[RodgerD]

Ghanem was born in Yemen, a republic bordering Saudi Arabia whose 18 million residents are primarily Muslim. He is now a legal permanent resident of the United States and was returning to Yemen to get married, Ayad said.

Ghanem works as a busboy and lives in Hamtramck with family members

This brings up some questions:

Why are we still importing Islam?
Why do we allow family-based immigration of unskilled laborers?
What kind of assimilation is promoted by allowing immigrants to legally "fetch" brides (ie cousins ) from back in the village?

[Dudoight]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/nyregion/10muslims.html?ei=5065&en=a8a8128eac7a167d&ex=1158465600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

This NYT article "More Muslims arrive in US after 9/11 dip"
(via Drudge)

Go figure.

[Bernard]

Ghanem works as a busboy and lives in Hamtramck with family members

I have another question - do busboys get special rates from airlines in order to fly from Michigan to Yemen? They must, or he must get paid really well to be a busboy.