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Kent State University professor investigated for recruiting students to ISIS
OHIO - The FBI has been investigating an Ohio professor for alleged involvement with Islamic State terrorists. Students and colleagues of Kent State History academic Julio Pino have been interviewed after concerns that he could be recruiting students to join ISIS. The associate professor has since stated he does not support Islamic...ISIS slashes salaries of fighters by half, citing economic challenges
The Islamic State jihadist group has announced plans to halve the monthly salaries of its members in Syria and Iraq as the economic reality of waging war on several fronts takes its toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists, medics, and fighters across Syria for information on Isis,...Nearly all Detroit schools closed due to teachers’ sickout
DETROIT - Nearly all public schools in Detroit were closed on Wednesday as teachers called in sick to protest conditions, the school system and teachers' union said. It was the second time in as many weeks that teachers staged a protest. A sickout on Jan. 11 closed 64 schools. All but nine of the district's 97 schools were closed,...Sarah Palin endorses Trump
Donald Trump kisses Sarah PalinAMES, Iowa — Sarah Palin, the politician-turned-reality TV star offered a passionate endorsement on Tuesday to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the reality TV star-turned-politician, declaring that "the status quo has got to go."Palin, a former Alaska governor who was Republican Senator...
Gov. Snyder apologizes for Flint water crisis
January 20th, 20160 Photo: APLANSING — Governor Rick Snyder, facing protests, lawsuits and calls for his resignation over drinking water contamination in Flint, apologized to the city's residents and called for the state to spend $28 million on fixes."To you, the people of Flint, I say tonight as I have before, I am sorry and I will fix it," Snyder said...
Dearborn Clerk Kathy Buda will retire
January 19th, 20160 BudaDEARBORN — City Clerk Kathy Buda, whose office was raided by the state police last month as a part of an embezzlement investigation, is retiring on Feb. 17.Buda has been clerk since 1997. In 2013, she was elected to serve her fifth four-year term.She said she made the decision because of the mounting stress of the job with the...
Geagea backs Aoun for Lebanese presidency
January 18th, 20160 Geagea and Aoun during a press conference. Photo: The Daily StarBEIRUT — Lebanese Christian politician Samir Geagea backed his rival Michel Aoun for the presidency on Monday, in an apparent break with his Saudi-backed allies that aligns him with a civil war era enemy supported by Hezbollah.The announcement edges 80-year-old Aoun...Arab American rapper slams Trump in new song
Yung Tokes.PHOENIX — Rapper Mohamad Tokko, AKA "Yung Tokes", a Dearborn native dropped a song, accompanied by a music video, as a response to business tycoon and presidential candidate Donald Trump’s bigoted comments. Following Trump’s controversial plan last year to ban Muslims from entering the United States, Muslims and their...British rules on “regrettable” Saudi atrocities
People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an air strike near Sanaa Airport.Only six of our British military chaps, it seems, are helping the Sunni Saudis kill Shia Yemenis. And they’re not actually in Yemen, merely helping to choose the targets – which have so far included hospitals, markets, a wedding...Thank you, Mr. President … but actions matter more
President Obama launched a strongly worded defense of the Muslim community against bigotry and ignorance at his final State of the Union address. We appreciate the commander-in- chief's support. His words come at a critical time for our nation and community. Muslim and Arab Americans have become proverbial punching bags for...White privilege: An American reality
A man dressed as a Continental soldier at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, OR, Jan. 10.The term privilege is defined as a special right, advantage or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. The takeover of a government building in Burns, Oregon on Jan. 2, led by Ammon Bundy is...
