Who is Amer Ghalib, the mayor of the US’s only Muslim-majority town?
Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib made headlines over the weekend for supporting former President Donald Trump's presidential bid, catapulting the city, America's only Muslim-majority town, into the national spotlight. Ghalib, who was elected in 2021 to become Hamtramck's first Muslim mayor, was born in Yemen and immigrated to the U.S. in 1997 as a teenager, […]
Mayor of Muslim-majority Michigan city endorses Trump
The mayor of a majority Muslim city in Michigan said he will support Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, calling the former commander in chief “the right choice for this critical moment.” Mayor Amer Ghalib of the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck voiced his support for Trump in a Facebook post on Sunday, acknowledging that […]