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Refugee debate stokes tensions in Hamtramck, America’s Muslim capital

Refugee debate stokes tensions in Hamtramck, America’s Muslim capital Mayor says city is ready to welcome more Syrian refugees as national politicians raise security concerns in wake of Paris attacks By Nick Allen,  Follow Hamtramck, Michigan Shortly before dawn in Hamtramck, Michigan, the first call to prayer reverberates through the narrow rows of snow-dusted white clapboard houses as American flags flutter on porches in the chill wind off Lake Erie. Around the corner from the Al-Islah Mosque the five daily calls can be heard at the Martha Washington bakery. As customers trickle in one non-Muslim woman refers to it as… View Article