Husham Al-Husainy is an Iraqi-American

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of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, a

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servicing largely people of Iraqi and Lebanese descent in

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. Al-Husainy arrived in the United States in the late 1970s as

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

was rising into power. He is a spokesman of the Iraqi expatriate community in America. During the American occupation of Iraq, Al-Husainy has gone from supporting the toppling of Hussein's regime to criticizing the continued occupation as inciting more bloodshed.

Karbaala Islamic Education Center

Imam Husham Al-Husainy has been active in community affairs for more than 25 years in the metro-Detroit area. He is the Director of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center. The Imam has been involved in many domestic and international meetings. He is always in contact with the Iraqi refugees that seek services at his center. A community of about 15,000 Iraqis that migrated from Saudi Arabia and the surrounding countries has improved rapidly over the short period of time as residents. Since the fall of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein the Iraqis at home have been given a chance to go back to their homeland and visit their families. Imam Husham al-huainy's vision to build and maintain services for the growing community has been quite a challenge, although with the help of the Muslim communities in Dearborn, and the cities surrounding Michigan they have become one of the most influential mosques in the region.

Politics

Many of the

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in Michigan were generally associated with Republican policies prior to

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and the

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. However, the Iraq War turned opinions against the Republicans to a degree. Al-Hussainy was invited to give the invocation to the

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's Annual Winter Meeting in

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in 2006. Al-Husainy has cooperated with the United States on security measures for instance in a recent case where it has been alleged that Detroit area resident, Najib Shemami, was a spy.Krupa, Gregg and Hansen, Ron. "Locals expected Iraq spy charges." ''The Detroit News''. April 19, 2007 (Accessed May 16, 2007
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Imam prays to stop 'oppression and occupation' at DNC meeting
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follows Al-Husainy's published views of the

in ''Bush Alienates the Imam in 7 Easy Steps'' published Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 05:04:44 PM PDT (Accessed May 17, 200
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Husham Al-Husainy debates Christian Prince
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