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French minister compares women choosing the hijab to “negroes” accepting slavery
March 31st, 20160 PARIS — France's minister for women's rights came under fire on Thursday for saying Muslim women who wear veils were like black slaves in favor of slavery.An online petition with more than 18,000 signatures accused her of racism."Of course there are women who choose (to wear the veil). There were African negroes, American...Taylor man’s family questions suicide at Marine base
TAYLOR - A family from Taylor is shocked over the death of their 20-year-old son, Raheel Siddiqui, who according to military officials, committed suicide at a Marine base last week.Siddiqui had long wanted to join the military. In early march he finally traveled to Parris Island to receive training at a Marine Base.But just 11 days...
Ex-Marine to Michigan Arab teenagers: I killed your kind in Fallujah
March 31st, 20160 A screengrab from the video showing the alleged ex-Marine COLDWATER — A white man who claimed to be an ex-Marine told Arab American teenagers in Coldwater, Mich, "I've been in Fallujah; I've killed your motherf***ing kind." A video of the incident, which took place on March 27, went viral on social...14 Detroit school principals have been charged in a massive kickback scheme totaling nearly $1 million
DETROIT — Federal officials on Tuesday charged 13 current and former Detroit Public School (DPS) principals with engaging in a long-running kickback scheme in which prosecutors said they submitted fraudulent invoices to a vendor in exchange for prepaid gift cards, cash and checks that totaled more than $900,000.The charges come a month...
Muslim hate graffiti discovered at University of Michigan campus
March 31st, 20160 ANN ARBOR – Anti-Muslim graffiti was discovered on the campus of the University of Michigan on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.A group of Arab-American students contacted the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Michigan Regional Office (ADC-Michigan) after the hate graffiti was discovered on the...
Abu-Rayyan’s attorney demands court release all evidence
March 30th, 20160 Screenshots from the exchange the undercover agent (UC) and Abu-RayyanDETROIT — The attorney of Khalil Abu-Rayyan, a Dearborn Heights man accused of supporting ISIS, is demanding the court release all correspondence between his client and an FBI undercover agent.Abu-Rayyan is charged with illegal firearm and marijuana possession, but...American couple pleads guilty in attempt to join ISIS
MISSISSIPPI - A Mississippi woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to trying to join Islamic State in Syria, 2-1/2 weeks after her husband entered the same plea. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, was arrested at a Mississippi airport in August 2015 while attempting to board a flight to Turkey with her husband, Muhammad Oda...
Dearborn Heights woman charged for sex attempt with father and underage daughter
March 30th, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A 38-year-old Dearborn Heights woman is facing Child Sexually Abusive Activity charges in Macomb County after, police say she tried to arrange to have sex with what she thought was a father and his underage daughter. Kristina Lynn Howarth was arrested March 28th, when she showed up for a prearranged meeting. Police...
Homeland Security chief: Campaign rhetoric on Muslims harms U.S. security
March 29th, 20160 Trump and CruzWASHINGTON — Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday.Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a...
Dearborn woman trades Twitter name for water donation to Flint
March 29th, 20160 Diana HusseinDEARBORN — When Diana Hussein started a Twitter account in 2009, she named her handle after a can of Diet Dr. Pepper on her desk. Seven years later, she turned what was inspired by one soda can into more than 40,000 water bottles for the people of Flint. Hussein, a communications specialist for Unite Here, gave up...
Plymouth township teen gets 10-20 years in prison for family murder plot
March 29th, 20160 PLYMOUTH - Roksana Sikorski was only 15 when she plotted with her adult boyfriend to kill her family inside their Plymouth Township home in October 2014. She got a fish fillet knife, sneaked into her 12-year-old brother's room, put her hand over his mouth and cut deeply into his throat, seriously wounding him. The now 17-year-old was...Trump campaign manager charged with battery of reporter
WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with battery in Florida on Tuesday after allegations that he forcefully grabbed a reporter at a campaign event. Police in Jupiter, Florida, charged Lewandowski, 42, with intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of...
