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Community honors Lebanon’s security chief in first visit to U.S.
May 20th, 20160 Siblani, Haddad, O'Reilly and Gelios present an award to Ibrahim.DEARBORN — In a country where most institutions are disabled by political bickering and divisions, Lebanese security forces are the most respected and functioning presence in the state. As the general director of national security, Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim is one of the...
Evangelicals win Muslims “burn in hell” free speech case
May 20th, 20160 DEARBORN — The evangelical Christian group that protested against Muslims at the Arab American Festival in 2012, chanting Muslims "burn in hell" while holding a pig's head on a pole, won the free speech case on Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed quiet, unwilling to hear the case, which means the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals'...
Muslim Capitol Day draws record participation
May 20th, 20160 LANSING — Last Tuesday, Muslim and Arab Americans met with state legislators for Muslim Capitol Day to discuss issues plaguing their communities and ways the officials could assist in promoting better attitudes toward minority ethnic groups. Dr. Muzammil Ahmed, chair of the Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC), who organized the...
Bullying against Muslims reaches an all-time high at schools
May 19th, 20160 Muslim students might just be facing the hardest challenge of their lives, Islamophobia in schools. A prime example is Bayan Zehlif, the California student who was identified with the name “Isis Philips,” instead of her real name in the yearbook last week. She received her senior high school yearbook only to find that she had...
Man sics his five dogs on Muslim neighbor’s toy dog
May 19th, 20160 FLORIDA- On Monday, a naked man called his neighbor a “Muslim terrorist” and released his five dogs to tear apart the man’s Brichon Frise. Jackie Hammock, 72, hated his neighbor, Azard Baksh, and had formerly threatened him. Hammock came to his front door, entirely naked, cussing and releasing his...
Extremists mobilize in Syria as peacemaking collapses
May 19th, 20160 VIENNA — Extremist militants in Syria including al-Qaeda are mobilizing again for all-out war against President Bashar al-Assad, taking advantage of the collapse of peace talks to eclipse nationalist rival insurgents that signed on to a faltering truce.Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, was excluded from a ceasefire put in...
Yemeni government suspends participation in peace talks
May 19th, 20160 KUWAIT — The Yemeni government on Tuesday suspended its participation in U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait and said it would only return if its opponents, the Houthis, committed to withdraw from cities they have seized since 2014 and hand over weapons.A wide gap still separates the Iran-allied Houthis and the...
Michigan starts campaign against mental health stigma
May 19th, 20160 DETROIT — One in five young people between the ages of 14 and 24 will experience mental illness. Left untreated, it can cause bigger problems later on. With May being National Mental Health Awareness Month, the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) have teamed up to...
Addicts using deadly doses of anti-diarrhea medicine to get high
May 19th, 20160 An increasing number of people are coping with their opioid withdrawal by using large doses of Imodium, an over-the-counter anti-diarrhea medicine, to get high. This can have fatal consequences, according to a new study. Loperamide, known as Immodium, is an opioid drug, meaning that it's part of the same family of substances as...
Library cardholders offered discounted and free passes to Michigan parks
May 19th, 20160 LANSING — Library card holders statewide can once again get free or discounted access to hundreds of Michigan's state parks, historic sites, cultural attractions, campgrounds and recreation areas through the second annual Michigan Activity Pass program. The initiative is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the...
Central bank: Lebanon must comply with U.S. Hezbollah law
May 19th, 20160 Riad SalamehBEIRUT — Lebanon's central bank governor said on Tuesday Lebanese banks must comply with a new U.S. law targeting Hezbollah's finances and that failure to do so risked international isolation of the country's banking sector.Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is classified as a terrorist group by the United States, wields...
Pennsylvania teen hit with new Islamic State-related charges
May 19th, 20160 PENNSYLVANIA - A Pennsylvania teenager indicted for supporting Islamic State was hit with fresh terrorism charges on Wednesday, as U.S. prosecutors accused him of posting online the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members and exhorting his followers to kill them. Jalil Aziz, 19, used his Twitter...
