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Muslims are now more disliked than atheists and homosexuals
WASHINGTON - Believing in ‘Allah’ is worse than believing in no god at all, according to a recent study that surveyed U.S. residents. The study from sociologists at the University of Minnesota who compared Americans’ perceptions of minority faith and racial groups found that Muslims are now more unpopular than both...
Clinton reiterates support for two-state solution
September 15th, 20160 Clinton speaking in Charlotte, N.C. Sept 8 (Reuters)DEARBORN — Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton reiterated her support for the two-state solution and emphasized Palestinians' right to a normal life with peace an dignity, in an exclusive statement to The Arab American News.Arab Americans may disagree on many issues, but ensuring the...
Muslim woman aims to get Hijab emoji approved
September 13th, 20160 BERLIN - Rayouf Alhumedhi, a 15-year-old Berlin teen originally from Saudi Arabia, is aiming to get developers to approve a Hijab emoji. According to a story published by washable.com, Alhumedhi drafted a proposal featuring a hijab to the emoji subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit organization that develops and promotes...
Abu-Rayyan pleads guilty to gun charges
September 13th, 20160 Abu-Rayyan in Circuit Court (WDIV)DETROIT — A Dearborn Heights man who was accused of supporting ISIS and plotting a church attack could face up to 20 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to federal gun counts. Khalil Abu-Rayyan, 22, did not face terror-related charges. On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to two counts —...Muslim Marine claims he was forced into a dryer and burned
WASHINGTON - A Muslim Marine said he was called a terrorist and ordered into an industrial clothes dryer multiple times by a drill instructor who then turned it on, burning him, according to an article published by The Washington Post.The treatment of recruits in the Marine Corps have been extinsevely investigated following the suicide...Record new U.S. military aid deal for Israel to be signed in days
Obama and Netanyahu during a meeting at the White House, Nov. 2015 (Reuters)WASHINGTON — The United States and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed this week, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.The deal...UPDATE : Police seek assistance in identifying man who set Muslim woman on fire
NEW YORK — Police released video Tuesday of a suspect in the attack. The video shows a man walking down a street, but it's hard to make out his face. In the suspected hate attack, a stranger set a Scottish Muslim tourist on fire while she was window shopping on New York's Fifth Avenue.The incident took place on Saturday...Mosque where Orlando shooter attended set on fire on eid
ORLANDO - The Florida mosque where Omar Mateen, who committed the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, prayed was damaged on Monday in an arson attack, investigators said. Mateen was killed by law enforcement officials after fatally shooting 49 people and wounding 53 others in a gay nightclub in Orlando in June.Local law...U.S. House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, despite the White House's threat to veto the measure. The U.S. Senate in May unanimously passed the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act," known...California woman sentenced for throwing hot coffee on praying Muslims
CASTRO VALLEY — A 51-year-old Castro Valley woman recently took a plea deal for throwing hot coffee on a Muslim man during a confrontation over his religion at a Castro Valley park last year, an incident that was caught on video and went viral on the internet. The AANews originally broke the story last year, when...Trump supporter attacks Muslim women with babies, rips off their hijabs
NEW YORK - An angry Trump supporter allegedly attacked two Muslim women who were pushing their baby strollers through Brooklyn. 32-year-old Emirjeta Xhelili yelled Islamophobic slurs at two Muslim women who were out on a walk with their babies near her Brooklyn home. “Get the f*ck out of here,” the woman yelled, according to...Texas mattress store under fire for ‘disgusting’ 9/11 sale video
TEXAS - A Texas mattress store that used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City's Twin Towers in an ad for a Sept. 11 sale has come under a barrage of protests that described it as a tasteless pitch and called for the business to go bankrupt. In the social media video ad that has since been pulled by San Antonio's Miracle...
Arabs for Hillary hope to rally reluctant community
September 9th, 20160 (L-R) Zade Alsawah, Nirmeen Fahmy and Zaineb Hussein.DEARBORN — It's no secret that Arab and Muslim Americans have not rallied behind Hillary Clinton with the same enthusiasm as other presidential candidates. In fact, Arab Americans were credited with tilting the scales in Senator Bernie Sanders' favor during the state's...
