[justiceseeker93]

Hard to believe that Muslims are that strong in Hamtramck. Used to be predominantly Polish ethnically, with smattering of other Eastern European ethnics, as Michigan folks probably know. In fact, some claim that it was carved out of Detroit to give its citizens of Polish extraction local self rule. (Please correct me on that if I'm wrong.) So what's been going on there probably mimics what's going on in parts of Europe, it would seem.

[Dajjal]

In fact, some claim that it was carved out of Detroit to give its citizens of Polish extraction local self rule. (Please correct me on that if I'm wrong.)

Hamtramck and Highland Park were not "carved out of" Detroit. They were once the far-flung suburbs, but the city grew and eventually surrounded them both.

Hamtramck began as a farm community of German settlers in 1798. Col. Jean Francois Hamtramck (later Gen.) was a French Canadian who commanded Fort Shelby for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The township was named for him in 1827. Polish families moved there early in the century to work at the factories (St. Florian's church was built 1907-09), especially when the Dodge plant opened in 1914.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamtramck,_Michigan

http://hamtramck.us/about/pages/index.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Hamtramck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park,_Michigan

http://www.stflorianparish.org/florian_history.swf