‘You Are Not Welcome Here’: Dearborn’s Muslim Mayor Under Fire For Rant At Christian Resident

The Democrat mayor of Dearborn, who is Muslim, is going viral on social media after publicly telling a Christian resident “you are not welcome” in the city, after the man objected to renaming an intersection to honor an Arab American journalist with a history of praising terror groups.

During a Sept. 9 Dearborn City Council meeting, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud directed the remarks at resident Edward “Ted” Barham, who was objecting to the decision to rename a second local intersection in honor of Osama Siblani, a publisher who has openly supported Hezbollah and Hamas.

In his remarks, Barham called the move “inappropriate” and said it’s like having a street named “Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street.”

After Barham spoke, Hammoud interrupted to respond. The mayor, an outspoken activist who has accused Israel of “genocide” in Gaza, called Barham a racist bigot and Islamophobe, and said Barham should simply not use the renamed streets or “close your eyes while you’re doing it.”

“Although you live here, I want you to know 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,” Hammoud told Barham.

Hammoud also accused Barham of “posting videos on YouTube, standing in front of my mosque, saying the cruelest of things about Muslims, about the Religion