‘Jews like monkey’: Trump-backing Muslim mayor’s troubling history of racist comments

Ghalib, who became Hamtramck’s first Muslim mayor in 2021, has been a divisive figure. Before his rise to office, his social media posts included anti-Semitic and anti-Black comments. Notably, Ghalib “liked” a comment that referred to Jews as “monkeys” and criticised Arab leaders for “becoming Jewish.” He also insulted Christians, using derogatory terms and claiming that “Jews and Nazarenes” had only been satisfied with Arab despots.