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Rapper 2 Chainz releases bold video defending Muslims
May 14th, 20160 LOS ANGELES - Rapper 2 Chainz gets takes a stand with Muslim Americans in his new music video for his song “100 Joints.” The video is a response to people like Donald Trump who accuse Muslims of being a threat to the country. The clip opens with the Republican presidential candidate's controversial statements about Muslims,...
Man pleads guilty to ripping off woman’s hijab on southwest flight
May 13th, 20160 WASHINGTON – A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico to ripping off a Muslim woman’s headscarf on a flight from Chicago to Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 2015. Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, pleaded guilty to one count of using force or threat of force to intentionally...
Community raises $200,000 for Iraqi orphans
May 13th, 20160 Community members raise funds for Iraqi orphansDEARBORN— Almost 800 community members filled the halls of the Bint Jebail Cultural Center to help raise $200,000 to fund basic needs and education for orphaned Iraqi children.In association with the Development and Relief Foundation, the fundraiser was the first annual dinner of the Imam...
Iraqi Americans in pain over Baghdad massacre
May 13th, 20160 Baghdad demonstrators protest against security forces, whom they claim are not able to protect them, May 12DEARBORN — As the triple suicide bombings hit Baghdad, killing more than 80 people, the terror was felt by the Iraqi diaspora. Iraqi American humanitarian Nidhal Garmo, who returned from an aid mission to Iraq in March, said...
Dearborn Police needs greater accountability to improve
May 13th, 20160 Dawud Walid among demonstrators at a rally demanding accountability from Dearborn Police after Kevin Mathews death, Jan. 4.The recent settlement of an excessive force lawsuit by the Dearborn Police against a mentally impaired man, Ali Beydoun, of Lebanese origin is part of an ongoing saga regarding this embattled police department.The...
Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria
May 13th, 20160 Mustafa BadreddineBEIRUT — Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria early Friday, pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen news outlet reported early Friday.The attack took place near the Damascus airport.Badreddine, 55, is said to have inherited the leadership of Hezbollah’s military operations from...
Arab Americans support Prosecutor Worthy at fundraising event
May 13th, 20160 DEARBORN — Community leaders, dignitaries and other officials turned out at Byblos Banquets on Monday, May 9 to support Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's fundraising event, "Arab Americans for Kym Worthy." Worthy is only the second African American woman to hold the position of a county prosecutor. She was appointed to the...
The LAHC awards $100,000 in scholarships
May 13th, 20160 LAHC officials with the awarded students - Photo by Bill Chapman.DEARBORN — The Lebanese American Heritage Club distributed $100,000 in scholarships at its 28th annual award gala on May 6. The LAHC also honored Ziad Ojakli, group vice president for government and community relations at Ford Motor Company, and Veronika Scott, the...
Arab Women’s council to host mentorship program
May 13th, 20160 DEARBORN — The Arab American Women's Business Council, where women can become either a mentor or mentee and achieve personal development, kicks off its mentorship program at Habib's Cuisine on Wednesday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. The program involves matching up mentors and mentees based on the needs of mentees and the field of...
Community leaders to demand answers from Feds
May 13th, 20160 DEARBORN — Community members and organization leaders expressed frustration with the apathetic attitude given by federal officials toward Muslim and Arab Americans' efforts to cull discrimination and planned to demand answers from government leaders at a BRIDGES meeting at The Arab American News office on Tuesday. Despite...
Two Dearborn residents arrested for string of vehicle break-ins
May 13th, 20160 twenty-one year old Allan Askar and twenty-five year old Hanna Siupi.DEARBORN — On Tuesday May 4, at approximately 3:30am, Dearborn Police Officers observed a suspicious occupied vehicle in the area of Hollywood and Ash and established surveillance on the vehicle. Officers observed the two occupants...
Dearborn Arabs should invest in the city’s bright future
May 13th, 20160 Dearborn's future has never looked brighter. Ford Motor Company will be pouring $1.2 billion in investments into the city over the next decade. The new Ford campus will have positive ripple effects in Dearborn's economy that will trickle down to all residents and small business owners. Arab Americans, who have played a vibrant role in...
