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State Department tweets, then deletes congratulations to Iranian Oscar winner
March 6th, 20170 Washington, DC - On Monday, the U.S. State Department issued and then deleted a congratulatory message for an Oscar win by a prominent Iranian director who criticized President Trump's travel ban as "inhumane." The State Department's official Persian-language Twitter account, @USAdarFarsi, tweeted congratulations to the Iranian...
Mahershala Ali makes history as first Muslim actor to win Oscar
March 6th, 20170 Los Angeles - Mahershala Ali made history as the first Muslim actor to win an academy award. He won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his role as a drug-dealing mentor to an impoverished Black boy in the intimate independent drama "Moonlight." Ali, 43, plays Juan, a drug dealer who takes a young Black boy living in...
Dial down your bills, not your comfort
March 6th, 20170 DETROIT - As temperatures fall, the price of energy bills can climb. While Michigan winters are harsh, the impact on your wallet doesn't have to be. DTE Energy has some tips for how to save energy and keep you comfortable all winter long: • Install a programmable thermostat and set it at 68 degrees or lower – the...
Two armed men who walked into police station hit with felonies
March 6th, 20170 DEARBORN — Two men who entered the Dearborn Police Station armed with firearms and dressed in tactical vests and masks earlier this month were hit with felony charges Feb. 24. Police first arrested Brandon Vreeland, 40, of Jackson and James Craig Baker, 24, of Leonard on Feb. 5 after the pair recorded themselves walking into the...
Dearborn Heights father who murdered his children sentenced to max of 102 years
March 6th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Gregory Green, who killed his two children and two stepchildren in September, was sentenced to 45 to 100 years in jail for second-degree murder by Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway on March 1. According to Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Trisha Gerard, Green plotted the murders of Chadney Allen, 19,...
Rep. Dingell seeks answers about increased ICE activities
March 6th, 20170 ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for answers about an increase in immigration enforcement activity. Dingell said she is following up on concerns she heard from community representatives, state and local elected officials, law enforcement officers and...
Plymouth clerk resigns amid probe into anti-Muslim remark
March 6th, 20170 PLYMOUTH ― Linda Langmesser, Plymouth's longtime city clerk has suddenly resigned amid an investigation into her alleged anti-Muslim Facebook comment this week. City officials were looking into the comments Langmesser reportedly posted on the Conservative Daily’s Facebook page, referring to a Atlantic article about a Muslim...
Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off
March 6th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
FBI to probe mysterious death of Muslim teen found hanged in woods
March 5th, 20170 WASHINGTON STATE ― The death of a Muslim teen found hanged in the woods near his home in Washington state promoted the FBI to step in after a medical examiner said it might not have been a suicide. Ben Moussa Keita, 18, went missing in late November after leaving his Lake Stevens home with his car, wallet or phone. In January, his...
The right to bear arms should not impede others’ right to live in peace
February 27th, 20170 On Sunday, February 19, five armed demonstrators were spotted walking down Schaefer Road towards Warren Ave. in Dearborn's heavily populated Arab and Muslim part of the city, allegedly in support of open carry gun laws. The incident occurred less than three weeks after two armed fanatics, from communities nowhere near Dearborn, walked...
Open carry and intimidation put community, police on edge
February 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Sunday, February 19, a group of five armed individuals were spotted marching along Warren Avenue on Dearborn's east side. The open carry advocates walked down Schaefer towards Warren during peak business hours that morning. A video taken by a Dearborn resident who witnessed the protest accrued thousands of likes on...
ADC-MI in transition, new director to be named
February 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was established in 1980 by former Senator James George Abourezk (D-SD) in response to the growing tide of anti-Arab rhetoric in the United States. Since then, those tides have increased, with the impact felt strongest in Dearborn, home to the U.S.'s most concentrated...
