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Texas allows guns in college classrooms under new law
A new law went into effect in Texas on Monday that allows certain students to bring guns into classrooms, with supporters saying it could prevent mass shootings and critics saying the measure will endanger safety on campuses. The so-called state "campus carry" law allows people 21 and older with a concealed...Muslim families of fallen U.S. soldiers driven to oppose Trump
Nazar Naqvi has faithfully voted Republican for more than three decades. After Donald Trump's feud with Muslim parents who lost a son in battle for the United States, he has vowed not a single Republican will get his vote. Naqvi, 69, a retired U.S. government engineer from Newburgh, New York, is a member...Obama cuts short prison sentences for 214 convicts
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama cut short the prison terms of 214 convicts on Wednesday, the largest number of commutations a U.S. leader has granted in single day since at least 1900, the White House said. Obama has now granted a total of 562 commutations during his presidency, more than the number by the...Trump takes hit following dispute with Muslim family
WASHINGTON - Supporters of Republican Donald Trump urged him to get back on message on Thursday after a week of dropping opinion poll numbers and a war of words with ranking Republicans over his U.S. presidential campaign. Trump pledged to focus more on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who emerged from...Muslim woman detained at UK airport for reading Syrian art book
UNITED KINGDOM - A Muslim NHS worker was detained at a UK airport and questioned under terror laws after a cabin crew member spotted her reading a Syrian culture book on board her honeymoon flight. Faizah Shaheen, who helps prevent teenage mental health patients from becoming radicalized, was returning...
Dearborn police arrest three for home invasion
August 4th, 20160 DEARBORN —On Friday, July 29, police officers responded to a report of a home invasion in progress on the 13000 block of S. Morrow Circle around noon. On scene, officers observed forced entry into the home and spoke to witnesses who provided descriptions of the suspects. The officers quickly located the suspects, who were taken...
McDonald’s to remove corn syrup from buns
August 4th, 20160 McDonald's Corp will replace corn syrup in hamburger buns with sugar this month and has removed antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its chicken months ahead of schedule, it said on Monday, moves that are part of its drive to target increasingly health-conscious consumers. The fast food company also said it eliminated...
Ice Bucket Challenge credited with ALS breakthrough
August 4th, 20160 The Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral two years ago, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, has helped identify a new gene behind the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers say. The challenge involved people pouring ice-cold water over their heads, posting video on social media and donating funds for...
Millennial hookup culture is not real
August 4th, 20160 People may think of millennials as being one right swipe away from a quick hookup, but a new study suggests many 20-somethings are actually having less sex than their parents did back in the day. "The misperception that millennials have a hook-up culture may be driven by the most promiscuous members of the generation, who are now able...
Abdullah Hammoud: We did it for Dearborn
August 4th, 20160 Hammoud embraces his mother after the resultsDEARBORN — There were screams; there were cheers, plenty of hugs and an abundance of joyful tears.As Abdullah Hammoud’s campaign manager burst into the Lebanese American Heritage Club announcing his victory, the hall erupted with chaotic excitement.Hammoud, 25, won the Democratic race for...
By attacking Captain Khan’s family, Trump sinks to new low
August 4th, 20160 Captain Khan's parents speaking at the DNCIn 2004, Army Captain Humayun Khan was in the middle of a tour of duty in Iraq. While his unit was guarding the gates of their base, Captain Khan noticed a suspicious vehicle approaching their checkpoint. He immediately took control of the situation and ordered his fellow servicemembers to...Egyptian army says it killed ISIS leader in Sinai
CAIRO — Egypt's military said on Thursday it had killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, whom it identified as the leader of the Sinai branch of ISIS, in a series of air strikes near the town of Arish. It said on its Facebook page that the strikes had also killed 45 other ISIS militants and destroyed arms and ammunition stores used by the...Hezbollah says partition a possible outcome in Iraq and Syria
BEIRUT — Hezbollah said the partition of Iraq and Syria was a possible outcome of sectarian fighting across the region and there was no prospect of any end to the war in Syria until after November's U.S. presidential election. Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy leader of the Iran-backed group, whose forces are fighting alongside President...U.N. report on Yemen: Saudis, Houthis committed violations
UNITED NATIONS — Yemen's Houthi rebels used civilians as human shields, and ISIS militants in the country received an influx of cash, according to a confidential report by United Nations experts monitoring sanctions on Yemen. The 105-page report to the U.N. Security Council, seen by Reuters on Thursday, also said a military...U.S. strikes easing advance against ISIS in Sirte
TRIPOLI — U.S. air strikes are easing the passage of Libyan forces as they seek to clear ISIS from the militant group's former North African stronghold of Sirte, a senior field commander said on Wednesday. Mohamed Darat said the first strikes, which took place on Monday, had helped Libyan brigades under his command secure the Dollar......