U.S. airlines forecast busy summer travel, warn of longer lines
May 19th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Summer travel on U.S. airlines is expected to reach an all-time high this year, trade group Airlines for America said on Wednesday, adding to concern that travelers could face even longer airport security lines. About 231 million passengers will fly on U.S. airlines from June through August, up 4...
EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge, Greeks find life vests
May 19th, 20160 An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean south of Greece on Thursday, with Athens saying the plane swerved in mid-air before plunging from cruising height and vanishing. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said it was too early to rule out any explanation,...
NAACP sues Michigan, governor over Flint crisis
May 19th, 20160 The Flint RiverDETROIT — The NAACP has filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan and Gov. Snyder on behalf of the residents and businesses in Flint, where high levels of lead in the drinking water has created a health crisis.The civil lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, accused city and state officials and two engineering firms......
Trump: ‘Sanders should run as an independent’
May 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Ever since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for president, he's been focusing most of his attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and imploring her challenger to enter the race as an Independent. "Bernie Sanders is being treated very badly by the Dems," Trump tweeted on Monday. "The system...
Sanders wins Oregon, splits Kentucky with Clinton
May 18th, 20160 KENTUCKY - After splitting wins in contests on Tuesday, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders head into the final stretch of a longer than expected and sometimes acrimonious battle to represent their party in November's White House election. Clinton narrowly edged out Sanders in Kentucky, a state where she had not been expected......
Detroit Police officers to get body cameras
May 18th, 20160 DETROIT - Detroit on Tuesday approved a $5.2 million contract to equip its police department with body and vehicle cameras in a move to make the department more transparent, city officials said. Several U.S. states and cities have approved or expanded the use of body and dashboard cameras since August 2014, when a white officer...
Oceana County reaches settlement with Dearborn woman over hijab
May 17th, 20160 Dakroub sitting in front of her family at the ACRL office, May 28, 2015GRAND RAPIDS — Oceana County reformed its booking process to accommodate Muslim women after a Dearborn resident sued its sheriff department for forcing her to remove the hijab.Fatme Dakroub, 35, who was arrested for driving on an expired license, filed a federal...
Boston men jailed for Trump-inspired hate crime
May 17th, 20160 Scott Leader and Steve LeaderBOSTON — Two Boston brothers accused of urinating on and beating a homeless Mexican man and telling police "Donald Trump was right: All these illegals need to be deported," were sentenced to prison on Monday, prosecutors said.Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, had previously pleaded guilty to...
Muslim states block gay groups from U.N. AIDS meeting
May 17th, 20160 UNITED NATIONS — A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a high-level meeting at the United Nations next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the United States, Canada and the European Union. Egypt wrote to the president of the 193-member General Assembly on behalf of the......
Bombs kill dozens in Baghdad
May 17th, 20160 BAGHDAD - Three bombings killed at least 63 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said, extending the deadliest spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital so far this year.A suicide bombing claimed by ISIS in a marketplace in the northern district of al-Shaab killed 38 people and wounded over 70,...
Fear sweeps Turkish border town under ISIS attack
May 16th, 20160 A house struck by rocket fire from Syria, Kilis, May 10. Photo: ReutersKILIS, Turkey — Turkish shopkeeper Mehmet Baykal knew he had less than 10 seconds to dive under his desk when he heard another rocket being fired from ISIS-held territory across the border in Syria.Once a safe haven for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, this......
Rima Fakih’s star-studded Lebanon wedding
May 16th, 20161 Fakih with husband Salibi and R&B singer The Weeknd.LEBANON - Former Miss USA Rima Fakih has finally tied the knot in Lebanon to music producer Wassim Salibi on Sunday, May 15.The star-studded event included attendance by R&B singer The Weeknd, Rapper French Montana and Lebanese Singers Haifa...
“A great loss” — Arab Americans mourn Clovis Maksoud
May 16th, 20160 Clovis Maksoud. Photo: Al JazeeraWASHINGTON — Arab American diplomat, activist and scholar Dr. Clovis Maksoud died Sunday at Washington Hospital Center, after suffering a severe cerebral hemorrhage. He was 90 years old.The son of Lebanese immigrants, Maksoud was born in Oklahoma in 1926. His family moved back to Lebanon, where he......
