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Turkish troops launch first major push into Syria against ISIS
August 24th, 20160 Turkish army tanks make their way in the Syrian border town of Jarablus (Reuters)ANKARA — Turkish special forces, tanks and jets backed by planes from the U.S.-led coalition launched their first co-ordinated offensive into Syria on Wednesday to try to drive ISIS from the border and prevent further gains by Kurdish militia fighters.A...U.S. judge blocks Obama transgender school bathroom policy
A U.S. judge blocked an Obama administration policy that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by 13 dissenting states just in time for the new school year.While a setback for transgender advocates, the ruling is only the latest salvo in a larger...Phoenix area Muslims pay for ‘ISIS sucks’ billboard
PHOENIX - A large electronic billboard has a simple message directed at ISIS: "Hey ISIS, you suck." The billboard was paid for by a national Muslim-American non-profit with help from the Muslim community in Arizona. Local Muslims in the state said they want to condemn the terrorist organization in a very public way. They said...Muslim inmate sues Indiana sheriff’s office over halal diet
LEBANON, Ind. — A Muslim inmate is using Indiana’s religious freedom statute in part to sue a central Indiana sheriff for denying him a diet that follows Islamic dietary laws.The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of Gannon Thomas against the Boone County Sheriff’s Office over its...Clinton’s top aide scrutinized for ties to Saudi magazine
WASHINGTON - The top campaign aide to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is being scrutinized for her ties to a Saudi-sponsored magazine. Huma Abedin, 40, has for years been one of Clinton’s closest confidantes. She began her career as an intern in the White House in 1996, when Hillary Clinton was first lady, and was...Iraq executes 36 ISIS militants for mass killing of soldiers
A soldier prays at a mass grave for soldiers from Camp Speicher (Reuters)BAGHDAD — Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 ISIS militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago.It is the highest number of militants executed in one day by the Iraqi government since ISIS...Turkey blames child bomber for attack that killed 51
A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said. The attack was the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year, and President Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State was likely behind it. "Initial...Islamic charity vandalized
ATLANTA - The Council On American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is asking police to investigate a vandalism incident in Atlanta targeting a Muslim charity. Sometime during the evening of August 17, an unknown number of vandals shattered the glass entry door to the Stone Mountain office of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA),...Michigan Muslim woman outraged at CNN for featuring her in ISIS video
MICHIGAN - A local Muslim woman and her family are outraged after discovering that her face was being used in a CNN video about ISIS recruitment. The woman's husband recognized his wife's face in the clip. Though she has no ties to ISIS, the woman's face was featured in the clip for a few seconds. The identity of the...Muslim woman gets thrown out of Trump rally…again
A Muslim woman has been ejected from a Donald Trump rally after handing out pens inscribed with the word “peace”. Rose Hamid said a member of the Republican Presidential candidate’s security staff removed her from the event in Charlotte, North Carolina, because she was causing a “disturbance”. “I just wanted to let people...
Bank of America acquitted of discrimination against Muslim charity
August 19th, 20160 DETROIT — Committed to serving Arabs and other communities in Michigan, countless Arab American charity organizations of varying sizes have popped up since waves of immigrants made Metro Detroit home.Founded by Iraqi Americans in 1992, Life for Relief and Development opened its doors as an international relief association and says it...Michigan unemployment rate lowest since 01
Michigan’s unemployment rate in July dipped slightly by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.5%, according to data released today by the State of Michigan.Despite the reduction in the unemployment rate thanks to 8,000 fewer people on the unemployment rolls, total employment also decreased by 20,000 over the month. State...
