Dearborn mayor and GySgt, USMC (Ret), Bill Bazzi and his wife, Nadia.
Speaking as someone who has more than a few SERIOUS theological differences with Islam, coupled with the fact that I’ll readily admit that I sometimes look upon the Arab-Muslim demographic with a rather jaundiced eye.
I’ll even openly state that I believe Mohammed was a theological charlatan… a 7th Century version of Joseph Smith.
Steal a little from Christianity, steal a little from Judaism, steal a little from the local pagans, take A LOT from his own fevered brain.
But as far as how someone practices their faith, I don’t care if you worship rocks. Just don’t throw them at me or anyone else.
Maybe this is unfair of me, but not only my own personal interactions with Arab-Muslims, or just watching media reports of just how many support terrorist organizations… well, like I said, I do harbor a certain degree of political suspicion.
But I’ll be honest, after seeing the gathering of prominent Arab-Muslims who very publicly endorsed Pres. Trump, I may have to re-think my own personal prejudices.
Guys like Dr. Zuhdi Jasser M.D. (formerly a Lt. Cmdr. in the US Navy’s Medical Corps), he was the first Arab-Muslim here in the States give a full-throated defense and unabashed love for the United States.
More recently, with him being both the mayor of Dearborn, MI, and a retired Gunnery Sergeant from the US Marine Corps, we’ve been introduced to Bill Bazzi (as seen in the video below).
Almost forgot to mention, he’s also an engineer at Ford Motor Corporation.
Just me, but Bazzi would be a great pick for the US ambassadorship to a majority Muslim nation.
Someplace like Saudi Arabia or Egypt, someone who’s of Arab blood, Muslim by faith, someone who’s more than familiar with corporate business, and a proven patriot to his adopted country.
Yeah, I could see Bazzi as an ambassador to either of those nations.
Mayor Bazzi isn’t the only American of Middle Eastern bloodlines that would make a great ambassador to the same.
Keep in mind that one of the leading lawyers in Trump’s inner circle just happens to be Alina Habba.
Born in the United States, Habba’s Catholic parents escaped Saddam Hussein’s persecution against Christians back in the early ’80s.
I could easily see her in one of the somewhat socially moderate, but still strategically and financially important Muslim nations.
Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait… Habba would be a perfect fit.
And the added plus of Trump letting the Arab-American community know that he thanks them for their support.
It’s not a far stretch to say that it was the Arab-Muslim voters that secured a win for Trump in Michigan’s presidential election. Yeah, Michigan was that close.