It is midafternoon. A loudspeaker begins the Muslim chant calling adherents to prayer. Five times a day, the message sounds from the mosque, but the location is not a Middle Eastern village. It is the city of Hamtramck, Mich., population around 23,000. Much of the population of Hamtramck’s working-class neighborhoods traces its roots to Eastern Europe. Only 8 percent of…
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