Police Department criticized for releasing mugshots of unveiled Muslim women
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine sheriff's department is facing backlash from both Muslim and African American civil rights group after four Muslim women were arrested during a #BlackLivesMatter protest.The department is investigating whether the rights of the Muslim protesters were violated when they were booked into a county jail and...Syrian refugee Jeweler assists crying mother
A Surveillance still from the Jewelry store. DALLAS – A Syrian refugee jewelry store worker left a woman stunned after he gave her money and refused to take her important gold necklace given to her by her mother.Noah, who does not want his last name used, denied the mother of two children the sale.“It......
Hunt and Dabaja advance to the general election
August 3rd, 20160 Dabaja celebrating with supporters at LaPita.DEARBORN — Attorney Gene Hunt and City Council President Susan Dabaja will be advancing to the Nov. 8 general election in their bids to become a 19th District Court judge, following the primary results on Tuesday. On Tuesday's primary election, Hunt came in first place,...
FBI agents arrest Detroit man with explosives
August 2nd, 20160 A photo on a Facebook account that possibly belongs to the suspectDETROIT — Federal counter terrorism agents have arrested a 29-year-old Detroit man accused of illegally purchasing an arsenal of explosives and other devices capable of mass casualties, according to a criminal complaint filed this week.Sebastian Gregerson, a Detroit...
“Hijabi” bank robber hits Dearborn
August 2nd, 20160 A woman wearing a hijab robbed a DFCU bank in DearbornDEARBORN — A woman wearing a hijab robbed a DFCU bank in Dearborn on Monday. The suspect entered the bank, located at 21551 Oakwood, and handed the teller a threatening note demanding cash, police said.A suspect in an Islamic headscarf had robbed a bank in Taylor in June. Police...Muslim parents respond back to Trump insults
PHILADELPHIA - Two days after Khizr Khan gave one of the most powerful speeches at the Democratic National Convention, lamenting the loss of his fallen son, a U.S. soldier, Donald Trump responded in a way that many considered over the line, even by Trump terms. Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004.......
Trump insults Muslim family who criticized him at the DNC
Donald Trump has given his first response to Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim American soldier who died to protect his unit. Khan addressed the Democratic national convention this week, rebuking Trump as unpatriotic and selfish as he did so. In an interview with the New York Times opinion writer Maureen Dowd, Trump’s only comment...Jewish stranger empathizes with Muslim family at Barnes & Noble
BOSTON - A story of a jewish man who warmly greeted a Muslim mother and her children at a Barnes & Noble and bought them gifts, has gone viral. Leena Al-Arian, an American from Greater Boston, wrote in a Facebook post about the moment a stranger, Lenny, a Jewish-American, approached her at a Barnes & Noble and told her......
Defeat recklessness and obscenity: VOTE ON AUG. 2
July 29th, 20160 This election season has been marred by vulgarity, insults and incivility. But the negativity should not discourage you from casting your vote on Aug. 2. It is important that Arab Americans vote in each and every election to demonstrate the community's political agenda and safeguard its interests. Additionally, county races, a...
Arabs and African Americans: A complicated relationship between solidarity and bigotry
July 29th, 20160 Arab and black activists discuss ideas to increase solidarity, July 11DETROIT — Arabs and African Americans appear to have a common struggle against white supremacy.But when former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib participated in a protest demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a Dearborn police officer in......