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Gun control efforts fizzle out in Congress, Democrat sit-in ends
June 23rd, 20160 WASHINGTON - Supporters of U.S. gun control suffered another setback on Thursday when they failed to win enough backing in the Senate. for a plan to ban firearms sales to people being monitored for links to terrorism in the wake of the Orlando massacre. A few hours after Democrats in the House concluded a...
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Obama immigration plan
June 23rd, 20160 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation in a split ruling that heartened political foes who had accused him of overstepping his powers. The 4-4 ruling, coming seven months before Obama's term...
Orlando shooter buried in Muslim cemetery
June 23rd, 20160 FLORIDA - The gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S history has been buried at a Muslim cemetery in southern Florida, media reported on Thursday. A state death certificate lists Omar Mateen's burial site as the Muslim Cemetery of South Florida in...
Trump is assailing the Constitution, not simply Muslims
June 23rd, 20160 "Religious freedom is not an issue for conservatives or progressives, deists or agnostics, Christians or Muslims. This is an American issue."GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has ratcheted up his politics of fear campaign strategy by exploiting the recent mass shooting in Orlando. This was no surprise to American Muslims and other...
Police fatally shoot man who took hostages in German cinema
June 23rd, 20160 A German policeman after a masked man opened fire in the town of Viernheim, June 23VIERNHEIM, Germany — A masked man took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police stormed the complex and shot him dead, police said.No other people were injured, a police spokesman said.The attacker, who carried a rifle or "long...
Looking at the characteristics of the region served by the Iman Sadr Foundation
June 23rd, 20160 Introduction: This is the third part of a three-part series. The first two parts examined how the Imam Sadr Foundation is helping improve mental as well as physical health in Lebanon and how it works to empower women. This article looks at how and why the ISF came about and what it has achieved. In the 1960s, Imam Moussa Sadr...
Muslim woman attacked at a supermarket in London, Canada
June 22nd, 20160 Photo of the suspect provided by London Police ServiceLONDON, CANADA — A Muslim woman shopping with her infant son was attacked in a London, Ontario, supermarket Monday, CBC reported.The woman was at the Superking Supermarket at approximately 5 p.m. when another woman approached her and began yelling at her for no apparent reason,...
Interfaith leaders honor terror victims at Islamic Center
June 22nd, 20160 Interfaith leaders at the Islamic Center of America, June, 20DEARBORN — At America’s largest mosque, interfaith activists representing multiple religious communities gathered on Monday to mourn and honor the victims of terror in Orlando.During the prayer services at the Islamic Center of America, clerics also paid tribute to the...
Muslim officer sues NYPD over no-beard policy
June 22nd, 20160 NEW YORK- A Muslim policeman who was suspended by the New York City Police Department for refusing to shave sued the agency on Wednesday, saying its no-beard policy is unconstitutional.U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ordered the department to continue paying Officer Masood Syed his salary and benefits, his lawyer said in a phone...
Gay lover claims Orlando shooter feared he was HIV Positive
June 22nd, 20160 ORLANDO - Univision interviewed a man Tuesday who claimed that he had sexual relations with Omar Mateen for two months, and that the shooter frequented Pulse because he was attracted to Latino men. “He adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin — but he felt rejected. He felt used by them —...
Israeli troops kill Palestinian bystander
June 21st, 20160 Mahmoud BadranJERUSALEM — Israeli troops mistakenly killed a Palestinian bystander on Tuesday while responding with gunfire to a petrol bomb and rock attack on Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, the military said.An earlier statement from the military had identified the Palestinian as an assailant. The mayor of his village...
Bahrain strips opposition imam of nationality
June 21st, 20160 Isa Qassim at a 2011 demonstration. Photo: ReutersMANAMA — Dozens of supporters of Ayatollah Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Bahrain's Shi'a Muslim majority, gathered at his home on Tuesday to protest the revocation of his citizenship, with some men wearing white shrouds signaling their readiness to die.Protesters have been at the...
New York City to provide free tampons in schools, shelters
June 21st, 20160 "They're as necessary as toilet paper"NEW YORK — New York City is on track to become the nation's first city to require free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools, homeless shelters and jails after lawmakers approved the idea Tuesday amid a national discussion of the costs of having a period.The proposal, which Democratic Mayor...
