Shawarma (Hamido Restaurant in Dearborn)
Local civic boosters worry because a few extremistrs elsewhere claim -- wrongly -- that Dearborn ias ruled by sharia law, the edicts of Islam.
So as a clever public relations campaign, they started a ca,mpaign saying "Shawarma Law, not sharia law," reports Tresa Baldas of the Detroit Free Press:
Garlic. Chicken. And more garlic.
Mix em up, and you have Dearborn's latest public relations weapon: The Shawarma.
In recent months, a satirical movement known as "Shawarma Law, not sharia law" has gained momentum in Dearborn as activists seek to educate the public about their community through Middle Eastern food. Specifically, Shawarma dinner parties are taking place at local restaurants in a building-bridges effort that seeks to wipe out false stereotypes about Muslims and inform folks about what Metro Detroit's Middle Eastern community is all about.
Dearborn, they stress, is about family, education, business opportunities and community spirit. There is no sharia law -- or Islamic law -- they stress.
