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Boats carrying 600 migrants capsized near Egypt, scores dead
CAIRO — A boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt on Wednesday. At least 52 people died. Police arrested four members of the boat's crew. Security sources said it had been loaded with almost 600 migrants. The boat sank early on Wednesday off Burg Rashed, a village in Egypt's northern Beheira province...Sikh man causes scare at mall
PENNSYLVANIA- Passersby in a shopping center in Northampton County immediately called the police on a Sikh man, thinking he was Muslim because of the kirpan he was carrying. Harpreet Singh Khalsa, 33, said he was the victim of racial profiling, but police believed that the people who called did the right thing.They received many...Lt. Gov. Calley extends hand to Arab Americans, talks Trump, investment and education
DEARBORN — Lt. Gov. Brian Calley addressed a group of local government officials, community leaders and entrepreneurs last week about extending hands across party lines to introduce policy changes in Lansing that would impact the city. He spoke about creating environments to draw investment, improve education and eliminate lead...Investment Development Authority of Lebanon chairman: Now is the time to invest in homeland
Nabil Itani, chairman of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon.DEARBORN — During a recent trip to the United States, Nabil Itani, chairman of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) conveyed a message to the Lebanese community that now is the right time to invest in their home country. Itani visited New York...Texas says withdrawing from U.S. refugee resettlement program
DALLAS - Texas gave notice on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's program, citing security concerns after failing in federal court to halt the inflow of Syrian refugees into the state.The Texas State Refugee Coordinator sent a letter to the agency,...Law enforcement interrogates N.Y. bomber’s family
NEW YORK - The wife of the Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said, as a defense lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, has been held in a Newark, New Jersey,...Obama tells Israel ‘it cannot permanently occupy Palestinian land’
NEW YORK - Barack Obama has told Israel it cannot permanently occupy and settle on Palestinian land in a speech to the United Nations. The move marks another bitter shift in the rocky relationship with the president and the country's closest ally. Obama said both sides would benefit...Oakland County Exec: I will sue to stop Syrian refugees
TROY – Oakland is the leading county in the state that has resettled the most refugees, and Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson isn’t having it.Patterson on Tuesday announced that he plans to sue the government in order to put a halt on the growing number of Syrian refugees who have settled in cities...U.S. mistakenly grants citizenship to 858 people from countries of “concern to national security”
WASHINGTON — An internal Homeland Security audit has revealed that at least 858 immigrants from “countries of concern to national security” were mistakenly granted citizenship.Many of the residents had deportation orders, although the Homeland Security report didn’t specify how many. The Homeland Security Department’s...
Father murders four children in Dearborn Heights
September 21st, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A man called police early Wednesday morning and said that he had murdered his children and step children. Police arrived to the residence on Hipps street near Annapolis, when they found the man sitting on his front porch. Inside the home, police found a horrific scene. Officers said the victims were attacked...Lebanese man sentenced 10 years in Iran prison for being “U.S. spy”
WASHINGTON - Iran sentenced Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen with permanent U.S. residency, to 10 years in prison and a $4.2 million fine after he was found guilty of “Being a U.S. spy,”, his U.S.-based lawyer announced on Tuesday.Zakka, an information technology expert, was invited to Iran by a government...Yogurt shop in Royal Oak evacuated after caller made ISIS bomb threat
ROYAL OAK – Yogurt City was evacuated on Tuesday around 3:30 p.m., after a caller called the shop and said he was affiliated to ISIS and that “a bomb would go off at the business in four hours.” Located at 11 mile and Main Street, in the heart of downtown Royal Oak, employees and customers were quickly...
Dearborn Schools leading the way in accommodating immigrants
September 20th, 20160 Students at William Ford Elementary on the first day of school.DEARBORN — The city has come a long way from the days when Mayor Orville Hubbard wanted to keep it White. Now, Dearborn is home to the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the country.About 30 years ago, Mayor Mike Guido wanted to talk about the “Arab problem.”....Restaurant owner puts up “Muslims get out” sign
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota restaurant owner is drawing controversy over a sign telling Muslim customers to “get out.” The sign outside Treats Family Restaurant in Lonsdale, Minnesota, reads “Muslims Get Out.” A second line reads “In Support Of St. Cloud,” reports CBS Minnesota. On Saturday, a man stabbed several people...
