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British Muslim family of 11 blocked from boarding flight to visit Disneyland
LONDON - A British Muslim family heading for Disneyland was blocked from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at London’s Gatwick airport amid concerns of an American overreaction to the perceived terrorist threat. US Department of Homeland Security officials provided no explanation for why the country refused to allow...Early detection decreases chance of death from lung cancer
Lung cancer is typically asymptomatic in early stages and is usually diagnosed in advanced stages when the chances of a cure are lower. With effective treatment, only 15 to 16 percent of all patients diagnosed in various stages of lung cancer manage to survive five years. There are four stages of lung cancer: from early, when...
Physicians struggle to gain patients’ trust in light of recent fraud cases
December 23rd, 20150 DEARBORN - Health care providers in Michigan have come under scrutiny in light of recent cases convicting physicians for fraud, money laundering and misdiagnosing patients. Throughout history, medical doctors have been among the most trusted professionals. People usually place full confidence in the diagnoses of physicians, who...
Officials, interfaith and civil rights activists condemn bigotry
December 22nd, 20150 Congress members Brenda Lawrence (L), John Conyers and Debbie Dingell stand at the podium in front of a group of activists and officials at Charles Wright Museum of African American History, Dec. 21DETROIT — Heads of civil rights organizations, interfaith activists, government officials and religious leaders gathered at the Charles H....
California neighborhood evacuated after man makes bombs to harm Muslims
December 22nd, 20150 Richmond, CA. — A man was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police say he was making explosives in his home with the intent of harming Muslims, prompting the neighborhood to be evacuated.Police say they received a tip from a caller on December 17, who said the man was constructing devices to "harm the Muslim community."A bomb...UN: People who reject Syrian refugees are allies of extremists
A Syrian refugee with her children in Riksgransen, Sweden, Dec. 15. Photo: ReutersUNITED NATIONS — People who reject Syrian refugees are the "best allies" of ISIS militants and other extremists, the United Nations refugee chief said on Monday after U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed an entry ban on foreign...Miss Puerto Rico suspended for anti-Muslim Twitter rant
Destiny VelezMiss Puerto Rico 2015 has been indefinitely suspended from her role by the island's official Miss America organization for launching a verbal attack against Muslims on Twitter.Destiny Velez, 20, posted a series of tweets at filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday in which she blasted the religion.Moore sent a letter to...Former Lebanese prisoner Samir Kuntar killed in strike
Kuntar with Hezbollah leader Hassan NasrallahBEIRUT — An Israeli air strike killed Samir Kuntar, a Hezbollah militant leader, in Damascus on Saturday evening, the Lebanese group and Syrian state media said on Sunday.Israel welcomed Kuntar's death, saying he had been preparing attacks on it from Syrian soil, but stopped short of...Virginia school district shut down over Islamic assignment
VIRGINIA - A teacher's lesson on Islam in Virginia's Bible Belt sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings. An estimated 10,000 students in Augusta County's public school system got a one-day jump on the...
Muslim woman files lawsuit following termination from Livonia clinic
December 20th, 20150 Terry Ali.DETROIT - A Muslim woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a Livonia Dermatology clinic for allegedly getting fired just two days after the mass shootings at San Bernardino. Terry Ali claims, who wears the hijab, said she had only been on the $14-an-hour job for one day at Livonia Dermatology when national news broke about...
12-year-old Dallas student falsely arrested for terrorist threat
December 20th, 20150 DALLAS — Dallas cops put Armaan Singh Sarai in jail for three days because someone mistook the solar panel on his phone-charging backpack for a bomb.Sarai was in class when a classmate told him that he was going to tell on him because the solar panel he had looked like a bomb. According to a Facebook post by Sarai's cousin, "A...
