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Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities
July 4th, 20160 RIYADH - Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as Saudis prepared to break their fast on the penultimate day of the holy month of Ramadan.The explosions targeting U.S. diplomats, Shi'a worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in the holy city of...
UAE warns residents not to wear traditional clothing when traveling
July 4th, 20160 ABU DHABI— United Arab Emirates warned its citizens not to wear traditional garb when traveling to America for fear they might be mistaken for members of the Islamic State militant group. The UAE gave the warning after an Emirati man was wrestled to the ground in Ohio, mistaken for a member of the extremist group. The warning was...
Two teens viciously beaten outside of New York mosque
July 4th, 20160 NEW YORK – Two teenagers were violently beaten outside a Brooklyn mosque early Sunday morning, CBS News said. The incident allegedly happened around 1:18am at the Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn in Sunset Park, after lengthy evening prayers common during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The victims were two teenagers, ages 16...
Suspect arrested for beating man outside of Orlando shooter’s mosque
July 3rd, 20160 FORT LAUDERDALE(AP) — Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had attended. Police said a suspect identified as Taylor Anthony Mazzanti, 25, was arrested and has been charged with felony battery. Mazzanti was booked into...
Muslim doctor shot and stabbed outside mosque in Texas
July 3rd, 20160 Madrasah Islamiah MasjidA Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas, the Independent reported.Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked along the street...
ISIS bombings kill 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad
July 3rd, 20160 A fire raged hours after the bombingBAGHDAD - At least 125 people have been killed and about 150 injured in an explosion claimed by the ISIS in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the central district of Karrada late on Saturday.The mainly Shi'a area was busy with shoppers late at night because it is the...
Al-Qaeda leader warns of ‘gravest consequences’ if Boston bomber executed
July 3rd, 20160 A screengrab from the terrorist leader's videoAl-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has warned the United States of the "gravest consequences" if Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoner is executed.Tsarnaev, named in a new online video message from Zawahri, was sentenced last year to death by lethal injection...
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......
