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Dave Abdallah stresses voter turnout on Election Day
October 22nd, 20150 Dave Abdallah campaigning in Dearborn Heights. DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Wassim “Dave” Abdallah has been campaigning extensively in the run-up to Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, when he will vie for one of three available City Council seats. Abdallah will face off against incumbents Ned Apigian and Lisa Hicks Clayton, as well...Couple arrested for allegedly kidnapping woman in Dearborn
The victim was forced into the couple's truck at gunpointDEARBORN — Police arrested a couple for allegedly kidnapping a 22-year-old woman. The victim was forced into the couple's truck at gunpoint but managed to escaped from the moving vehicle and later made it to a hospital and called the police.On Oct. 18, Henry Ford Hospital in...
City hosts first Healthy Dearborn Family Bike Ride
October 22nd, 20150 DEARBORN — Dozens of cyclists came out on a chilly morning to join the city’s first Healthy Dearborn Family Bike Ride. The riders began their 6.5 mile-route at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center and biked through the heart of Dearborn on Sunday, Oct. 18. The ride was part of the Healthy Dearborn Initiative,...
Trump under fire for saying he would close U.S. mosques
October 22nd, 20150 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is under fire from Muslim groups after stating in an interview on the Fox Business Network that he would shut down mosques in the U.S.On Wednesday, Trump, discussing his strategy to fight ISIS said he would revoke the passports of U.S. citizens who have traveled abroad to fight for ISIS.Host Jim Varney asked...Israelis kill Jewish man, mistaking him for attacker
JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Jewish Israeli man mistaken for a Palestinian attacker less than a week after an Eritrean refugee - also mistaken for a Palestinian attacker - was murdered. A sense of paranoia has gripped Israel and the occupied territories in recent weeks amid renewed violence which has seen Israeli...After Netanyahu comments, Germany says responsibility for Holocaust is ours
"All Germans know the history of the murderous race mania of the Nazis that led to the break with civilization that was the Holocaust" The German government said on Wednesday that responsibility for the Holocaust lay with the Germans, after Israel's prime minister sparked controversy before a visit to Berlin by saying a Muslim elder had...
ACCESS slams mental health stigma at Hope House opening
October 21st, 20150 Community members socializing at the Hope House clubhouse grand openingDEARBORN— At the grand reopening of its Hope House Clubhouse, which helps people suffering from mental illness reintegrate into society, ACCESS officials criticized the mental health stigma in the community and highlighted services of the clubhouse. At the...
Update: Family of Dearborn man who stabbed brother claim mental facility should be blamed
October 21st, 20150 Daher at his arraignment hearing. DEARBORN — The family of 20-year-old Alaa Daher, the Dearborn man who was arrested for stabbing his 9-year-old brother multiple times Monday, is blaiming the mental facility where he had been seeking treatment for discharging him. Daher had been staying at the Stonecrest Behavioral Health and...UNESCO condemns Israel for limiting al-Aqsa mosque access
UNESCO condemned restrictions of freedom of worship at the al-Aqsa mosque Wednesday The United Nations cultural heritage body UNESCO condemned Israel on Wednesday for limiting Muslim access to Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint in a recent wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence.The resolution approved by UNESCO's executive...Dearborn Comerica bank robbed, $1,000 reward offered
Dearborn — At around noon on October 19, a man was captured on the surveillance cameras entering a Comerica Bank branch located at 850 N. Telegraph. He presented to bank tellers a note demanding money, and threatened the building's occupants if his demands were not met.The suspect fled the bank after being handed an undisclosed...
Netanyahu hates Palestinians more than he cares for Jews
October 21st, 20150 Netanyahu with John Hagee, who claims God sent Hitler to "hunt" JewsIsraeli PR to the world is based on factual inaccuracies and fabrications — Palestine was a vacant land before 1948; Palestinians want to throw Jews into the sea; Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East; God gave Israel the right to colonize the West...
New York Times gets a taste of Dearborn
October 20th, 20150 Photo courtesy of Dearborn Meat MarketDEARBORN — When a New York Times travel writer came to Dearborn, he almost got kicked out of a butcher shop. He had his shirt and shoes on, but when he ordered one skewer of kafta, he was denied. He had to order at least five."You’re not hungry. Come back another time," Hussein Saad, the...
