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Islamophobic man planned to bomb police station
July 1st, 20160 OHIO - Police in Ohio have arrested a man who they said was plotting to attack a police station using armed mannequins and explosives. Police said they were alerted that 51-year-old Timothy Ward was planning to use mannequins to shoot officers and blow up the police station in Marlboro Township, Stark County, about 30 miles outside of...
Drill instructor may have bullied Muslim Marine to suicide
July 1st, 20160 TAYLOR — The U.S. Marine Corps is expanding its investigation into the death of a 20-year-old Muslim Marine recruit from Taylor who fell 40 feet from a barracks stairwell 11 days after reporting to boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina. This week, Marine Corp officials said that Raheel Siddiqui may have been subjected to...
California Latinos and Muslims unify against Trump
July 1st, 20160 LOS ANGELES - If Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric has been good for one thing, it’s unifying diverse Latino groups into a more cohesive political identity.And that’s precisely what Orange County Latinos are doing with the county’s small, but unified Muslim community centered around Anaheim’s Little...
Leave Sayed Qazwini alone
July 1st, 20160 Bint Jebail Cultural Center after it was vandalized with anti-Qazwini graffiti last yearThe local Arab American community is suffering enough attacks and divisions on all levels. When the Islamic Center of America controversy started last year, it took the community by storm.Unfortunately, some members of the community want the storm to...
U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling could overturn Michigan laws
July 1st, 20160 LANSING - The 5-3 Supreme Court decision to abolish controversial Texas rules on abortion clinics could overturn similar laws in Michigan, according to the state’s Planned Parenthood representatives. "I think we have a good case now," Amanda West, a director of government relations for Michigan Planned...
The DIA is coming to Dearborn
July 1st, 20160 DEARBORN — Tour the DIA Away and think like an artist at Dearborn's Ford Community & Performing Arts Center on July 14, from 1 to 6 p.m. Open to the public at no charge, DIA Away is a mobile, interactive creative exploration space for people of all ages. This educational "hands on" experience is provided by the Detroit...
Daesh Girl: A film about love
July 1st, 20160 NEW YORK — In the global fight against terrorism, drowning in the noise of political rhetoric, fear-inducing news and bullet-firing drones, an arguably more effective – and certainly a creative – method of uniting people in the muddled battle against extremism is film. A Saudi-American filmmaker, Abdul Almutairi, aims to do just...
Michigan’s U.S. Reps. say “No Fly, No Buy” is flawed, but offer no solutions
July 1st, 20160 U.S. Reps. discuss gun legislation on a panel in Berkley - Photos by The AANewsBERKLEY — Democratic Congress members acknowledged a defect in a proposed gun legislation in the House of Representatives that would deny individuals on the No-Fly list the right to buy firearms. They said it should be corrected, but offered no...
Hamtramck lives the full excitement of Ramadan
July 1st, 20160 Hamtramck residents after an iftar organized by Councilman AlmasmariHAMTRAMCK — Throughout the United States, Muslims break their fast to the timing of special calendars they often hang on their fridges. Here the sound of the Adhan, the Muslim call for prayer, declares the sunset, announcing the time for iftar. "It's like Old Sanaa,"...
Turkish Imam suspended after “pieces of cucumber” found in rectum
July 1st, 20160 TURKEY - A 39-year-old imam in Turkey has been suspended from his role after doctors reportedly found “pieces of cucumber” in his rectum during a checkup. The imam, who is from a Central Anatolian province, was admitted to hospital last week after suffering from severe abdominal pain and bleeding, Hurriyet Daily...
Facebook’s political influence under a microscope
July 1st, 20160 Los Angeles - As the U.S. presidential campaign heats up, Facebook Inc is going out of its way to show its neutrality - an increasingly urgent matter for the social network as evidence of its power continues to emerge. Recent studies have shown the site has extraordinary influence. According to research...
No specific, credible threats toward U.S. over July 4th holiday
July 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - There are no specific or credible security threats against the United States known to law enforcement heading into the Fourth of July weekend, according do a government document seen by Reuters and three sources briefed on the matter. The sources, who asked to speak on the condition of...
