Source: Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/news/cfp/11/kislam5_20040805.htm
On August 5, 2004 Detroit Free Press reported, "In the fall election of 2001, Bob Constan, an attorney, ran for City Council against two incumbent councilmen, Jumanah Judeh and David Turfe, who are both of Arab descent. Turfe is also Muslim. In the weeks after Sept. 11, a man claiming to be a pollster made calls to residents in Dearborn Heights. The pollster's questions had more to do with pointing out Judeh's and Turfe's ethnicity and religion than with asking traditional questions. Mark Young, chairman of Western Creative, confirmed his company was hired by Constan to conduct a poll and put together campaign literature. And the pollster did ask potential voters if they would consider voting for someone of Middle Eastern descent... In case voters thought Constan was Middle Eastern, the pollster wanted to determine whether Dearborn Heights residents were receptive to Middle Eastern candidates in the aftermath of Sept. 11, Young added... Imad Hamad, Michigan director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said he doesn't mind the resolution but has questions about Constan's role in the 2001 election."