Raqqa for Aleppo: The U.S.-Russian agreement hinges on the details
September 9th, 20160 Internal affairs in Russia and the United States are changing the balance of power and the shape of a future solution in Syria. In the United States, the presidential campaign is witnessing vicious attacks between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with ISIS (and by extension the Syrian crisis) as one of the most important issues to...Lebanese Americans commemorate Imam Sadr disappearance
Community members gather at the Islamic Center of AmericaDEARBORN — Amal Movement in the United States, Message of Hope USA, commemorated the 38th anniversary of the disappearance of Lebanese leader Musa al-Sadr during a trip to Libya in 1978. Sadr founded the Amal Movement in Lebanon in 1974 and revived interfaith dialogue, calling......
Henry Ford College to assist displaced college students
DEARBORN — Henry Ford College (HFC) plans on assisting 40,000 students who were dislocated after a national technical college shut down all five of its campuses in Michigan. HFC will provide opportunities to help students of ITT Technical Institute finish their educations and move on with their career goals. After the incident,...LAHC rebrands itself, donates school supplies to hundreds in Detroit
DEARBORN — Times are changing, and so is the local Arab American community. To reflect a growing and evolving Middle Eastern community in metro Detroit, The Lebanese American Heritage Club (LAHC), a nonprofit social services organization and local household name, has rebranded itself as the Leaders Advancing and Helping......
Huntington Bank to settle class action lawsuit in alleged discriminatory account closures
September 9th, 20160 DEARBORN — The strife of thousands of Arab Americans being discriminated against by government entities since 9/11, as well as by some Trump-inspired individuals, is nothing new to the immigrant community. Recently, cases of banks abruptly closing the accounts of their Arab Americans customers without explanation have begun to...Arab bodybuilder places second in North American championship
Haider Ali.DEARBORN — Haider Ali stood proud when he came in second place in the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) North American Championship, which took place in Pittsburgh on September 1. The 35-year-old Iraqi bodybuilder had previously nabbed the top title in 2013, in the lightweight...Home-based community bakers shine on Instagram
@zee_sweets.DEARBORN — At one point it seemed impossible for home-based bakers to attract customers, but the past few years have proven otherwise because of social media sites like Instagram. This useful site has allowed talented bakers from the community to launch and showcase their small businesses without having to market or...
Fifteen years after 9/11, America fails to end terror
September 9th, 20160 Fifteen years have passed since the planes hit the towers in New York. Beyond the immediate tragedy, the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 gave birth to the disastrous "war on terror." A decade and a half and multiple wars later, the world is a far more dangerous place. On the second anniversary of 9/11, the United States had......
Classroom standing desks may help kids slim down
September 9th, 20160 Standing desks in classrooms could help children maintain a healthy body weight, a new study suggests. These desks are set at a height that allows students to alternate between sitting on a stool or standing while working. Standing desks "can interrupt sedentary behavior patterns" while kids are in school, "simply, at a low cost, and...
WHO strengthens safe sex guidance when returning from Zika zones
September 9th, 20160 The World Health Organization said men and women returning from areas where the Zika virus is actively spreading should practice safer sex or abstinence for 6 months, regardless of whether they are trying to conceive or showing symptoms. The guidance is a change from the WHO's interim recommendation on June 7, which referred only to......
Is Israel pushing for a Palestinian civil war?
Avigdor Lieberman.Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle on the path of any unified strategy to end Israel's violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind a single objective. Newly-appointed Israeli ultra-nationalist, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, understands this too...
Stein promotes ‘Green New Deal’ in Detroit
September 9th, 20160 Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka speaking to reporters in Detroit.DETROIT — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka, campaigned in Detroit on Sept. 3, presenting themselves as a viable alternative to the two major parties' candidates. Stein emphasized the symbolism of Detroit in the national......