Christian minister speaks out after being branded ‘racist’ in protest of signs honoring controversial figure
A Michigan resident is speaking out after being stated he was not welcome in his own city for raising concerns about street signs honoring the controversial founder and publisher of The Arab American News Ted Barham a Christian minister and resident of Dearborn attended a city council meeting earlier this month to oppose renaming an intersection after Osama Siblani Barham accused Siblani of supporting terror groups and promoting violence in the Middle East and on American soil When he's kind of synonymous with Hezbollah and now Hamas I didn't think it was appropriate for his name to be up so publicly in this city here in America Barham stressed on the Will Cain Country podcast PARTICULAR MAN WHO SPARRED WITH MUSLIM DEARBORN MAYOR RECOUNTED HE WASN'T 'WELCOME' REVEALED AS CHRISTIAN MINISTERAt the masses meeting Barham read from a comment made by Siblani a Lebanese-American which he argued encouraged violence not only in the Middle East but also in the United States Barham argued that Siblani once spoke about the blood of the martyrs irrigating the land of Palestine He quoted Siblani as allegedly saying in an speech Believe me everyone should fight within his means They will fight with stones others will fight with guns others fight with planes drones and rockets Siblani rejected Barham s claims as false telling Fox News Digital he was the only person to oppose the street sign He explained promotion for the honor has been widespread adding Thousands of residents in Dearborn across Michigan and throughout the country have praised the sign recognizing my more than four decades of arrangement Siblani also argued that Barham s indicates were based on false information and bias WHITMER SILENT ON MUSLIM MAYOR TELLING RESIDENT HE S NOT WELCOME FOR SLAM ON TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERBarham recounted Will Cain that he lived in the Middle East for a time and explained he fears what he referred to as the flow of hostility from Muslim-majority countries into the West Dearborn Mayor Abdullah H Hammoud defended the decision saying Siblani had contributed greatly to the society through his decades leading The Arab American News He dismissed Barham s concerns and informed him to close his eyes if he didn t want to see the signs I didn't think that was great advice because then I might crash if I close my eyes when I'm driving there Barham later commented stressing that he had no intent to spread hate toward the Muslim district JEWISH LEADER PREDICTS VIOLENT FUTURE FOR NYC RESIDENTS IF MAMDANI WINS IN NOVEMBER 'REAL CONCERN' I don't want to just encourage more hostility towards Muslim friends I want to encourage love towards Muslim friends he announced emphasizing that his faith played a role in his decision to speak out about the intersection signs In the meeting Hammoud called Barham a racist bigot and an Islamophobe He went on to declare 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 Barham noted he responded to the moment with faith I think it's very significant to show Christian love to our enemies he commented That's why I responded by saying God bless you mayor God bless you sir Now Barham commented he s facing online retaliation I was kicked off Facebook permanently suddenly kicked off Facebook lost my personal account of years my personal photos family photos and all my media pages he noted CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBarham disclosed he believes the ban followed his posting of a video urging Muslims to convert to Christianity and claimed that certain residents possibly the mayor himself played a role
