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Originally Posted by Sparty On
I agree with you -- mine was tongue-in-cheek as well. Drive a few miles and you're picking up a Christmas ham for the best holiday in the world. No big deal.
Note that I'm speaking of Dearborn specifically in this thread. Not the world at large because my experience is local, not international. My opinions only, subject to change.
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I have several patients come through my AO from Dearborn as well - I've seen the whole gamut of religious/cultural practices in muslim women from outspoken matriarchs who are also high-level professionals to women covered from head to toe who won't speak to me.
I think you underestimated the muslim population in Dearborn in your earlier posts. Dearborn has the largest arab muslim population in North America - over 30,000 people and roughly 1/3 of the Dearobrn population (just under 100,000 people). A majority come from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq (including many Iraqi refugees). Dearborn has the Islamic Center of America - the largest mosque in the US.
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