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Dearborn is now widely reported as the first U.S. city with an Arab-majority: roughly 54–55% of residents report Middle Eastern or North African ancestry (2020 census reporting summarized in 2023) . A...
Dearborn’s public and private schools have a mix of formal and informal accommodations for Muslim students: public district policies historically include observance of Muslim holidays, Arabic-language...
Dearborn’s schools have incorporated Muslim culture and practice in two distinct ways: through independent Islamic private and weekend schools that teach Arabic, Qur’an, Islamic history and practices,...
Dearborn Public Schools follows Michigan’s Common Core and state standards and reviews curriculum via teacher/administrator committees; district materials and course guides are posted publicly but ava...
Dearborn’s public and private schools use a mix of district policies, meal and scheduling adjustments, and community engagement to accommodate Muslim students—examples include Ramadan “Iftar” sack mea...
The Islamic Center of America (ICA) is a longstanding, large Shia mosque and community institution in Dearborn that traces its roots to the late 1940s, opened its first building in 1963 and moved to a...