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Detroit pushes back against raising Marathon emissions
The Marathon refinery DETROIT — The city is pushing back against a request by Marathon Petroleum Refinery to increase emissions in Southwest Detroit. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which is already under fire for its handling of the Flint water crisis, is considering granting Marathon a permit that...
Iraqi American prisoner punished after being punched by guard
January 29th, 20160 Arshad Aljamailawi - Photo by MDOCDETROIT — A guard punched an Iraqi American inmate in the face on a bus during a prisoners' transfer and was suspended for one day only. Inmate Arshad Aljamailawi, who is said to have charged at the officer after he was assaulted and maced, was ordered to 10 days in detention and 30 days of loss of...
Large crowd attends Abbie Bazzi’s kick off campaign for judge
January 29th, 20160 Abbie Bazzi.DEARBORN — Dignitaries and community members packed Byblos Banquet Hall for Attorney Abbie Bazzi’s kick off campaign for 19th District Court Judge in Dearborn on Tuesday, January 26. Bazzi has been a managing attorney at the UAW Ford Legal Services Plan for 17 years out of the nearly 20 years she worked there. Her...U.S. on high alert for bird flu after Indiana poultry outbreak
The Avian influenza from a chicken egg as part of a diagnostic process.CHICAGO — In the two weeks since bird flu reappeared in Indiana, Veterinarians have swabbed the mouths of chickens and turkeys across the country, racing to uncover any more infections and contain the virus before it causes mass death and damage like last...Michigan governor names panel to fix Flint’s contaminated water system
Snyder at a press conference. FLINT — On Wednesday, Governor Rick Snyder appointed a group of government officials, health and other experts to implement long-term fixes for Flint's lead-contaminated water system, which has become a national scandal. The 17-member committee would recommend ways to help people exposed to lead, study...
Prescription drug addiction spreading in the community
January 29th, 20160 DEARBORN — This year has been a rough start for many families in the Arab American community, due to the untimely deaths of several young adult men. It seems every few days, social media pages are announcing the disheartening news — another young Arab male has tragically passed away. The majority of the community tends to show an...ISIS-linked hacker makes first appearance in federal court
VIRGINIA — A Kosovar citizen accused of hacking the personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and sending it to Islamic State militants in Syria appeared in federal court in Virginia on Wednesday. It was the first time Ardit Ferizi, 20, had publicly appeared in the United States since being extradited from Malaysia, where...Freed U.S. student: Now is not the time to go to Iran
Matthew TrevithickWASHINGTON — An American student detained in Iran who was freed this month under a prisoner swap said on Thursday he was accused of trying to overthrow the Iranian government and held for nearly a month in solitary confinement.Matthew Trevithick, who had traveled to Iran to study Farsi, told CNN that interrogators at...Sanders and Clinton battle for youth vote with college plans
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting to be best in class on an issue that resonates loudly with young Americans - runaway student debt. Days ahead of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary election that kick off the party nomination process, the White...Homage to #Jan25
A Tahrir Square protest in 2011Five years ago, the people of Egypt took to the streets, to rebel against oppression, economic injustice, police brutality and military rule. The aesthetics of it all appeared romantic, organic, powerful and liberating-- enthused women and men facing Mubarak's camel-riding-thugs with tweets and...
Blame regarding the Middle East’s turmoil starts with us
January 29th, 20160 The funeral of an Egyptian soldier killed in an attack in Sinai, July 2.The blood of Syrian children spills onto the Earth as countless bombs are dropped and buildings are decimated. Palestinian mothers mourn and bellow to the skies over their martyred sons. Yemeni people cannot leave their homes without the fear of spontaneous attacks...Read before you comment; think before you speak
The missing man's story, as it appeared on issue #1564It was madness. Members of our own community unfairly attacked, threatened and bashed The Arab American News over the weekend. After one of our reporters wrote a story about a missing local man, the family responded by falsely accusing the newspaper of smearing their son's...
