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Time for an honest conversation on narcotic pain killers
When I started working as a medical resident, in 2004, I heard from a patient I had inherited from a graduating resident. The patient had an appointment scheduled in a couple weeks. "But I need your help now," he said. He was a former construction worker who had hurt himself on the job a couple of years earlier. "I also...For Ironman, inspiring others more important than winning
Ramsey Saab.DEARBORN — He didn’t know how to swim, so he learned. He bought a bike. He ran. He set out to finish a grueling 140-mile race — and he did. Ramsey Saab, a 35-year-old customer manager for a global software company, recently completed his first Ironman — a triathlon that challenges participants with a 2.4-mile...
Healthy holiday eating guide
December 24th, 20150 If there’s one thing we all know about the holidays, it’s that there will be food. Lots of food. Desserts, candies, dips, cheeses, meat trays, cracker displays, appetizers and cookies. And truth be told, you most likely don’t have visions of celery sticks dancing in your head. You’ve probably heard that the average...Saudi Arabia sentences writer to four years in jail
RIYADH — A Saudi tribunal has sentenced a writer who called for political reform to four years in prison and barred him from appearing in the media for 15 years, his family and Saudi media reported. The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), a tribunal established in 2008 to try terrorism cases, convicted Zuhair Kutbi on charges of...Book review: In “Seydou’s Christmas Tree” a Christian man learns a Christmas lesson from a Muslim boy
Joel Thurtell, Karen Fonde, Seydou Bukari, Assana Bukari and Fati Bukari.There were many times when the traveler had to pinch himself to believe where he was. His almost daily journeys to his project's construction site were breathtaking as he rode his Yamaha 80 motorcycle along the dirt path. Sparsely planted shrubs, gigantic trees...Massive Muslim voter outreach announced by Islamic coalition
WASHINGTON — Ten U.S. Islamic organizations announced that they have formed a coalition at a press conference held at the National Press Club to encourage one million Muslim Americans to register to vote before the 2016 election. The "civic empowerment initiative" aims to conduct a census of Muslims nationwide and address the rise...Civil Rights activist Daisy Elliott dies
Elliot.DETROIT — Daisy Elliott, a former Democratic state representative and fighter of racial and other forms of discrimination, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, according to her family. She was 98. Elliott was known to embrace members of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. She authored and co-sponsored Michigan's significant...Isis Pharma changes ‘unfortunate’ name to avoid confusion
After deliberating for most of the year, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would change its name to avoid being confused with the Islamist militant group known as ISIS.The biotechnology company said it would be called Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc from Dec. 22 and also changed its stock exchange ticker symbol to "IONS" from "ISIS". "It's been...Israeli gift to Obama highlights hypocrisy of U.S. policy
Palestinian protester stands in front of a section of the Israeli apartheid wall in Bethlehem, the West Bank, Dec. 18.Democratic and Republican presidential candidates seem to disagree on everything, except supporting Israel. All mainstream U.S. politicians are also in agreement that the two-state "solution" is the only path to ending...When my Japanese American family was treated as less than human
In the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino, California, terrorist attacks, the dangerous and destructive discourse about Muslims and Muslim Americans has reached a tipping point. Some Republican presidential candidates are calling for a ban of Muslims entering the country, and a Democratic mayor in Virginia is demanding the...U.S. Attorney McQuade: Harassment of Muslim Americans harms our national security
McQuade.Following the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Americans are understandably concerned about public safety. But the backlash of threats, harassment and physical attacks that has been directed against Muslim Americans in recent weeks is not just misguided and contrary to our American values. It is harming our national...San Bernardino killer denied militancy in U.S. entry papers
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik denied having any militant sympathies or intentions when she was asked in an application form for a U.S. visa two years ago according to documents.Information in the documents could bolster complaints of critics in Congress who said flaws in the immigration system meant Malik was not thoroughly...Pennsylvania man pleads not guilty to supporting Islamic State
A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded not guilty to charges of supporting Islamic State by trying to help others travel to the Middle East where the militant group is engaging in ground combat.The man, Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, spoke little during a hearing at U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, just entering his plea and indicating he...
