INFIDELS NOT WELCOME IN ISLAMIC DEARBORN

Michigan Mayor Tells White Christian Resident That He’s “Not Welcome Here,” Promises Parade When He Leaves

  

by Pat Droney  

 

Law Enforcement Today

Sep 21, 2025

 

 

 Mayor Abdullah Hammoud (left) told Ted Burham that he's not welcome in Dearborn

 

DEARBORN, MI — People in this Michigan city are shocked after its white mayor told a Muslim who spoke out at a city council meeting he was “not welcome” in the community. Only kidding; the opposite is what happened. According to The New York Post, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud told a local resident who spoke at a council meeting in opposition to posting street signs honoring a Hezbollah apologist that he was “not welcome here.” 

City resident Ted Barham, who identified himself as a Dearborn resident, was speaking to the city council during public comments in opposition to naming a street after Arab-American News publisher Osama Siblani. Fox 2 Detroit said the signs were placed at intersections on Warren Ave. by Wayne County, not the City of Dearborn. 

Hammoud, however, was having none of it. 

“Although you live here, you are not welcome here.” 

So much for the public being allowed to comment on items of community interest. 

 

Osama Siblani (second from right), publisher of the Arab American News and cofounder of the Arab American Political Action Committee, stands with supporters underneath a Wayne County street sign in Dearborn with his name on Warren Avenue and Chase Road, on September 8, 2025.

 

In addressing Siblani, Barham called him “a promoter of Hezbollah and Hamas,” then quoted past remarks from him, including, “He talks about how the blood of the martyrs irrigates the land of Palestine…whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within their means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others will fight with planes, drones, and rockets.” 

It should be noted that on October 23, 1983, Hezbollah blew up a Marine and French Army barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, a terrorist attack killing 241 American service members. Yet Hammoud seeks to honor a man who is an apologist for the group responsible for that atrocious attack. 

Barham said that by honoring Siblani, it was akin to naming a road “Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street,” and said such names were provocative. He said that as a Christian, he wanted to encourage peace instead of the destruction preached by Islamist terror groups such as Hezbollah. He closed by quoting Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” (Matt. 5:9). 

At that point, several city council members interrupted Barham, cautioning him against “personal attacks” while claiming the city has no control over the county’s decision. 

One council member, who was not identified, said, “The sign that was placed on Warren Avenue, which is a County road, and that was done by the Wayne County Executive.” Barham interjected that since the signs were placed in Dearborn, it was a matter of local interest to citizens of the city. 

It was at that point that Hammoud expressed his true feelings about dissent from white Christian residents of his community, shocking some in the audience. 

“The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or close your eyes while you’re doing it. His name is up there, and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he’s done a lot for this community,” Hammoud said. 

 He continued, accusing Barham of being “a bigot, and you are racist, and you’re an Islamophobe,” then taking it way too far. 

“Although you live here, I want you to know that as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of this city.” 

Again, one can imagine if the roles were reversed and a white mayor told a Muslim resident they were “not welcome here.” Dearborn would probably be in flames. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Hammoud’s office and Siblani for comment; however, no response was received. The outlet also tried reaching Barham by phone, but those efforts also proved unsuccessful. 

Dearborn has the largest concentration of Muslim residents in the country. Hammoud’s conduct, The Post surmised, “begged the question of whether elected officials are willing to listen to all voices or only those they choose to celebrate.”