Abbie Bazzi announces run for Dearborn judge
January 15th, 20160 Bazzi.DEARBORN — Abbie Bazzi has announced a run for 19th District Court Judge. Bazzi, an attorney, will be vying for the open seat left by Judge William C. Hultgren, who ends his six year term at the end the year. The primary election is slated for Tuesday, August 2, while the general election will be held on Tuesday, November...Reps introduce bill to amend Visa Waiver Program discriminatory restrictions
Dingell.WASHINGTON — A group of congress members, including three from Michigan, introduced a bill Wednesday to remove discriminatory limitations that would exclude certain dual nationals from the Visa Waiver Program. U.S. representatives Justin Amash (R-Mich.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and Thomas Massie...“Grand Bargain” saved DIA’s treasures to the relief of staff, volunteers, citizens
DIA main entrance - Photo by DIADETROIT — It started with a doodle on the back of a legal pad. Chief Judge Gerald Rosen of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan had been appointed the chief federal mediator to oversee Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings. Soon after Detroit declared bankruptcy on July 18, 2013, the...Al Jazeera America to close by April 30
Al Jazeera America, the cable television news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network, is shutting down less than three years after its high-profile launch, the network said on Wednesday.The U.S. cable network will cease operations by April 30, the network said, citing economic challenges in the American media market.Al......
Man held on U.S. terror charges targeted Texas malls
DALLAS - A Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee was an Islamic State sympathizer planning to set off bombs at two Houston malls, a federal investigator was quoted as telling a U.S. court on Wednesday.U.S. investigators began looking into Omar Faraj Saeed Al-Hardan in 2014 and found that he was...Accused Colorado clinic shooter intends to plead guilty, expects execution
COLORADO - The man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year told a Denver television station that he wants to plead guilty and expects to be executed, the CBS affiliate reported on Wednesday.In a phone call from the El Paso County jail where he is being held without bond, Robert......
Homeland Security chief visits Dearborn, discusses responses to terrorism
January 15th, 20160 Jeh Johnson speaks at U of M-DearbornDEARBORN—Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited Dearborn Wednesday in an effort to form partnerships with the Arab American community and assure residents of tighter security measures against terrorism.Johnson stressed that fighting terrorism is the Department of Homeland Security’s...
Chaldean-Arab coalition group stalls
January 15th, 20160 Muslim and Chaldean leaders meet at The Arab American News last October.DEARBORN — Relations between the Chaldean and Arab communities reached a boiling point in September after Christian Iraqis vigorously protested the proposed building of a mosque in Sterling Heights, which is home to one of the largest Iraqi Christian immigrant...
Chaldean bishop’s stance favoring Christian refugees sparks response
January 15th, 20160 Bishop Francis Kalabat. DETROIT — Last month, Bishop Francis Kalabat, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church for Michigan, testified in front of a U.S. House subcommittee, where he panned the Obama administration for ignoring the suffering of Christian refugees displaced by war in Syria and Iraq, proclaiming that the U.S. should...Detroit group grows frustrated with Dearborn Police Department
DEARBORN — Frustrations against the Dearborn Police Department are growing, as questions remain unanswered in the death of Kevin Matthew, a 35-year-old Black male killed by a police officer last month. The officer’s name has still not been made public. The case is currently being investigated by the Detroit Police Department and is......
Khaled Beydoun exemplifies academic activism
January 15th, 20160 Khaled BeydounDEARBORN — From exposing the mistreatment of domestic workers in Lebanon, to addressing racism within the Arab American communities, to combating Islamophobia in the media, Khaled Beydoun exemplifies academic activism. Beydoun, a law professor and critical race theory scholar, said politicians' xenophobic statements are...Britain’s foreign secretary: UK helping Saudi-led Yemen campaign
People flee after air strikes in Sanaa, May 10, 2015LOMDON —Britain's foreign minister said U.K. troops are helping identify targets for a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, and have not found any "deliberate" breaches of humanitarian law.Britain's support for Saudi airstrikes has been criticized by human rights groups, who accuse......
ISIS strikes in Indonesia
Police officers react near the site of a blast in Jakarta, Jan. 14JAKARTA — Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the heart of Indonesia's capital on Thursday and the assault was claimed by ISIS, the first time the radical group has targeted the world's most populous Muslim nation.Seven people were killed in Jakarta despite multiple...Charlie Hebdo cartoon featuring drowned Syrian boy causes outcry
"What would little Alan have become if he had grown up?"PARIS — A drawing in French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo suggesting Alan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy found dead on a Turkish beach last year, would have grown up to be a sex attacker caused outrage online on Thursday.The cartoon depicts two male creatures running......
