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U.N. vows to press on with securing Aleppo evacuation operation
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations vowed on Thursday to press ahead in securing medical evacuations of hundreds of sick and wounded from the Syrian city of Aleppo and demanded that the warring sides drop their conditions.The United Nations aborted plans at the weekend to evacuate patients from rebel-held east Aleppo, which...Erdogan says Turkish offensive will push on for Raqqa
ANKARA — Turkey's military operation in northern Syria will target the town of Manbij, recently liberated from ISIS by Kurdish-led forces, and the terrorists' stronghold of Raqqa, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish warplanes, tanks and artillery, launched an operation dubbed "Euphrates...U.N. peace plan for Yemen sidelines exiled president to symbolic role
UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. peace proposal to end a 19-month war in Yemen appears aimed at sidelining exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and setting up a government of less divisive figures, according to a copy seen by Reuters.Hadi fled the armed advance of the Houthi movement in March 2015 and has been in neighboring Saudi Arabia...Federal judge suspends Michigan’s ‘ballot selfie’ ban
LANSING — Those who wish to take a selfie with their ballot in the upcoming presidential election might just be able to. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff ruled Monday that Michigan's ban on photographing one's own ballot violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, directly infringing upon a person's free...
Concerns grow as fatal Dearborn Police shooting cases remain in limbo
October 27th, 20160 DEARBORN — On Monday, October 17, African American community leaders held a press conference asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Dearborn government corruption. A few days later, a lawsuit revealed that police shot an unarmed man nine times. The Dearborn Police Department has been under fire since the fatal shooting...
U of M-Dearborn’s diverse population fosters understanding and unity
October 27th, 20160 DEARBORN — Human nature has a way of dividing people. Differences in skin color, beliefs, cultural backgrounds and pure selfishness can all contribute to dissension, but despite the passionate hate crimes the mainstream media often reports, not everyone has an agenda of harm. The rise of terrorist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram has...
Viral YouTube video attacks Dearborn-Dearborn Heights Muslim community
October 27th, 20160 DEARBORN — The Muslim community in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights was scrutinized and misconstrued in a viral YouTube video produced by radical filmmaker and political commentator Dennis Michael Lynch.In the video, Lynch roams the streets of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights with a longtime local resident named...
Former Detroit City Council president pleads guilty to sex crimes
October 27th, 20160 DETROIT - A former Detroit City Council president pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a sexual relationship with a teenage boy, according to his lawyer, capping the three-year political downfall of the once-powerful local politician.Charles Pugh, 45, pleaded guilty in a Detroit courthouse to two counts of third-degree...Study: Iraqis are world’s most generous to strangers
LONDON — Although torn by civil war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable giving.Eighty one percent of Iraqis reported helping someone they didn't know in the previous month, in a global poll commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).For the first...Violence flares in Turkey’s southeast after Kurdish mayors’ arrest
ANKARA — Five members of Turkey's security forces and five Kurdish militants were killed on Thursday in clashes in the southeast where unrest has flared since the arrest this week of two popular mayors.Two soldiers were killed in a clash near Hani, a town outside Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city, security sources said....Villagers forced to walk to Mosul as human shields for ISIS
ISIS fighters forced women, children and the elderly to walk alongside them for days as human shields to cover their retreat to Mosul, separating out older boys and fighting-aged men along the way for an unknown fate, villagers said.Reuters spoke to a woman and an elderly man inside the ISIS-held city, who were part of group of...Muslim pilot sues for being fired without explanation
DALLAS – A lawsuit alleges that a Muslim pilot was “suspended” and later fired by NetJets without explanation.According to the lawsuit, after seven years of exemplary service, pilot Ameer Siddiqui was suspended and later fired because an unidentified employee allegedly viewed him as a "security...Wikileaks emails reveals Netanyahu really really likes Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON - The latest batch of Wikileaks revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really admires Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Netanyahu prefers the stance on Israel of Clinton than that of the current US administration, with one senior Israeli official saying Netanyahu...Wikileaks: Obama sought Muslims for top jobs
WASHINGTON - President Obama and his top aides kept lists of Muslim and Asian candidates for administration positions. The 2008 emails show his team was sent lists of Muslims and Asians to be considered for White House jobs, with Arab Christians excluded or relegated to a separate list. In the email exchange, an aide wrote, "In the...California man charged for making terrorist threats to Islamic center
CALIFORNIA — A California man has been charged with making terrorist threats to the Islamic Center of Southern California. But what’s even more disturbing is what police discovered at his home.The Los Angeles Police Department said Mark Lucian Feigin, 40, was arrested last week on the charge, which is......