Dearborn church calls for building bridges with Muslims
January 29th, 20160 Rev. Fran Hayes in front of the altar - Photos by The Arab American NewsDEARBORN — "God welcomes all, strangers and friends; God's love is strong and it never ends," sang Rev. Fran Hayes of Littlefield Presbyterian Church as she stood in front of the altar. Hayes, pastor of the Dearborn-based church, said her congregation begins most...Iraq’s Mosul dam could face catastrophic collapse
A general view of Mosul DamBAGHDAD — The U.S. military has a contingency plan to deal with a potential collapse of Mosul dam in northern Iraq, which would be catastrophic, the top U.S. general in Iraq said on Thursday.U.S. Army Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland said Iraqi authorities understood "the potential" for the collapse...Israeli defense minister: Turkey funded ISIS
Refugees fleeing Syria on the Turkish borderTel AVIV — Israel's defense minister said on Tuesday that ISIS militants had been funded with 'Turkish money,' an assertion that could hinder attempts to mend fences between the two countries after years of estrangement."It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to......
Syria peace talks derailed as opposition stays away
A rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan, Jan. 12. Photo: ReutersGENEVA — The Syrian opposition said it will not attend peace talks due to begin in Geneva on Friday, derailing the first attempt in two years to hold negotiations aimed at ending the five-year-long war.An opposition council convening in Riyadh said its delegation would...Egyptian writer sentenced to three years for blasphemy
Fatima NaootCAIRO — A prominent Egyptian writer was sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing the tradition of slaughtering sheep during Muslim holiday Eid Al-Adha.Writer Fatima Naoot was also fined LE20,000 (over $2550) after being found guilty of contempt of religion.The jail sentence is effective immediately, meaning the......
Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits out
Republican front-runner Donald Trump skipped a presidential debate in Iowa on Thursday after a flurry of last-minute negotiations with host Fox News, holding his own rally a few miles away four days before the first nominating contest of the 2016 race.Fox News (FOXA.O) Chairman Roger Ailes had three phone conversations with the...
West Bloomfield keeps “welcoming” status despite anger
January 28th, 20160 A screengrab of a woman speaking against the welcoming resolution WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Board turned down a request to repeal the township's "welcoming" status. At a meeting on Jan. 25, the board voted 3-2 in favor of remaining a "welcoming" city. But several residents made xenophobic statements and expressed...
Dearborn Police: We are deeply saddened by fatal shootings
January 27th, 20160 DEARBORN - Dearborn police shot and killed a suspect on Wednesday afternoon on Hubbard Avenue near the Fairlane Town Center mall in Dearborn.31-year-old Detroit resident Janet Wilson was attempting to flee the scene after a pursuit by Fairlane Town Center security and Dearborn Police.According to witnesses, she attempted to run...UN: Saudi strikes on Yemen civilians may be crimes against humanity
A Sanaa house destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike, Jan. 25SANAA — A Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighboring Yemen has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity, United Nations sanctions monitors said in an annual report to the Security Council.The report by the U.N. panel that......
Clinton slams Trump and Islamophobia at Iowa town hall
January 26th, 20160 A Muslim veteran asks presidential front-runner Hilary Clinton about IslamophobiaDES MOINES, IOWA ― Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump at Monday's Democratic town hall meeting in Iowa, calling the Islamophobic rhetoric many Republican candidates spew "distressing" and "shameful."Asked by a Muslim American Air...Anger in Italy as nude statues covered for visiting Iranian president
Plywood boxes concealed the nude statues at the museum in Rome. Photo: APROME — Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Tuesday after ancient nude statues in Rome's Capitoline museum were covered up to avoid any possible offense to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who is visiting the country.Italy and Iran will sign up......
Netanyahu accuses UN chief of encouraging terrorism
Ban Ki-MoonIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of encouraging terrorism. Speaking to the UN Security Council in a session on the current situation in the Middle East, Ban condemned Palestinian knife attacks against Israelis, but added that it is "human nature to react to...Lebanese priest says yoga is a Satanic ritual
Father Marwan Khoury. Photo: AljoumhouriaA Lebanese priest is waging jihad against yoga. Father Marwan Khoury wrote an article for Arabic daily Aljoumhouriya, arguing that yoga is a form of devil worship. Lebanon is struggling with economic, environmental and security problems. There has been no regular trash collection in Beirut......