Dearborn officers turn against their chief
May 13th, 20161 Mayor O'Reilly (R) and Police Chief Haddad (L) welcoming new police recruitsDEARBORN — "Scathing" is an understatement to describe the Dearborn Police survey that made headlines two weeks ago. The study, obtained by The Arab American News, revealed widespread and profound discontent in the department. The disgruntled officers piled...
Islamic Center of America awards scholarships, highlights youth
May 13th, 20160 High school scholarship awardees at the ICA - Photo by Bill Chapman.DEARBORN — Reaffirming their gratitude, hundreds of community members attended the Islamic Center of America's (ICA) semi-annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, May 7. From regular worshippers to local government officials and church pastors who packed the...Hamtramck Public Schools voters approve $4 million millage
HAMTRAMCK — On May 3, voters approved the Hamtramck Public Schools' $4 million millage— which will be used to improve the school buildings and playgrounds— for another 10 years. The recession and declining revenues have affected the upkeep of the buildings in the district, but the bond will secure accessible entries, safety......
Michigan Radio rejects sponsor’s pro-Israeli message
May 13th, 20160 ANN ARBOR — Michigan Radio decided not to air a sponsor's message wishing Israel a happy birthday on the Zionist state's independence day. For a donation of at least $365, listeners can broadcast a message six times on the public radio station based at the University of Michigan. However, the pro-Israeli message of Lisa Lis, an...
Iranians will not make it to Hajj this year
May 12th, 20160 TEHRAN — Iranian Muslims will miss the annual Hajj pilgrimage in September because Tehran and Riyadh failed to agree organizational details after they cut diplomatic ties in January, the IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.The official Iranian agency quoted Tehran's Islamic Guidance and Culture Minister Ali Jannati as blaming......
Two men arrested for auto larceny in Dearborn
May 12th, 20160 Taquille Collins and Swarvon SherrodDEARBORN — Two Detroit men were arrested on Wednesday, May 4 for breaking into a Chrysler car and stealing its navigation system.Upon obtaining a description of the thieves and their car from neighbors who witnessed the larceny, Dearborn police officers discovered and arrested Taquille Collins, 21,...HRW: Syrian refugees beaten, shot by Turkish border guards
ANKARA — Turkish border guards have beaten and shot Syrians trying to reach Turkey, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, as fighting in the border province of Aleppo intensifies threatening to force more people to flee.HRW said in March and April, five people, including a child were killed and 14 were seriously injured as a...Minnesota men worked hard to help ISIS
Three Somali-American men accused of trying to assist Islamic State put a lot of effort and planning into their attempts to travel overseas to fight with the militant group in Syria, and they also talked openly of killing people, prosecutors said on Wednesday.Minnesota residents Mohamed Farah, Abdirahman Daud and Guled Omar are charged...
Substance abuse stigma takes center stage at community forum
May 12th, 20160 41st District Judge Linda Davis speaks to the audience about a family member's addiction to drugs. DEARBORN HEIGHTS – A coalition aimed at tacking substance abuse and the stigmas it casts on the Arab American community kicked off on a powerful note on Tuesday, May 10. SAFE (Safety, Addiction, Family,......
Arab Student Union approved at Crestwood after months of rejections
Students and lawyers at Crestwood's school board meeting. DEARBORN HEIGHTS – After months of delays and obstacles thrown their way, students at Crestwood High School have finally gotten an approval for an Arab Student Union (ASU). On Tuesday, the School Board approved the organization after initially telling...Four police, four militants killed in raids in Tunisia
TUNIS — Four Tunisian police were killed on Wednesday when a suspected extremist militant detonated his suicide-bomb belt during a raid in the southern town of Tataouine, part of an operation aimed at preventing militant attacks in Tunis, authorities said.Another militant was shot dead during the raid. Earlier, two more......
DJ Khaled tours with Beyonce
NEW YORK - Despite spending most evenings in the same vicinity as Beyoncé at the moment, DJ Khaled has admitted he’s too nervous to speak to her so “kind of runs" away instead.Khaled, a Palestinian-American, has joined Beyoncé on her Formation tour in north America in recent weeks, getting the crowd hyped...Terror shakes Baghdad in deadliest attacks this year
The scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City, May 11BAGHDAD — Three suicide bombings claimed by ISIS across Baghdad killed at least 80 people on Wednesday, Iraqi police and hospital sources said, in the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.Security has gradually improved in Baghdad, which was the target of daily......