Former Dearborn city clerk charged with seven counts of felonies, embezzlement, larceny and misconduct in office
February 11th, 20170 DEARBORN — Former City Clerk Kathleen Buda has been charged with seven counts of felonies including embezzlement, larceny in a building and misconduct while in office, according to information obtained by The AANews. Buda will be arraigned tomorrow at 1 PM before Judge Mark Somers in the 19th District Court on the above...
Trump’s actions have roots in American political discourse
February 11th, 20170 Donald Trump’s executive orders were no doubt an overt assault on the character and integrity of not only the Arab and Muslim community, but also of the rich framework of immigrants of diverse backgrounds and nationalities that construct the backbone of this nation. His measures against Arabs and Muslims, however, did not occur in...
Courts schooled Trump about America’s greatness
February 11th, 20170 It has been a mere three weeks since real estate mogul Donald Trump took the oath of office as the U.S. president, and the country has already suffered the detrimental effects of poorly-implemented policy. On Friday, Jan. 27, our president exposed seemingly shrouded, but wide-spread insensible and xenophobic sentiments among the powerful......
Trump not to challenge travel ban in Supreme Court
February 11th, 20170 DONALD TRUMP was confident his lawyers would win the argument reinforcing his travel ban before the country’s highest court. But, following three legal losses Thursday and careful against facing yet another setback regarding his executive order banning travel to the US for people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the White House...
State audit finds no fraud in Detroit vote
February 10th, 20170 DETROIT— On Thursday, Feb. 9, the state released a review indicating that “an abundance of human error” caused discrepancies between the number of ballots cast and the number of voters recorded in Detroit. There was no fraud. In a separate audit, the state found at least 31 people voted twice in the fall presidential election......
Arab American to run for governor
February 10th, 20170 DETROIT— Public Health Director Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, told local media outlets that he plans to resign and run for governor in the 2018 election. "Right now, I'm focused on taking care of our health department to make sure that I leave it better than how I found it and to make sure the transition is smooth," he...
US Federal Court poised to rule over Trump’s travel ban
February 10th, 20170 A Feb. 7 hearing about whether to overrule a federal judge in Seattle’s restraining order was heard within a Federal appellate court in San Francisco Tuesday. The case presented pertains to Washington state and Minnesota having filed suit against the Trump administration over the President’s executive order issued Jan. 27 instantly...
NSA contractor arrested, indicted for stealing documents
February 10th, 20170 On Wednesday, a former NSA contractor was indicted by a grand federal jury on charges he willfully retained national defense information. US government officials claim the incident could be possibly the largest government seizure of stolen information in history. Facing 20 criminal counts each amounting to 10 years maximum in...
Texas state advocates anti-sanctuary bill
February 10th, 20170 Senate bill 4, a legislation that would punish local and state government and college entities that refuse to comply with federal immigration officials laws or requests. The bill, pushed by Texas state Sen. Charles Perry received its approval from the Republican controlled Texas Senate on Wednesday. The vote projected a 20-10......
New Senate bill would designate, punish organizations deemed to be affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood
February 10th, 20170 The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, now pending in Congress, is a new piece of legislation following in step with Trump’s travel ban. Introduced in January by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the act is intended to “protect against the violent jihad carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood affiliates both in the United States and in...
Arab American lawmakers push back against discriminatory Michigan bills
February 10th, 20170 Julia Kassem The Arab American News LANSING— In response to the growing tide of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim legislation put forth by Donald Trump’s executive orders, Michigan legislators have pushed forth— as well as against— legislation pertaining to Trump’s immigration ban and assault on sanctuary cities. Arab......
Confronting the culture of conspiracy
February 10th, 20171 By Julia Kassem The Arab American News DEARBORN— While the United States faces a battle with fake news that reflects the misinformed vitriol definitive of the political climate, the Arab world has faced its share of ongoing problems of politicized and polemical misinformation. The irony is that such false information,...
U.S. appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban
February 9th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO ― A federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a temporary suspension of President Donald Trump's order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge to Trump's order filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota. The U.S.......