Police arrest 18-year-old for breaking into unlocked vehicles
September 19th, 20160 DEARBORN – Police arrested an Arab male after observing him entering several unlocked vehicles in the area of Hubbard St. and Greenfield Rd.Police recognized the man as18-year-old Hamed Al-Nassiri, who arrested just a few days earlier. Officers arrested Al-Nassiri and located several items presumed to be stolen in his backpack.......
Egyptian American actor Rami Malek wins Emmy
September 19th, 20160 Rami Malek (Reuters)LOS ANGELES — Egyptian American actor Rami Malek beat veterans Kevin Spacey and Liev Schreiber to scoop the Outanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy for playing a socially inept computer hacker in "Mr. Robot.""Oh my god. Please tell me you are seeing this too," said a stunned Malek, 35.Sunday's Emmys were...
Dearborn police arrest man for assaulting elderly woman, stealing bicycle
September 19th, 20160 DEARBORN – Police arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a woman and attempting steal a bike.Police arrested Hosam Al-Hussain on September 14 after a Dearborn resident in the area of Hubbard St and Greenfield Rd observed him trying to steal a bicycle from her backyard.When confronted, Al- Hussain pushed the elderly......
NY, NJ bombing suspect rushed to hospital after shootout
September 19th, 20160 Ahmad Khan Rahami on a stretcher after a shootout (REUTERS) NEW YORK -- Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old man suspected for an explosion in New York and New Jersey is in custody following a shootout with police on Monday morning. Rahami was taken to a hospital on a stretcher with a bandaged and bloodied right shoulder. An officer was...Trump: The U.S. needs to profile Muslims like in Israel
NEW YORK - Trump is using a bomb plot in New York and New Jersey to call for “profiling” of radical Muslims in the U.S.“You’ll never solve the problem if you’re afraid to use the real name, this is radical Islamic terrorism,” he said, after a bomb went off in New York City and injured 29 people. Over the weekend, law...Police: Man said ‘Allah’ before stabbing nine people at mall
MINNESOTA - The man who injured eight people during a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall asked at least one of his victims whether they were Muslim and made reference to Allah, authorities said. However St Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson declined to call the attack an act of terrorism, saying the motive for the...Georgia State Professor tells Muslim student she can’t wear Niqab
Georgia State student Nabila Khan was asked by a professor to remove her niqab in compliance with Georgia’s Anti-mask laws. Photo | The SignalGEORGIA - A Muslim student at Georgia State University was told by her professor that she couldn’t return to class with a Niqab. During the first week of the fall semester, Nabila Khan......
Muslim family’s apartment set on fire
MARYLAND - A widowed Muslim mother and her two children are the targets of hates crimes in an apartment complex, after unknown culprits left hate-graffiti and then returned on another day and lit their home on fire. The incident took place in Windsor Mill. The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Friday said the family was...Trump concedes Obama born in U.S., falsely blames Clinton for rumors
Trump (Reuters)WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump finally acknowledged on Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States but accused Hillary Clinton of starting the so-called birther controversy, a charge that independent fact-checking sites have said is false."President Barack Obama was born in the United States.......
Documentary to expose widespread spying on Arabs and Muslims
September 16th, 20160 DEARBORN — FBI surveillance of the sizable local Arab American community may not come as a shock to many people here. In 2014, a leaked federal report designated Dearborn as having the second highest concentration of links to "known or suspected terrorists" in the country. However, surveillance of Muslims and Arab...
Muslim rapper depicts journey to Hajj
September 16th, 20160 LOUISIANA - Rapper Kevin Gates is grabbing attention on social media for depicting his journey to becoming a devout Muslim. Gates, a Louisiana born rapper known for his hit single “2 Phones,” recently traveled to Hajj with his wife. Gates posted a video to Instagram of himself and his wife approaching the Black Stone. He......