‘Nobody is safe anymore’: Arab Americans react to deadly hatred
August 19th, 20160 TULSA — On Friday, August 12, 37-year-old Oklahoma resident Khalid Jabara was brutally murdered by his neighbor who had directed racial slurs at him for years. On Saturday, August 13, Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were killed in Queens, New York by a lone gunman as they were walking home. Both...Mexico’s president says he’s willing to meet with Trump
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Tuesday he was willing to meet with Donald Trump, months after comparing the Republican presidential candidate to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. "Yes, I would meet with him," Pena Nieto said, referring to Trump in a pre-taped television interview broadcast on Tuesday night. "I have...Trump calls for African-American support
MILWAUKEE — On Tuesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump delivered his most aggressive call yet to woo African American voters, vowing to restore law and order, only days after a fatal police shooting of a Black man sparked more street violence. Speaking a few miles from Milwaukee, which was rocked by weekend riots,......
Arab Americans lead a cosmetic surgery craze
August 19th, 20160 Farmington Hills resident Mimi, an Assyrian American. DEARBORN — Rhinoplasty. Lipo. Botox. Lip injections. Butt implants. The Kardashians are not the only staples at cosmetic surgery facilities. Arab Americans have made cosmetic surgery a booming industry in the metro Detroit region–and that's evident by the ever-morphing...The Obama Doctrine is ravaging the Middle East
Everyone seems to have a theory on how to obliterate ISIS. However, two points are rarely raised: one, concerning the origins of the group and the second, on whether there are genuine intentions to defeat it, in the first place. We must boldly address the first to unravel the enigma behind the rise and growth of Daesh – otherwise,......
Sectarianism is a dangerous game
August 19th, 20160 A protest after the murder of an imam and his assistant in New York - Photo by ReutersArab American immigrants have crossed thousands of miles, leaving behind family histories that stretch back generations, in search of opportunities, peace and freedom here. The land that had supported them for thousands of years became infested by...
Local renaissance woman strives to make art accessible
August 19th, 20160 Suha with her painting 'The Other Side'.DEARBORN — As henna and makeup artists continue to flourish in the community, more and more young women decide to put their talent to work and showcase it on social media, gaining fans around the world. Suha Suleiman, a freelance henna and makeup artist in Dearborn, is one of many who...
Mass transit in Metro Detroit closer to reality
August 19th, 20160 A rendering of the railway system in Pontiac, MI.DEARBORN — Last Thursday, the Southeast Michigan counties affected by a proposed regional mass transit plan ironed out the final kinks, guaranteeing the plan's placement on the November ballot. Voters from Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties will be able to choose whether they...
Planning commissioner made anti-Muslim posts before denying mosque
August 19th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — The city claims it denied a mosque proposal last year because of planning technicalities, but anti-Muslim social media posts by a planning commissioner who voted against the Muslim house of worship painted a different picture. "Oh, no the terrorists are gonna attack, according to the media, this weekend. Come to the......
Lutheran Church calls for ban on U.S. aid to Israel
Israeli soldiers look on as Palestinian homes are demolishedNEW ORLEANS — A sense of unease set in Albert Asfour as the tourist bus he was in rolled to a stop. Young Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint looked unhappy with the group leader and the handful of American students, who were heading to Jerusalem from Ramallah for an educational...Clinton aide meets community representatives in Dearborn
DEARBORN — Huma Abedin, vice chair for the Hillary for America campaign, met with Arab and Muslim American leaders on Aug. 11, to discuss issues that matter to the community. Community representatives included heads of organizations, small business owners, doctors, lawyers and other professions. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn)......
Court of appeals panel upholds straight-party voting
CINCINNATI — An appellate Court panel rejected a motion by Michigan's Secretary of State to restore the ban on straight party voting after a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit ruled it unconstitutional. In December, the Republican-controlled legislature passed the measure, which would have barred voters from choosing all the...Muslim couple invites dozens of strangers over for dinner
WASHINGTON - A Muslim couple is inviting strangers to their home as part of an initiative called “Meal with a Muslim.”Amanda Saab, former contestant on “MasterChef,” and her husband Hussein Saab, have opened their door in Renton to Americans who may have questions about their faith. The couple resides in Renton, Washington. The......