Youth, activists rally to support growing Palestinian resistance
October 20th, 20150 Young people joined the rally to support Palestine Sunday, Oct. 18. Photo: Merinda Valley DEARBORN – Youth voices blended with those of other activists in chants of "Free, free Palestine" at a rally Sunday to support the mounting Palestinian campaign against...Maryland police officer accused of biting testicles has left department
Michael FlaigBALTIMORE — An off-duty Maryland police officer charged with biting a man's testicles during a fight is no longer working for the department, a spokeswoman said on Monday.Police officer Michael Flaig, 31, of Anne Arundel County, left the department for unspecified reasons on Sept. 25, spokeswoman Jacklyn Davis said,...
Ashura services at sunni mosque promote unity
October 19th, 20150 Imam Mardini speaking at the commemoration Photo: Bintjbeil.org DEARBORN — In defiance to the sectarian bloodshed across the Middle East, a Shi'a imam held Ashura services at the American Muslim Center, a Dearborn Sunni mosque led by Imam Mohammad Mardini.Speakers at the Ashura commemoration, which was held Friday, Oct. 17,......
Detroit Pastor kills man who threated him with brick
DETROIT — A Detroit pastor shot and killed a 25-year-old man after he had threated him with a brick after Sunday church services, said Detroit police on Monday.The shooting occurred at the City of God Church on Sunday at about 1:45 p.m. after church services had just ended, Detroit police officer Jennifer Moreno said.Moreno said...Indiana University student arrested for attacking Muslim woman, yelling ‘white power’
Triceton Bickford appears in his mugshot. Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeINDIANAPOLIS — A 19-year-old Indiana University student was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman while she and her daughter sat inside a cafe. Witnesses say Triceten Brickford shouted ethnic slurs at the 47-year-old woman and her......
Three arrested for car jacking at Dearborn McDonald’s drive-thru
Charles BrownDearborn - Three suspects have been arrested for a car jacking that occurred at a Dearborn McDonald's drive-thru. On October 12, at 3:00 a.m, Dearborn Police received a report of an armed carjacking that occurred at the McDonald’s restaurant located at 7300...
Fayrouz Saad appointed as Detroit’s director of Immigrant Affairs
October 16th, 20150 Fayrouz SaadDETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan has appointed Fayrouz Saad, a first generation Lebanese American, and Dearborn native, as director of Immigrant Affairs for the city of Detroit. The department, made a reality by the Immigration Task Force, was created to "advance the task force’s mission of creating a more diverse,...Syrian army and Russian jets attack on several fronts
DAMASCUS — Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The offensive that began before dawn builds on more than a week of ground attacks launched with Russian air...Yemen Houthis fire missile in retaliation for Saudi “war crimes”
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile on Thursday in retaliation for attacks by a Saudi-led coalition, a source in the Iranian-allied group said, and a Houthi-linked television station said a Scud missile had been fired at a Saudi air base. Al-Masirah television reported that the Scud, a powerful Cold War-era......
A Chaldean enclave in Detroit yearns for Syrian refugees
October 16th, 20150 New housing on Carman Street is giving hope to local civic leaders that Syrian refugees and others will move into Detroit’s NorthTown community (Photo by Merinda Valley)Nida Samona and her family were among many Chaldean immigrants from Iraq who settled in the densely-populated and tree-shaded Detroit neighborhood east of Seven Mile...
Dearborn to evict family that wants home back
October 16th, 20150 "The only thing we've ever had is being taken away from us because of a technicality." -Abe MohamedDEARBORN— Abe Mohamed says his home is all he and his family have. But the city has served him an eviction notice after buying the tax-foreclosed house. And if the Dearborn City Council does not allow him to buy it back, he will have......
A Dearborn Christian speaking out for Muslims
October 16th, 20150 Dearborn is home to me and has been for quite some time now. I’ve lived here since I was 5-years-old. I love everything about this city. The convenience stores are never far away. The restaurants are great. The people are lively. But the one thing that bothers me is how often this city’s unique diversity is overlooked. Drive down...Russia establishing new realities in Syria; U.S. sends weapons, but to whom?
"Syria cannot be another Afghanistan to Russia for the simple reason that America cannot call the rebels freedom fighters like it did in 1980." With Syrian jets bombing rebels and extremists and Syrian and Iranian groups attacking them on the ground, Moscow seems determined to end the international efforts to topple the Syrian......
