# I may have Muslim neighbors **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388 "2017-09-03T06:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/81 "2017-09-08T13:50:37Z")
Dearborn has more Muslims than.South Asia, Central Asia, the muslim majority areas of Europe (Bosnia, Albania), Africa, the Far East (Indonesia, Malaysia)? Seriously either that place is crowded or the otherplaces are very sparsely populated. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/82 "2017-09-08T14:06:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > So Thanksgiving, basically. Yes, or as if Easter Sunday came with a Thanksgiving-sized feast. The end of a long period of fasting and sober contemplation requires a big party. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/83 "2017-09-08T14:38:45Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Dearborn has more Muslims than.South Asia, Central Asia, the muslim majority areas of Europe (Bosnia, Albania), Africa, the Far East (Indonesia, Malaysia)? > > Seriously either that place is crowded or the otherplaces are very sparsely populated. Sorry, I think I meant more Middle Eastern immigrants, not more Muslims. I didn’t mean to conflate the two. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/84 "2017-09-08T14:45:51Z")
I can’t find that specific claim on Wikipedia’s Dearborn article, but I swear I read it somewhere. Anyway, I’ve got this: “The city’s population includes 40,000 Arab Americans. Arab Americans own many shops and businesses, offering services in both English and Arabic. Per the 2000 census, Arab Americans totaled 29,181 or 29.85% of Dearborn’s population; many are from families who have been in the city since the early 20th century. The city has the largest proportion of Arab Americans in the United States. As of 2006 Dearborn has the largest Lebanese American population in the United States.” A lot of Muslims, is what I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/85 "2017-09-08T16:31:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Sorry, I think I meant more Middle Eastern immigrants, not more Muslims. I didn’t mean to conflate the two. I’m sure there are cities in Europe with a lot more Middle Eastern Muslims than Dearborn, and I would guess there are cities in Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia with more Middle Eastern immigrants as well. (South America has a lot of Arabs as well but they tend to be Christian). Dearborb’s Muslim and Middle Eastern population isn’t large except by US standards. ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/86 "2017-09-08T16:36:23Z")
> [@Ramira](#): > > No that is incorrect, we have no problems among the majority with any sea food. This is a shia thing. What’s the Hanafi evaluation about seafood? I’d heard a claim there was debate in the Hanafi school about sea food. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388/87 "2017-09-08T16:41:48Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I’m sure there are cities in Europe with a lot more Middle Eastern Muslims than Dearborn, and I would guess there are cities in Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia with more Middle Eastern immigrants as well. (South America has a lot of Arabs as well but they tend to be Christian). > > Dearborn’s Muslim and Middle Eastern population isn’t large except by US standards. As I previously stated, I can’t find the original source for that claim. Obviously I’m missing something. According to that currently unknown article I read at some unspecified point in the past, Dearborn is the most something in the world. I misremember shit I read… All the time. Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-muslim-neighbors/795388.md?page=4)