Mexicans burn Donald Trump to celebrate Easter
March 27th, 20160 MEXICO - Mexicans celebrating an Easter ritual late on Saturday burnt effigies of U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, whose anti-immigrant views have sparked outrage south of the American border. In Mexico City's poor La Merced neighborhood, hundreds of cheering residents yelled "death" and various insults as they...
Arabic speaking officer stops Chase Bank robbery
March 26th, 20160 Wally BeydounDETROIT - An off duty Wayne County Sheriff's certified reserve officer stopped a robbery at a Chase bank on Saturday afternoon. Wally Beydoun entered a Detroit Chase Bank at 17733 W Warren Ave., near Southfield Freeway around 1:15 p.m. on Saturday during his personal time, when he noticed suspicious activity was...Iconic Lebanese newspaper to close
BEIRUT — Lebanese daily As-Safir is to cease its print and online operations after over 40 years, editor-in-chief and publisher Talal Salman said on Thursday, blaming falling revenues and Lebanon's political and sectarian problems. As-Safir, founded by Salman in 1974 with the slogan "a voice for those who have no voice", will end......
Melvindale’s Arab Americans settling in well
March 25th, 20161 Arab Americans sharing a traditional Yemeni meal in Melvindale MELVINDALE — There is not much going on here. An influx of new Arab residents has largely gone unnoticed.A mosque was built without opposition. No creeping Sharia, no bigotry, no problems.It is kind of boring, but the people love it.The city of 10,000 south of Detroit is...Yemen combat to halt April 10, a week before peace talks
UNITED NATIONS — The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities starting at midnight on April 10 and peace talks in Kuwait beginning a week later, United Nations special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said on Wednesday. There have already been several failed attempts to defuse the conflict in Yemen, which has......
Israeli firm helping FBI to unlock iPhone
NEW YORK — Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the FBI's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday. If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc, the Israeli daily said,...Obama honors Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ victims; faults U.S. on human rights
ARGENTINA — President Obama said the United States was too slow to condemn human rights atrocities during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship as he honored victims of the "Dirty War" on Thursday, but he stopped short of apologizing for Washington's early support for the military junta. Obama's state visit to Argentina coincided with...College is not the only option: High school students need to learn about skilled trade
Somebody has to maintain the hospitals where all these future medical students work. Last week, I found myself standing in the middle of a classroom at Fordson High School surrounded by about 25 rambunctious teenagers. This was a first for me. I probably ended up learning more from the experience than they did. It was career night and...
If Syria succumbs to federalism, others will follow
March 25th, 20160 The apparently sudden Russian military withdrawal from Syria, starting on March 15, left political commentators puzzled, but few of the analyses offered should be taken seriously. There is little solid information about why the Russian leader decided to end his country's military push in Syria. The intervention, which began last......
HFC donates new car to student after Jeep was stolen
Margaret Heit with the donated car.DEARBORN — Henry Ford College nursing student Margaret Heit did not expect to see her car on the news after it was stolen from her home in Southgate last month. Heit's 1999 Jeep Cherokee was involved in a tri-county high-speed chase down I-96 on Feb. 29. The chase, which exceeded 90 mph and was...
Project Green Light in Detroit helps capture shooting suspect
March 25th, 20160 DETROIT — Authorities in Wayne County have charged a Detroit woman who shot a man at a gas station last week. The shooting was caught on high-definition surveillance video, in partnership with Detroit Police Department's Project Green Light. Project Green Light was created to crack down on violence in some of Detroit's public......
Family of woman killed by Dearborn Police file lawsuit
DEARBORN — It has been more than two months since the death of 31-year-old Janet Wilson, who was shot by Dearborn Police during a pursuit near Fairlane Town Center. Now, her family is taking extra measures to get some answers from the police department. The attorney representing Wilson's family has filed a Freedom of Information...Businesses to replace homes behind Dearborn Heights’ richest street
A view of multi-million dollar houses next to a smaller home on Doxtator Street.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A drive down Doxtator Street will literally turn heads, as it is lined with towering mansions only seen in the most affluent cities in Michigan. Running parallel to Ford Road near Beech Daly, an intersection known to be among the......