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Man charged with double murder of imam and assistant
NEW YORK CITY — The man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Queens imam and his assistant was arrested and charged with murder, police said Monday night. Oscar Morel, 35, of East New York was charged with both men's murders and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said. The charges come after police found a revolver they...
Man kills neighbor he called “Dirty Arab”
August 15th, 20160 TULSA -- A 37-year-old Arab American man was murdered last Friday following an escalated feud with his neighbor. Police said Khalid Jabara was fatally shot by his neighbor, Vernon Majors, 61, on his front porch.Residents in the area confirmed the suspect and victim had animosity for quite some time. Police said Majors had a criminal...People offer to walk Muslims to mosques after Imam killed
The fatal shooting of a New York City imam and his associate in Queens has prompted people around the country to offer to accompany Muslim worshippers to and from mosques so that they won’t have to fear for their safety. Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant Thara Uddin, 64, were fatally shot in the...Imam, assistant fatally shot in the head in Queens, New York
NEW YORK - Police in New York say an imam and his assistant were shot dead as they walked along a street in the borough of Queens.The men were approached from behind by a man who shot them both in the head, a police spokesman said.Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, moved to the city from Bangladesh two years ago, reports in New York said.Police...
Dearborn teenager drowns while saving sister
August 13th, 20160 A 14-year-old Dearborn teenager died after being pulled from the Huron River on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 11., after jumping in the water to save his sister. On Friday the family of Abdulrahman Labak mourned his death following the tragic incident in Ann Arbor. His sister is still hospitalized, but is expected to...Egyptian fighter refuses to shake Israeli’s hand at Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby caused controversy after his first-round Olympics loss to Israel’s fifth-ranked Or Sasson on Friday, when he refused to shake his hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette. Sasson defeated El Shehaby with two throws for an automatic victory, with about a minute and a half remaining...
Teenager drowns at Huron River
August 12th, 20160 Abdulraham Labak.SCIO TOWNSHIP - A 14-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the Huron River on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 11. The boy, identified as Abdulraham Labak, was wading in the water when he began to struggle and went under, around 3:45 p.m. pm Thursday, August 11. Family and friends attempted to locate...ACRL: Two Yemeni Americans unjustly arrested for supposedly fake insurance
Mohamed Wassel (second from left) speaks at an ACRL press confrence, Aug. 8 - Photo by The AANewsHAMTRAMCK — Not even insurance agents could convince Hamtramck police that the proof of insurance of two detained Yemeni American residents was authentic, a complaint filed with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights says. The Arab...
Police, community weigh on strained relationship
August 12th, 20160 A girl with an officer at the National Night Out on Crime eventDEARBORN — Two weeks ago, in the early hours of Friday morning, Dearborn officers pulled over three young Arab Americans near Ford and Chase Roads. They abrasively searched their vehicle, as AANews reporters, who happened to be near the scene, watched from afar.Eventually,...UMD clarifies its stance on Trump
DEARBORN -The University of Michigan-Dearborn is making it clear that its chancellor’s open letter to faculty and students condemning Trump is not a reflection of the university’s views. University officials posted the Dec. 9 letter on its website after an undated copy was circulated on social...
Clinton should not take your vote for granted
August 12th, 20160 In politics, as in life, when people take you for granted, they tend to mistreat you. Politicians must earn our votes and support. Hillary Clinton should not assume that she has the backing of Arab Americans, simply because her opponent is Donald Trump. Border and airport harassment, the bloated No Fly and Terrorist Watch lists, mass...U.S. approves $1.15 billion sale of tanks, equipment to Saudi Arabia
An Abrams main battle tank leaves Riga port March 9, 2015 - Photo by Reuters.RIYADH — The State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The approval for land force...HFC’s Arab and Islamic art history courses teach heritage and dispel stereotypes
DEARBORN — Henry Ford College is located in the hometown of the largest concentration of Arab Americans outside of the Middle East; and that is evident in a specialty of academic courses offered to its students. Arab American Fulbright scholar Dr. Hashim Al-Tawil continues to lead the Arab and art history departments with three...How factionalism in Palestine is killing prospects for freedom
Palestinian demonstrators in Ramallah calling for political unity, 2015 - Photo by AFP.As Palestinians in the Occupied Territories begin preparations for local elections, which are scheduled for October, division and factionalism are rearing their ugly heads. Palestinian political platforms and social media are abuzz with...Washington policeman charged with ISIS denied bond
WASHINGTON - A Washington transit police officer charged with attempting to help the Islamic State militant group was ordered held pending trial, U.S. court documents showed on Thursday. The suspect, Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested this month in an FBI sting operation. He is the first......
Children killed, injured in multiple amusement park accidents
KANSAS - A boy was injured while riding a roller coaster on Thursday and rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital, emergency services and park officials said, in the third accident this week involving children hurt or killed on U.S. amusement park rides. The incident comes following the death of a 10-year-old boy who...U.S. House Democrats’ Pelosi: administration may shift funds for Zika
U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said the Obama administration may announce as early as Thursday that it is shifting more money into fighting the Zika virus. "Maybe today or tomorrow," Pelosi told reporters in a hallway on Thursday. She did not give an amount, but said, "I think they are going to try......
Mississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid ISIS
MISSISSIPPI- A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced a Mississippi woman to 12 years in prison for providing material support to Islamic State after she and her husband conspired with an undercover FBI employee to travel to Syria and aid the group's media campaign. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, had pleaded guilty to...Google Maps under fire for ‘Palestine’ blunder
GAZA - Google this week was under fire by Palestinian activists for removing the word “Palestine” from Google Maps.However, according to Google, the word was never there to begin with.An online petition from March condemning Google (and insinuating its “two Jewish founders” removed the word “Palestine” because of...
Dearborn Police adds a community voice to the force
August 11th, 20160 Officer Farhat with his wife and two daughters.DEARBORN – Officer Mohamad Farhat was on duty at Dearborn’s Homecoming when a lost child who only spoke Arabic came up to him and asked for assistance. “There were a lot of kids who were lost,” said Farhat, who helped children on three separate occasions...
Clash of civilizations or powerful diversity
August 11th, 20160 RIO — When the Egyptian women's beach volleyball team met with its German counterpart in the Rio Olympics last week, the discrepancy in the players' attire received more attention than the difference in their scores. Egyptian players, sporting a Hijab, were covered from head to toe. German woman, however, wore bikini-style......
ASU members repair Dearborn Heights park
ASU members from Crestwood High School repair Van Houten Park.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Summer is still in the air, but that hasn't stopped students in the Arab Student Union (ASU) at Crestwood High School from dedicating their services to the city. Van Houten Park, located on Silvery Lane, had fallen into disrepair in recent years, with...Trump calls Obama, Clinton ‘co-founders’ of ISIS
WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump called U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton the "co-founders" of Islamic State, ratcheting up his assertion that they are responsible for the rise of the militant group and sparking renewed criticism of his leadership ability. Clinton's campaign called the statements a "false......
Saudi-led coalition resumes attacks on Sanaa
SANAA — At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in the first air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni capital in five months, residents said, as the head of the U.N. expressed concern about the escalation in the fighting. Fighting has intensified since U.N.-sponsored peace talks between the Houthis, backed by forces...Thirteen premature babies killed in Baghdad hospital fire
BAGHDAD — Thirteen prematurely born babies were killed in a fire that broke out early on Wednesday in a maternity ward in a Baghdad hospital and was probably caused by an electrical fault, Iraqi authorities said. Eleven or 12 other babies and 29 women were rescued from the Yarmuk hospital's maternity ward and transferred to other......