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Dubai drops case against UK woman charged after reporting rape
November 24th, 20160 DUBAI — Dubai has dropped the case against a British woman who was accused of extramarital sex after reporting that she had been raped by two British men while on holiday in the Gulf state. The Dubai government said the public prosecutor had closed the case against the 25-year-old woman after examining a video on the mobile phone of...
Trump names Indian American woman as envoy to U.N.
November 23rd, 20160 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic who has little foreign policy experience, to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at a time of uncertainty over America's international role under his presidency.Haley, one of two women chosen for a job in Trump's Cabinet, is...
EU lawmakers call for end to Turkey membership talks
November 23rd, 20160 STRASBOURG, FRANCE — The leaders of the European Parliament's two largest groups called on Tuesday for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey because of its post-coup purges. "Our message to Turkey is very clear: accession negotiations should be frozen immediately," said Manfred Weber, the head of the largest...
Man pulls off woman’s winter scarf because he thought she was Muslim
November 23rd, 20160 New York - A New York woman was making a quick run to a local Starbucks on a cold morning last week when she became the target of a hate crime. Jennifer Simonetti ,35, is not a Muslim. But she was wearing a scarf as she was headed to the Starbucks in West Brighton because of low temperatures. After parking down the street, she was...
Lebanon building wall near Palestinian refugee camp
November 23rd, 20160 BEIRUT — Lebanon is building wall near the country's largest Palestinian refugee camp to prevent extremists from infiltrating, a military source said Monday. In September, the army said security forces had arrested a Palestinian refugee suspected of links to ISIS who was in the camp. "The construction of the wall began some...
Lebanese Americans celebrate homeland’s independence and dual identities
November 23rd, 20160 DEARBORN — "We are all for the homeland, for the glory of the flag," trumpeted local Lebanese Americans – lest the diaspora remains divided. In homage to the old country, hundreds, including recent immigrants and multiple generations of Americans, gathered with local officials, dignitaries and others to celebrate the 73rd...
Homeless man attacks Muslim woman on bus ride
November 23rd, 20160 URBANA — Urbana police have identified a 58-year-old homeless man as the offender who allegedly harassed a Muslim woman earlier this month by pulling off her head scarf on a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus in Urbana, Illinois.Clifford Gottschall was already in custody in the Champaign County Jail when police alerted him...
Fifth grader brings air pistol on school bus, threatens to kill Muslim student
November 23rd, 20160 MINNESOTA - The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) is calling for increased protection of Muslim students statewide after an incident with two students from Afton-Lakeland Elementary School, where a fifth-grader allegedly threatened to shoot a Somali-American Muslim third-grade student.The fifth...
Victims seek payment as “Dr. Death” declares innocence
November 23rd, 20160 DETROIT - Victims of “Dr. Death” had until this week to submit receipts for unnecessary chemotherapy, medical bills for liver damage and funeral expenses for their loved ones.517 former patients and their families had filed claims against Farid Fata, the Detroit-area cancer doctor convicted of raking in over $17 million by...
Police: Saudi student’s death “not a hate crime”
November 22nd, 20160 MENOMONIE — Police said they have identified a suspect in the death of 24-year-old UW-Stout student Hussain Saeed Alnahdi – but the man hasn’t been arrested nor has he been charged with a hate crime. His name also hasn’t been released to the public. Police Chief Eric Atkinson confirmed Monday the citations in the...
Muslim woman disqualified from boxing tournament because of hijab
November 21st, 20160 MINNEAPOLIS - The Council on American-Islamic Relations is speaking out after an Oakdale boxer was denied fighting in a match in Florida Sunday because she was wearing a hijab. CAIR says 16-year-old Amaiya Zafar was about to enter the ring at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships in Kissimmee when an official disqualified her...
Grand Rapids Taxi driver assaulted by Trump touting passenger
November 19th, 20160 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Police are looking for several witnesses to a possible hate crime against a taxi cab driver in downtown Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Police Department said the Grand Rapids Taxi driver, Yemaj Adem, was picking up five women outside The B.O.B. on Monroe Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a man...