Late Yemeni American boxer wanted to be the next Muhammad Ali
December 24th, 20150 Hamzah Aljahmi DEARBORN — Yemeni American boxer Hamzah Aljahmi wanted to be a world champion. But his life and dreams ended tragically after his first professional fight. He died Tuesday of head injuries he sustained in a match Saturday, Dec. 19.He was 19-years-old.Aljahmi, who was born and raised in Dearborn, was fighting in...Somali government bans Christmas celebrations
The government of Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas and New Year's celebrations in the Muslim country, saying the festivities "have nothing to do with Islam.""We warn against celebration of Christmas, which is only for Christians," Sheikh Mohamed Kheyrow, director of Somalia’s ministry of religion, said on state radio. "This is a......
Michigan GOP official criticized for internet meme on Muslims
DETROIT — Wayne Bradley, the Michigan Republican Party's director of African American Engagement, got a lot of heat for posting a Facebook meme seen as ridiculing Muslims. Bradley dismissed the picture as "light hearted and funny."But former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, campaign manager for Take on Hate, said promoting bigotry is not...30 percent of Republicans would support bombing fictitious ‘Aladdin’ town
WALT DISNEY, AGRABAH - Thirty percent of Republicans say they would support bombing Agrabah, and 13 percent say they would oppose that measure. Most, about 57 percent, were simply unsure. If you’re unclear about where Agrabah is, that’s not because your Middle East geography is rusty. That’s......
Young protesters heckle Trump during Grand Rapids speech
GRAND RAPIDS — Protesters heckled Donald Trump at a 9,000-person rally on Monday, December 21, interrupting his speech more than 10 times with shouts before security guards ejected them from the event. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, alternated between criticizing the hecklers and asking the...What about the neighborhoods? The Detroit bankruptcy one year later
Once upon a time, Detroit was about as close to a workingman’s paradise as ever there was in America. Understanding, of course, that there is a rather large gap between a workingman’s paradise and the popular imagining of that other place where everything comes up rainbows and all frowning is banned. The racism was intense and...Dearborn elementary students sing Christmas carols for senior citizens
DEARBORN — Students from Becker and Oakman Elementary Schools celebrated the holidays singing Christmas carols to senior citizens at the Oakman Common Retirement Community. A group of about 30 students at both schools spent three months attending after school singing lessons to practice for the event, held on Thursday December...
Fordson’s Key Club continues to lead the state in student volunteering
December 24th, 20150 DEARBORN — For the last few years, Fordson’s Key Club, which continues to be one of the community’s most distinguished student organizations, has been leading the state. Consisting of more than 160 students and six board members, the organization frequently conducts volunteer work in the local area. It has won more awards......
Beaumont Hospital – Dearborn revokes guardianship from ill patient’s family
DEARBORN — A local family is frustrated with Beaumont Hospital- Dearborn (formerly Oakwood Hospital- Dearborn) regarding the treatment of an elderly relative who has remained hospitalized for more than 18 months. Amine Zriek, 86, had been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 2009, due to 50 years of heavy...Man named Jihad arrested after telling California police he left bomb in backpack
Jihad Mufaddi Khalaf Haddadin. El Monte - A man named Jihad was arrested after telling California police he had a bomb in a backpack. Cops in El Monte carried out a controlled explosion on the bag after Jihad Mufaddi Khalaf Haddadin claimed he had left a bomb outside their police station. The 52-year-old told police he......
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused Planned Parenthood gunman
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO - The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a Nov. 27 shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was ordered on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he insisted on acting as his own lawyer.Judge Gilbert Martinez ordered the evaluation to determine whether...
Family of fatally shot man vows to bring justice against Dearborn Police
December 23rd, 20150 Kevin Matthew.Dearborn — The family of Kevin Matthew, the 36-year-old unarmed Black male who was fatally shot by Dearborn police on Wednesday, December 23 has vowed to bring justice against the police officer.During an emotional press conference held by the National Action Network, Matthew's family described him as a loving family......
