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November 3, 2010, 06:46 AM
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It's official: Hansen is the first Bangladeshi-American Congressman
Hansen Hasheem Clarke has won by a huge margin (79%-20%) from Michigan 13th district to become the first Bangladeshi-American congressman in the US Congress.
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November 3, 2010, 08:22 AM
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Good news. Let's see what he does for BD.
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November 3, 2010, 08:23 AM
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Is he a white bangladeshi? Or are we just trying to pull a connection?
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November 3, 2010, 08:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kabir
Is he a white bangladeshi? Or are we just trying to pull a connection?
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He is half Bangladeshi, half African.
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November 3, 2010, 08:30 AM
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As long as he's got .008th in him, we will take him. Holler!
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November 3, 2010, 08:37 AM
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A big congrats to Congressman Hansen Clarke! Hansen Hasheem Zindabad! Long live Democrats! Power to the people!
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November 3, 2010, 10:10 AM
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To ask the obvious question that no one would ask: is he a practicing muslim? This would be important because that would not be forgotten by the people who he will be working with/against.
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November 3, 2010, 10:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tokai
To ask the obvious question that no one would ask: is he a practicing muslim? This would be important because that would not be forgotten by the people who he will be working with/against.
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Hansen had a Muslim father from Bangladesh and a mother who grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Detroit. Hansen was raised Muslim, then converted to Roman Catholicism.
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here is the rest of the stroy
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/...eks-kilpatrick
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November 3, 2010, 11:10 AM
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Hansen bhai is my main man from Detroit!!
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November 3, 2010, 11:14 AM
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Congrats to Mr Hansen.
Hope he brings something in the table for his ancestral country.
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November 3, 2010, 11:26 AM
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Tejkuni bhai please amake ektu Hansen sir-er shathe dekha korae den....amake unar office jete hobe kichu kaajer jonno...ekhon khub busy oikhane.
Amra research kore ber kore felsi je amader Hansen Sir-er abba amader sroddheo morhum chacha Mozaffar Ali Hashem Brahmanbairar loke/adhibashi chilen...so amra New York Brahmanbaira Shomiti theke unake chrest and flowers upohaar dibo! Unake amra janatey chai je unar campaign-er free t-shirt pai nai, so amra Jackson Heights-e Branhmanbairar manoos-ra oi young pop band Hansen brothers-er purano chira t-shirt poira khub bijoy-ullash nachanachi korsi...amra chai jodi amra kokhono bipode apode pori uni jeno amader help koren....from today uni amader baba ma , Hansen is our Obama!
Inshallah, God bless, our Hamsen sir/bhai will not stop at the Congress....we will go to the White House Inshallah, I mean not just visiting, but be the next Obama!
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November 5, 2010, 10:00 PM
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Another good finding, bk, thanks usual. BBaria to Michigan, then to Washington.
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November 6, 2010, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
from today uni amader baba ma , hansen is our obama!
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:d :d
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November 6, 2010, 02:54 AM
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congrats to mr. Hansen Clarke indeed.
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November 6, 2010, 03:36 AM
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Hansen had a Muslim father from Bangladesh and a mother who grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Detroit. Hansen was raised Muslim, then converted to Roman Catholicism.
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How unfortunate !! Hope he finds the right way again ! ameen !!
With his wife !
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November 6, 2010, 05:21 AM
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Quote:
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How unfortunate !! Hope he finds the right way again ! ameen !!
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ya..ameen
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