California woman with lupus robbed, called a ‘hijab wearing b*tch”
November 18th, 20161 CALIFORNIA - A California woman who is being treated for lupus was robbed and mistaken for a Muslim woman because of her headscarf. Nicki Pancholy, a non-Muslim who lost her hair from treatments for the chronic autoimmune, returned to her car after a hike and found her car window smashed with a note left on it. “Hijab wearing...
Three teen girls charged with hate crime for attacking woman with “immigrant accent”
November 18th, 20160 BOSTON - Three 15-year-old girls have been arraigned after they allegedly assaulted a woman they thought was an immigrant on an MBTA train Nov. 7, Suffolk County district attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said. The girls — two from Dorchester, one from Mattapan — were all charged with assault and battery with a dangerous...
U-M student government rejects resolution to divest from Israel
November 18th, 20160 ANN ARBOR — After passionate discussions on Tuesday, Nov. 15, the University of Michigan's Central Student Government voted down a resolution to urge the university to divest from several companies that do business in Israel. The resolution, brought to the assembly by the group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), called......
The American spirit didn’t die on Nov. 8
November 18th, 20160 Eeman Abbasi speaks during a protest on the University of Connecticut campus against the election of Donald Trump. Photograph: Pat Eaton-Robb/APArab and Muslim Americans have many good reasons to be fearful of the Trump presidency. Donald Trump made fear and xenophobia a central part of his campaign. This was a valid reason for Muslim...
ISIS threatens New York Thanksgiving parade
November 18th, 20160 NEW YORK — New York City police sought to reassure residents and tourists on Monday that they would be safe attending the city's Thanksgiving Day parade despite the militant group Islamic State calling on its followers to attack the event with trucks. The largest U.S. city has prepared for such attacks in the past and will be......
Poll: Americans want Trump to focus on healthcare first
November 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON — A recent poll shows what priorities Americans would set on the new president, but it does not measure exactly what people want him to do. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found in late October that most Americans want cheaper prescription drugs and access to larger networks of doctors and hospitals. Only a minority, 37...
NBA star LeBron James giving $2.5 million to Muhammad Ali exhibit
November 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON — LeBron James is donating $2.5 million to support a Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., the basketball star and the museum announced on Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward said he was a longtime fan of Ali, one of the most beloved sports...
Fewer U.S. children lack access to healthcare
November 18th, 20160 As a growing number of U.S. children have gained health insurance over the past decade, fewer kids are missing out on things like physicals and dental exams, a recent study suggests. Steep declines in the number of uninsured have been well documented, largely as a result of growth in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance...
Trump team urges Israel right to tone down enthusiasm
November 18th, 20161 JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday said Donald Trump's aides were urging right-wing Israeli politicians to curb their public jubilation at his election as US president, Israeli media reported. Trump is seen as likely leading to a far more favorable policy toward Israel, though many analysts have......
Iraqi militia threatens ISIS’ supply route to Syria
November 18th, 20160 BAGHDAD — Iraqi militias said on Wednesday they had driven ISIS fighters from an air base west of Mosul, a victory which would threaten the group's supply route from Syria to its last major stronghold in Iraq. "The airport of Tal Afar has been liberated," Yusif al-Kallabi, a spokesman for Popular Mobilisation, a coalition of mainly...
Praying for Freedom: Why is Israel silencing the call for prayer in Jerusalem?
November 18th, 20160 As I was growing up, I was always reassured by the sound of the "Muadhin" making the call for prayer in our refugee camp's main mosque in Gaza. Whenever I heard the call very early in the morning, announcing in a melodic voice that the time for the "Fajr" (dawn) prayer was upon us, I knew it was safe to go to sleep. Of course, the......
Major retail stores to open early on Thanksgiving for Black Friday
November 18th, 20160 Thanksgiving is all about reuniting with family, friends and being grateful. But if you're one of those who'd like to indulge in the tradition of shopping after your meal — you're in for a treat. Several major retail stores and a few malls in Metro Detroit will open early for a few hours during Thanksgiving evening, before Friday...
FBI reports hate crimes increase by 6.8 percent in 2015
November 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON — An FBI report released on Sunday, Nov. 13, revealed that in 2015, hate crimes increased 6.8 percent from the previous year. Crimes against Muslims saw the highest jump, a 67 percent increase from 2014, totaling 257 incidents compared with 154 in 2014. The number of hate crimes against Muslims in 2015 was the second......
