nick watt has the story. michigan s little warsaw. spitting distance from downtown detroit, a tight packed two square miles. the polish pope visited once. he still casts a shadow, as do names of the past. city hall. every single mayor was polish american. every one, until now. i am the mayor elect of hamtramck city. i came to the united states about 22 years ago. reporter: from yemen, hamtramck, locals say, is now majority muslim. this little city was dying, decaying. new immigrants, largely from bangladesh and yemen, are bringing it back. and what could be more american t than diving into local government? tonight is a real example
that the american dream is alive and well in the land of opportunity. hamtramck will apparently become the first city in america with a muslim mayor and an entire muslim city council. people are like what do you think about this being a first? and i m like firsts are great and now we have to prove it doesn t matter. she is a polish american convert to islam. we are muslims. we are proud of our briefs and values. but we are not going to try to impose them on others. we are not going to be saying, like, oh, all the women have to cover their hair. they are not going to happen. it s really as simple tas that. the message? they can coexist. a lot of the people from the suburbs often have is that there is the call to prayer. you see it more from the people who have moved out of hamtramck than the people who have stayed. theresa was born here, says she ll die here. i mean, everybody might have
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Black Hamtramck spa owner says she is being discriminated against by city
By Charlie Langton and David Komer online producer
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FOX 2 - A Hamtramck spa is being pressured from the city to shut down due to not having a zoning clearance. But the owner believes she is being targeted because she is Black. I was discriminated against by some members of the board, said Tiara Boyd, owner of Esthi Queen Healing Spa.
Hamtamck spa owner says she is being discriminated against by city
A Hamtramck spa is being pressured from the city to shut down due to not having a zoning clearance. But the owner believes she is being targeted because she is Black.