British teen arrested for attempting to shoot Trump
June 21st, 20160 LAS VEGAS- A man arrested over the weekend trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer at a Las Vegas rally held by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told an investigator he wanted to kill the candidate, court papers showed on Monday. Michael Steven Sandford, who prosecutors described as a 19-year-old British national,...
Syrian refugee family not welcomed in the neighborhood
June 20th, 20160 ARIZONA - The Arizona chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations is calling on law enforcement to investigate threats made against a newly-arrived Syrian refugee family in Tucson as a possible hate crime. The family reported spotting a hateful note taped to the front door of their home, stating "Go Away Killers" and "America......
Turkish troops kill 11 Syrians trying to cross border
June 20th, 20160 Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria, activists and a monitoring group said on Sunday.At least two women and four children were among those killed in the shootings overnight as the refugees sought to cross into Turkey from the border...
Trump says U.S. should consider more racial profiling
June 19th, 20160 Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, June 18WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling, in response to a question about whether he supported greater law enforcement scrutiny of Muslim Americans after the Orlando mass shooting."I think profiling is......
Man kicked off Alaskan Airlines flight because of beard
June 18th, 20160 DALLAS -- Mark French found himself in an awkward situation when he tried to board an Alaska Airlines flight at DFW Airport Wednesday night. He claimed he was kicked off the because a passenger complained he looked "Arabic and scary,” according to his sister's Facebook post: “I AM SO ANGRY. My brother Mark French...
Muslims praying at Boston train station causes frenzy
June 18th, 20160 BOSTON - Two people believed to be Muslims praying on an MBTA platform triggered a rapid response from heavily armed transit cops yesterday morning and immediately sparked a debate about when “see something, say something” vigilance can infringe on religious freedoms. “It’s really up to the person who makes the initial report...
Man arrested after threatening Mosque, Muslims on Facebook
June 18th, 20160 SEATTLE - A Seattle man arrested after a brief standoff with police now faces hate crime charges related to purported threats against a mosque there. King County prosecutors claim Houston-native Robert Kinder Farris posted a series of threats to Facebook against the Idriss Mosque. Farris, 37, is alleged to have threatened to...
Only Omar Mateen is responsible for his actions
June 17th, 20160 Omar Mateen claimed to support ISIS, Nusra Front and Hezbollah. He was a gay man who claimed to be disgusted by homosexuals displaying public affection. He was clearly a disturbed individual — confused, hateful and violent.Only Mateen is responsible for his despicable actions.Law enforcement officials rightly labeled his attack an......
Smile… It’s Ramadan
June 17th, 20160 A Muslim boy at prayers marking Eid al-Fitr in Jakarta, Indonesia, 2015.The Arab American News wishes you a Ramadan Mubarak.The Holy Month arrives at a time when Arab and Muslim nations are going through tumultuous times, as our local communities face an unprecedented wave of bigotry and hatred. Meanwhile, terrorist psychopaths and...
Non-Muslims share fasting experience: Senator Dave Knezek
June 17th, 20160 DEARBORN — Many in the Detroit Metro region’s large Muslim population are fasting during holy month of Ramadan, but they’re not alone. A number of non-Muslims are fasting as well. Some tell the AANews that they’ve been observing Ramadan for years, while others said that this year marks their first time on the journey. These are......
Non-Muslims share fasting experience: Joel Geffen
June 17th, 20160 DEARBORN — Many in the Detroit Metro region’s large Muslim population are fasting during holy month of Ramadan, but they’re not alone. A number of non-Muslims are fasting as well. Some tell the AANews that they’ve been observing Ramadan for years, while others said that this year marks their first time on the journey. These are...
Doctors: Start school later to aid sleep-deprived teens
June 17th, 20160 The American Medical Association urged starting school later in the morning for teenagers, so they can get enough sleep. In a new policy adopted on Tuesday, the AMA said middle and high schools should start at 8:30 a.m. at the earliest because research has shown that puberty is accompanied by a biological shift in circadian rhythm......
