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Austrian official ‘recommends’ Muslim kids don’t wear hijab to kindergarten
AUSTRALIA - An Austrian deputy mayor has urged parents to avoid sending their daughters to kindergarten wearing headscarves as the covering insinuates men look at them in a “lustful” way. She termed the comment a “recommendation” rather than an attempt to ban “something religious.” Parents should avoid covering their...
At 32, we remain young and strong
September 1st, 20160 The Arab American News was established 32 years ago. Osama Siblani founded the newspaper on Sept. 7, 1984, following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and after he witnessed the American mainstream media's atrocious pro-Israeli bias. Over the past three decades plus, the newspaper has evolved, but its core mission and founding...
Keith Ellison urges engagement, encourages community to back Clinton
August 31st, 20160 Keith Ellison speaking at the DNC (Reuters)DEARBORN — Six months ago, Keith Ellison, America’s first Muslim member of Congress, came to Michigan to campaign for Bernie Sanders. Now he is trying to convince the community to support the senator’s once-rival, Hillary Clinton.Ellison met with political activists and community leaders...Christian woman files lawsuit after being forced to remove headscarf
ALABAMA - The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman's religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking her driver's license photo. Yvonne Allen, of Tuskegee, said a court clerk told her when she sought a license renewal last...Obama administration meets goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration met its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year a month ahead of schedule and is working with Congress to increase the target by a few thousand in 2017, the White House said. The 10,000th Syrian refugee arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon, national security advisor...
Judge allows government mental exam of Odeh
August 31st, 20160 Rasmea Odeh with her supportersDETROIT - U.S. Judge Gershwin Drain allowed prosecutors’ request for psychological evaluation of Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh by a government expert.In 2014, Odeh was found guilty of lying on her naturalization application because she was failed to disclose that she was convicted in 1969 by...Dearborn officer arraigned on sex charge, suspended without pay
DEARBORN - A Dearborn police officer has been arraigned on a sex charge after he allegedly groped a female acquaintance during a traffic stop in May, according to the police department.Officer Justin Smith, 36, faces a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge and common law offenses, officials said in a...ISIS suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack
The compound after the attack (Reuters)ADEN — A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed by ISIS in the southern Yemeni port city.The director general of Yemen's health ministry in Aden, al-Khader...U.N. says 10,000 killed in Yemen war
UNITED NATIONS — At least 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen's 18-month-old civil war, the United Nations on Tuesday, approaching double the estimates of more than 6,000 cited by officials and aid workers for much of 2016.The war pits the Houthi group and supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh against President...Mother charged for allowing boyfriend to rape, kill 10-year-old daughter
NEW MEXICO - When police were called on Wednesday to an apartment complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico, they thought they were responding to a battery call.Instead, they found 10-year-old Victoria Martens. She had been killed hours before her 10th birthday party.The girl's mother, Michelle Martens, 35; Martens's boyfriend, Fabian...Man arrested for killing two nuns
DURANT, Miss. - A man suspected in the slayings of two nuns found dead in their Mississippi home confessed to the killings, a sheriff said Saturday.Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi was arrested and charged in the deaths of Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill. Both women were 68.Mississippi Department of...Chinese hotels ordered block guests from five Muslim countries
Police have ordered some low-end hotels in the Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou not to allow guests from five Muslim-majority countries to stay, though China's foreign ministry said it had never heard of the policy.Three hotels with rooms costing about 150 yuan ($23) a night told Reuters that they had received police notices from as...
Dearborn Police: Young man drove recklessly in fatal motorcycle crash
August 28th, 20160 Mohamad Hazimi.DEARBORN — A 19-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident near Warren and Schaefer around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 28.Mohamad Hazimi was riding his bike westbound on Warren Ave. when he struck a Jeep that made a sudden U-turn. The incident occurred between Jonathan Street and Bingham Street. Surveliance...Florida dad murdered on second date by woman he met online
There was no reason for Adam Hilarie to believe anything but the obvious: He had just been on a promising first date with a pretty girl.Hilarie had met Hailey Rose Bustos on PlentyOfFish, which bills itself as the largest dating site in the world. He'd picked her up and they went bowling in Winter Haven, Florida, at Cypress Lanes,...Dingell facilitates grants for Dearborn, Trenton fire departments
DEARBORN — Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that the Dearborn and Trenton Fire Departments will receive funding for fire prevention and safety through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The Dearborn Fire Department has already installed 2,000 smoke alarms for......
Six candidates vie for three seats on Dearborn School Board
DEARBORN — Six candidates, including five Arab Americans, are competing for three vacant seats on the Dearborn Board of Education. Four are running for two full-term spots and two are looking to fill the vacancy left by former trustee Aimee Schoelles, who resigned from the board and moved to Ohio last year. The terms of trustees...Arab Americans slam Trump, promote cooperation at town hall
DEARBORN — The rise of Donald Trump is permitting bigoted individuals to turn violent, like the "goof" who fatally shot Khaled Jabara in Tulsa, Arab American Vietnam veteran Ron Amen said at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. Arab American leaders slammed the Republican presidential nominee at the event, which was hosted and......
Arab, Muslim and brown: Complex identities in the age of Trump
August 26th, 20160 Family members of victims on the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Aug. 5, 2013DEARBORN— For Millions of Arab Americans, ethnic and religious backgrounds are not at odds with American values. An inseparable myriad of cultures and traditions form their identities.Vandalized homes, unjust terrorist...Khan’s parents to speak at ACRL gala
The Khan family. DEARBORN — The Muslim American parents of fallen Capt. Humayun Khan will speak at the Arab American Civil Rights League banquet in Dearborn next month. Ghazala Khan and her husband, Khizr Khan, engaged in a highly publicized feud with Donald Trump after the couple questioned the Republican nominee's sacrifices at the...Does Muslim Always Mean Islamic?
What is Muslim versus what is Islamic concerns the question of normative Islam. Due to the difficulty of discerning Islam from its political developments, some have thrown in the towel and declared, "Islam is as Islam does." It is easy to see why some observers draw that conclusion: Islam – through its twin sources of Quran...Michigan State Police cited for thousands of inaccurate alcohol related cases
LANSING — A calibration error in 4,001 alcohol cases resulted in inaccurate records in some of them, drawing criticism from defense attorneys and forcing prosecutors to take a second look. An examination of the cases, where testing was done at Michigan State Police labs, showed some......
Post Civil war era film shoots at Greenfield Village
August 26th, 20160 DEARBORN — A film production used Greenfield Village's unique and historic scenery as a backdrop for its post Civil War-era plotline. "Akoma", a short film shot around the metro Detroit region with the assistance of local producers, actors and crew-members, recently wrapped its shoot after a summer production that highlighted...Midwest Recycling leads backpack donations across metro Detroit
INKSTER — Midwest Recycling donated hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to the "We Got Your Back" campaign, just days ahead of the start of the new school year. Midwest Recycling donated 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to the “We Got Your Back” campaign.“We are always looking for local companies......
France’s ‘burkini’ ban: Hypocrisy and racism
August 26th, 20161 A protest against France's burkini ban, outside the French Embassy in London (Reuters)If you are a man in France, you can wear a wetsuit that covers your head and entire body. But a Muslim woman who chooses to wear a hijab at the beach will be ticketed and ordered to shed some clothing.The hysteria and hypocrisy surrounding French...Illinois man charged with bomb attempt ruled mentally unfit
A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that a Chicago-area man was mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb outside a bar. The suspect, Adel Daoud of Hillside, Illinois, sincerely believes that his lawyers are Freemasons, U.S. District Judge Sharon......