California woman who attacked praying Muslims is being charged with hate crime
December 18th, 20150 Alameda County, Calif - The California woman who attacked praying Muslims at a park in an encounter that was caught on camera is now being charged with a hate crime, prosecutors said. The Arab American News originally broke the story last week. Denise Slader, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee, was...Kerry: Assad can stay for now
Kerry.MOSCOW — On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry accepted Russia's long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad's future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement over how to end Syria's civil war. "The United States and our partners are not seeking...Michael Moore to Trump: We are all Muslim
You may remember (you do, after all, have a "perfect memory!"), that we met back in November of 1998 in the green room of a talk show where we were both scheduled to appear one afternoon. But just before going on, I was pulled aside by a producer from the show who said that you were "nervous" about being on the set with me. She...Trump time: They laughed at Reagan, too
Whatever happens with Donald Trump’s candidacy- whether he rides his durable poll numbers to the Republican nomination, runs as an independent or withdraws from the race completely- the ideas he’s introduced to the mainstream political dialogue will have a long shelf life. In the wake of the Paris attacks in November, a lot of......
Three cars broken into, one stolen in Corktown; police do nothing
Shattered glass from one of the vehicles that was broken-into - The Arab American NewsDETROIT — On Sunday night, my friend and I decided to celebrate her 25th birthday by grabbing something to eat at a favorite restaurant in Detroit's popular Corktown neighborhood, where locals and visitors alike frequent various bars, restaurants and...Dearborn business owner re-appointed to national committee
DEARBORN — Detroit’s Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) past-president has been re-appointed at the national level on the audit committee. Jumania Judeh said serving on the Audit Committee gave her a better understanding of CREW Network as a whole and opened her eyes to the challenges that come with running an international,......
Arab American officer joins Dearborn Police Department
Kefah Mazloum (Center)DEARBORN — Kefah Mazloum, 25, is one of eight new officers sworn into the Dearborn Police Department this week. Mazloum was born and raised in Dearborn. He graduated from Fordson High School in 2008 and then obtained an associate’s degree at Henry Ford Community College. He later earned a bachelor's degree in...Community fear of hate crimes addressed at BRIDGES meeting
ROYAL OAK — Community leaders and federal officials discussed the rise of hate crimes against Muslims at a BRIDGES meeting in Royal Oak on Wednesday. Building Respect in Diverse Groups to Enhance Sensitivity (BRIDGES) was established shortly after 9/11 to address security and civil rights grievances between...
When fighting bigotry, perceptions matter
December 18th, 20150 Right wing social media users are falsely claiming that there was a pro-ISIS rally in Dearborn. And they have a photo of a large group of people with black flags on Warren Avenue to support their fabrication. The crowd in the picture was actually demonstrating against ISIS. However, perceptions often trump reality. Local...“Members” of Saudi-led ‘anti-terrorism’ coalition surprised by announcement
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 mainly Muslim countries - including powers such as Egypt and Turkey - to coordinate a fight against "terrorist organizations."But some supposed members of the coalition said they were surprised by their inclusion. Officials in Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia all said they had not......
Yemen peace talks struggle amid intensifying clashes
SANAA — U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks are struggling amid disputes over releasing prisoners, sources close to the talks said on Thursday, as local officials reported intensifying clashes and fresh air strikes despite a ceasefire.Saudi-backed President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's representatives are demanding that their foes, the...U.S. teens smoked, drank, used drugs less in 2015
A decades-long decline in teenage drinking and smoking continued in 2015 and use of some drugs by eighth-graders and high school students also fell, while marijuana consumption extended a five-year flat trend, according to results of a study released on Wednesday.Teen cigarette smoking fell to its lowest level since the University of......
New U.S. FAA rule requires drone owners to register by Feb 19
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration, responding to heightened concerns about rogue drone flights near airports, unveiled a pre-Christmas rule on Monday requiring drone hobbyists as young as 13 years old to register their unmanned aircraft. The new online registry will require current drone owners to register by Feb. 19,...Homeland Security chief says social media used in immigration vetting
WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Wednesday that his department has been consulting social media in reviews of immigration applications since early this year, hitting back at criticism that U.S. authorities are not doing enough to weed out potential security threats. The Department of Homeland Security......
