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Poll: Americans say Muslims should have the least religious rights
Washington - Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups, ranking Muslims as the least deserving of the protections, according to a new survey. Solid majorities said it was extremely or very important for the U.S. to uphold religious freedom in general. However, the...Latino-Americans are converting to Islam more than ever before
Latinos in the U.S. are considered to be the fastest-growing demographic as well as the fastest-growing group of Muslims in America, the Press-Enterprise reported. Although the statistics haven't been widely tracked, there are an estimated 150,000 Islam converts among the Latino community in the U.S. The...Israeli man in Brooklyn charged with hate crime against Muslims
James Samways.NEW YORK - Police charged a Brooklyn resident with a hate crime after he allegedly chased four Muslim men in Marine Park on Saturday night while screaming “I want to see Arab blood in the streets.” James Samways, an Israeli American who works for the UPS, was arraigned Sunday and charged with menacing as a...Caught on camera: French Police beat Muslim woman
A shocking video captured from the balcony of a residential building in Pantin, just outside of Paris, shows a Muslim woman being beaten by half a dozen French police officers. According to eye witnesses who uploaded the video to social media networks, the Muslim woman is a mother that was protecting her son from being beaten by the...Actor Samuel L. Jackson: Muslim Americans are the new Blacks
LOS ANGELES - Actor Samuel L. Jackson came to the defense of Muslim Americans while doing promotion for his new film “The Hateful Eight,” out in theaters on News Years Eve. During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Jackson said Muslim Americans are “the new young black men” and that he had hoped the San Bernardino...Houston mosque set on fire on Christmas Day
HOUSTON – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for a fire at a mosque in the city. Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at the mosque in southwest Houston on Friday afternoon....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......