U.S. House reignites gun-control debate with planned vote
July 1st, 20160 House Speaker Paul Ryan.WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, under mounting pressure to advance gun-control legislation, will vote next week on a measure to keep guns out of the hands of people on government terrorism watch lists. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the plan in a...
Trump’s shifting Muslim ban is confusing everybody
July 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States has been a central issue of his campaign -- but he has described the ban differently in the weeks since the mass shooting in Orlando. His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, told CNN Saturday that Trump supports barring only Muslims from...
Heroin use at 20-year high
July 1st, 20160 A heroin "epidemic" is gripping the United States, where the cheap supply has helped push the number of users to a 20-year high, increasing drug-related deaths, the United Nations said on Thursday. According to the U.N.'s World Drug Report 2016, the number of heroin users in the United States reached around one million in 2014, almost......
Teen checkups should include suicide risk screening
July 1st, 20160 Suicide is among the leading causes of death in U.S. adolescents and while it's not entirely preventable, doctors can minimize the risk by asking the right questions during routine checkups, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. Pediatricians should ask about mood disorders, use of drugs and alcohol, suicidal thoughts, bullying,...
British Labor leader Corbyn appear to compare Israel to ISIS
July 1st, 20160 LONDON — Jeremy Corbyn was engulfed in a fresh row over Israel when he appeared to compare the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to Islamic extremists at the launch of an independent review into antisemitism in the Labor party. In prepared remarks, Corbyn said: "Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or......
U.N.: Violence, settlements, Gaza undermine hope for Mideast peace
July 1st, 20160 UNITED NATIONS — Violence and incitement, settlement expansion and a lack of control of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority are undermining hope for Middle East peace, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday, citing a report by the Middle East peace "Quartet." U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov briefed the U.N. Security Council...
What Clinton should learn from Brexit
July 1st, 20160 President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton.BREXIT — the stunning British vote to leave the European Union — is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country's political and economic elites. A majority voted to leave, even though the heads of the United Kingdom's two major parties, more than a thousand corporate and bank...
State rep. candidate Sophiea stresses pragmatism, transparency
July 1st, 20160 Paul SophieaDEARBORN — Paul Sophiea is the kind of Republican that predates Donald Trump. He says he is practical, independent and looking to represent the entire Dearborn community in his bid to win the State House's District 15. Sophiea said he is running because Dearborn is a growing city that needs proper representation in...
Concerns arise over selection process for State Rep. vacancy
July 1st, 20160 Julie Palwecki being sworn in to the State House.LANSING — The 13th Congressional District Democratic Party organization is preparing to fill a vacancy following the untimely death of State Rep. Julie Plawecki. The first term representative, who passed away on Saturday, June 25, was running unopposed in the August primary for......
Cities issue warnings, ban on consumer fireworks
July 1st, 20160 A firework vendor in Detroit - Photo by The AANews.LANSING — Michigan's state fire marshal is weighing recommending bans on fireworks and burning in parts of the state with extremely dry conditions heading into the Fourth of July weekend. "It is being discussed at the state level, and at this point, we are not taking any actions for...
Police storm hotel after staff assumed Arab guest was a terrorist
July 1st, 20160 AVON - Police stormed a Fairfield Inn Hotel after a woman called dispatchers and said there was a man in the lobby who was acting suspicious and “pledged allegiance to ISIS.”But it turned out, the man didn’t speak English. And he did not pledge allegiance to ISIS. In fact, when police confronted the Arab speaking man who......
Two Muslim men shot while walking to mosque
June 30th, 20160 MINNESOTA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Minnesota is asking federal officials to investigate the shooting of two Muslim men who were shot down on the way to a mosque early Wednesday morning.“The Muslim victims, who were dressed in Islamic attire, were reportedly attacked as they headed...
Maronite Patriarch Rai stresses ties with the homeland
June 30th, 20160 Dr. Daher Rahi with Patriarch RaiDETROIT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai came to Detroit with a prayer for peace. He called on world powers to end the wars in the Middle East and demanded expatriates hold on to their homelands’ identities.“We pray together for the Middle East, for its peace, for a permanent, overreaching,......
