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Up to 100 girls may have been victims of female genital mutilation in Metro Detroit
June 11th, 20171 DETROIT —Up to 100 girls may have been genitally mutilated in the Metro Detroit area during a 12-year conspiracy. Three Metro Detroit doctors have been accused in the case. There is evidence showing that eight girls were mutilated, according to U.S. Assistant Attorney Sara Woodward. The country's first female genital mutilation...Hamtramck sides with Paris Agreement
June 11th, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — On Sunday, June 4, Mayor Karen Majewski joined a group of 210 mayors from around the U.S. who have pledged to uphold the Paris Agreement, also known as the Paris climate accord. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the accord last week. The group Climate Mayors (Mayors National Climate Action Agenda or MNCAA) is an...Carrying concealed guns without permit passes State House, awaits Senate approval
June 11th, 20170 LANSING — Concealed weapons may now be carried without a permit or mandatory training under a controversial plan the State House approved on Wednesday, June 7. The House passed the four-bill package after a series of votes, prompting a debate about gun safety. Supporters said it would extend Constitutional rights to gun owners,...Protesters rally against “Sharia Law” in dozens of U.S. cities
June 10th, 20171 SEATTLE- Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation. ACT for America, a self-described grassroots organization focusing on national...Dr. Youssef Mosallam: The Fordson graduate who became its youngest principal
June 10th, 20170 By Stephen Martin DEARBORN — For Dr. Youssef Mosallam, one of the three executive directors of student achievement in the Dearborn Public Schools, education isn't just about test scores. "It's about, did you shape the life of young men and women that are now shaping the lives of others?" he said. Mosallam, 41, has been in his...Ahmad Jibril doesn’t belong to Dearborn
June 10th, 20170 Local and national articles are alarming readers with tales of an insidious "Dearborn cleric" who is apparently "popular" and "inspirational" to ISIS members. The headlines, however, have it all wrong. He is neither a cleric nor has he ever really been visible in Dearborn. Furthermore, his obscurity can hardly award him with any...American University of Beirut professor denied entry to US because of “extreme vetting”
June 9th, 20170 WASHINGTON — An associate professor at Lebanon's American University of Beirut said he was traveling to California for an engineering conference when he was unjustly barred from entering the US because of new “extreme vetting” measures. George A. Saad, 35, missed his presentation at the Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference...Two Lebanese Americans charged with aiding Hezbollah
June 9th, 20170 DEARBORN — A Dearborn man whose home was raided by the FBI on June 1 was arrested in Livonia later that night on suspicion of links to Hezbollah, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, the Justice Department announced on Thursday, June 8. Both Samer El Debek, a Lebanese American truck driver who moved to Michigan from New York a...Al Jazeera TV says it’s combating cyber attack, not intimidated by Gulf dispute
June 8th, 20170 DOHA ― Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera is combating a large-scale cyber attack but all its entities remained operational, a company source told Reuters on Thursday. "There were attempts made on the cyber security of Al Jazeera but we are combating them and currently all our entities are operational," said a senior employee who...At least 12 killed in ISIS attack in Iran, Guards blame Saudi Arabia
June 7th, 20170 TEHRAN- Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people in a twin assault which Iran's Revolutionary Guards blamed on regional rival Saudi Arabia. ISIS claimed responsibility and released a video purporting to show gunmen inside the...Board of Education to interview seven applicants for vacant seat, five are Arab Americans
June 6th, 20170 DEARBORN ― The Dearborn Board of Education is seeking to fill a seat vacated by former Trustee Mariam Bazzi. Bazzi resigned on May 22 after she was appointed by Governor Snyder as a judge in the Wayne County Circuit Court. She was a Lead Prosecuting Attorney in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, and elected as a trustee in...French counter-terrorism unit investigates attack on Notre Dame
June 6th, 20171 PARIS-The counter-terrorism unit of the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation on Tuesday, shortly after a man armed with a hammer attacked an officer outside the Notre Dame cathedral. Police shot the assailant who was described as "neutralized" by the interior ministry. The man, armed with a hammer, shouted "this is...Police looking for man who robbed 13-year-old’s phone
June 6th, 20170 Dearborn — Police are still looking for a man who stole a 13-year-old girl's cell phone on Saturday, May 27 near Michigan Avenue and Middlesex Street. The suspect, described as a white or Arab male 25-40 years old with a thin build, walked up to the girl at around 7:30 p.m., forcibly stole her cell phone and fled the scene on......
Arab powers sever Qatar ties, citing support for militants
June 5th, 20170 DUBAI ― The Arab world's biggest powers cut ties with Qatar on Monday over alleged support for Islamists and Iran, reopening a festering wound two weeks after President Trump's demand for Muslim states to fight terrorism. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar in a coordinated...UK police rush to three attacks in central London, at least one dead
June 3rd, 20171 LONDON- British armed police rushed to three incidents in central London on Saturday after a van plowed into pedestrians on London Bridge and reports of multiple stabbings in the nearby Borough Market area. Police sent out security advice to Londoners on Twitter saying "run, hide, tell" if they were caught in an attack. The BBC cited......
Dearborn man to be arraigned on terrorism-related federal charges
June 2nd, 20174 DEARBORN ― The man in question involving a FBI raid at a Dearborn home Thursday night is suspected of aiding terrorists, The AANews have learned from sources close to the investigation. Samer ElDebek, a Lebanese American truck driver, was taken into custody and transported to his hometown of New York on Friday on federal charges of...Four Dearborn teachers awarded for their accomplishments
June 2nd, 20170 DEARBORN — On May 24, parents, students and teachers gathered at the Michael A. Guido Theater in celebration of teachers nominated by the pupils whose lives they've change through education. Four teachers were nominated for the Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award: Julie Spencer of Henry Ford Elementary in the pre-K to...Dearborn Public Library sets new guidelines for visiting students
June 2nd, 20170 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Library Commission has approved new building guidelines in order to make the Dearborn Public Library a welcoming environment. These guidelines are for students using the Henry Ford Centennial Library and the Esper and Bryant branch libraries during the final two weeks of the school year. During the period...Detroit has second consecutive balanced budget
DETROIT — The city of Detroit has moved past its former bankruptcy with a current balanced budget and a near $63 million surplus. The figures were released on May 31 from Detroit's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2016. This is the city's second consecutive balanced......
Lebanese ministry bans ‘Wonder Woman’ film over Israeli actress
June 2nd, 20170 Lebanon's Interior Ministry banned the new "Wonder Woman" film from cinemas on Wednesday because an Israeli actress plays the lead role, a ministry source and a security official said. Lebanon considers Israel an enemy country and the Ministry of Economy and Trade oversees a boycott of any business transactions concerning...Not only Muslims: Last week, allies became casualties, too
June 2nd, 20170 Rick Best, 53, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, took a brave stand against bigotry and assault last Friday when they stepped in to defend two teenage girls from the verbal assault and abuse of a bigot whose best defense was that they "looked Muslim." Both 16-year-old Destinee Magnum and her......
US sees sharp drop-off in refugee arrivals; Michigan mirrors national trend
LANSING — The number of refugees re-settled in Michigan has dropped sharply over the past six months, mirroring a national trend, according to new analysis of U.S. State Department data from the Pew Research Center. Last October Michigan re-settled 563 refugees. As of April, that number has fallen to 168. Nationally, 9,945 refugees...Donald Trump and the politics of whine
By Thomas L. Knapp "No politician in history, and I say this with great surety," President Trump told Coast Guard Academy graduates on May 17, "has been treated worse or more unfairly" than himself. A day later, in the wake of the Justice Department's appointment of former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to......