Spanish School vandalized with Trump rhetoric
WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — A Spanish-language school in Sonoma County has been vandalized with graffiti criticizing immigrants and referencing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that Cali Calmecac Language Academy Principal Jeanne Acuna says a custodian found the...
Janet Jackson spotted wearing Islamic attire
October 25th, 20160 LONDON - Singer Janet Jackson was this week spotted in public for the first time since announcing her pregnancy - wearing a full Islamic dress. The R&B icon and actress is believed to have become a Muslim after marrying Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Manna, 41, in 2012. Jackson has never confirmed her conversion to the......
Palestinian American YouTuber stars in ‘Madea’ movie
October 24th, 20160 CALIFORNIA - YouTube star Yousef Erakat, better known as “FouseyTube," has nabbed a break on the big screen. The 26-year-old Palestinian-American social media giant can now add ‘actor’ to this resume, as he stars in ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween,’ the latest installment in the Tyler Perry franchise centered around the gun-toting...Islamophobic ads target New Hampshire governor
NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Governor of New Hampshire has been the target of Islamophobic ads during her run for U.S. Senate, and she’s not even Muslim. Governor Maggie Hasan, who is running for the U.S. Senate, was the target of mailers sent by the political advocacy group One Nation, that references "Radical Islamic terrorists" and shows...$10 million lawsuit reveals man was shot by Dearborn officer 9 times
DEARBORN - A lawsuit has revealed that a Dearborn police office shot an unarmed man 9 times last year during a foot pursuit last year that led to a slaying. The Relatives of 35-year-old Kevin Matthew have filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and city. The lawsuit alleges the officer used excessive force and...14-year-old girl leaves threatening note for new refugee neighbors
MARYLAND - A 14-year-old girl has admitted that she wrote a threatening note to her new refugee neighbors in Maryland. The family recently escaped Iraq and settled in Maryland. But they were quickly unsettled when they found an anonymous threatening note on their front steps. Part of the note read, "Terrorist, Leave no one......
Denouncing Trump is not enough to challenge rising Islamophobia
October 21st, 20160 This week, an Arabic billboard with a deep message denouncing Trump appeared on I-94.Donald Trump, “can’t read this, but he is afraid of it,” the large ad says. It is a nice gesture that grabbed headlines around the world. However, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments run deeper than the Republican...
The battle for Mosul: Relocating terrorists to Raqqa is a dangerous game
October 21st, 20160 American calculations surround the battle for Mosul and its ramifications on the Middle East — the first aim is geopolitical and the second is electoral. Mosul, considered the Iraqi capital of ISIS, is Iraq's second largest city. The first goal is connected to the war in Syria and the international showdown between Moscow and......
Local attractions provide kid-friendly Halloween activities
Greenfield VillageDEARBORN — Family-friendly Halloween events can sometimes be a challenge to find when many activities are geared towards teens or young adults, like haunted houses and spine-chilling movies. Fortunately, a number of kid-friendly attractions in Dearborn and surrounding communities provide a safe outlet for...Gov. Snyder appoints Paul Sophiea to Michigan Board of Medicine
LANSING — Gov. Snyder appointed Dearborn resident Paul Sophiea to the Michigan Board of Medicine on Wednesday, Oct 12. Sophiea will serve the remainder of Cindy Pasky's four-year term, ending on Dec. 31, 2017. The board, which is comprised of 10 doctors, one physician's assistant and eight public members, "is responsible for making......