/airlines-air...clerics-aboard
IMHO, that pilot should be summarily dismissed, his airline sued, and the Imams given free First Class flights on Delta for a year.
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