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Second lawsuit filed against United Memorial Gardens
August 13th, 20150 PLYMOUTH — On Friday, August 7, a press conference was held at United Memorial Gardens to announce a lawsuit against the cemetery for burying a stranger’s body in a plot previously purchased by a Muslim family. United Memorial Gardens is a prominent cemetery used by many local Muslims. The cemetery includes an Islamic garden meant...
Arab American activists: Trump divisive but popular
August 13th, 20150 TrumpDEARBORN — The Iowa caucus are not until February of next year, but the presidential elections are on. Republicans had their first debate on Aug. 6, with TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump emerging as the unlikely leading candidate, according to public opinion polls. Trump, a businessman who never held an...
Iran’s plan for Syria and the challenges for diplomacy
August 13th, 20150 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) talks with Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Government Palace in Beirut, Aug. 11.The Iranian nuclear deal is echoing through the halls of diplomacy in the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has visited Beirut and Damascus, introducing a road map to end...Fifty eight House members to make trip this month to Israel
Fifty eight House members — 22 Democrats and 36 Republicans — are making a trip this month to Israel, right before Congress is set to consider the controversial Iran nuclear deal. The trip is being paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, the charitable arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...Dengue rife, malaria spreading in the streets of Yemen
SANAA – Trash piling up on the streets of Yemeni towns is helping the spread of dengue fever and malaria, a charity employing local people to clear up the filth said on Wednesday, as fighting, baking heat and a lack of food and water add to their hardships.Garbage lying in the streets has contaminated soil and water and attracted...
Dearborn receives grant to fund smoke detectors for residents
August 13th, 20150 DEARBORN – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell announced Thursday that the Dearborn Fire Department will receive a $69,753 Fire Prevention & Safety grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The funding will be used to help provide and install smoke detectors for all...
Arabs and Latinos rally for relief from deportation
August 13th, 20150 DETROIT—Families of immigrants facing deportation gathered Wednesday along with immigration advocates and faith leaders to express their frustration and to call out Detroit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field director, Rebecca Adducci.The supporters of the rally argue that Adducci is...Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif dies
CAIRO — Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif died on Tuesday. He was 69. The Egyptian state news agency said he died after battling an unspecified long illness.El-Sherif’s big break was in the late 1960s when he played a supporting role in “The Palace of Desire,” the screen adaptation of one of the novels in a trilogy by...
Dearborn Democratic Club announces support for Iran Deal
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—The Dearborn Democratic Club is encouraging Michigan members of congress and the senate to support the Iran Nuclear Deal. A resolution passed unanimously in the general body of the Dearborn Democratic Club stating, “The Dearborn Democratic Club thanks the members of the Michigan Democratic...
Detroit gas station owners consider suing City of Detroit
August 12th, 20150 DEARBORN—Gas station owners are considering taking legal action against the City of Detroit over licensing and ticketing issues.During a meeting Monday, Aug. 10 at Byblos Banquet Hall Detroit gas station owners discussed the possibility of filing a class action lawsuit over the issues.The meeting was held for small business owners...
Newlyweds arrested for planning to join ISIS
August 12th, 20150 OXFORD, Miss. (Reuters) - A Mississippi couple, accused of seeking to join the militant Islamic State group on a planned honeymoon trip, remained in custody on Tuesday after being denied bond in federal court.Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support...
Gas prices to go up by more than 50 cents
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — Gas will prices will increase by up to 80 cents per gallon in the next few days, gas wholesalers told The Arab American News, citing reports of technical issues in a BP refinery in the Midwest.Average gas prices in Michigan are already higher than the east coast. Crude oil prices have been...
Michigan jury says hugs in prison allowed, awards inmate $1,251
August 11th, 20150 DETROIT — A Michigan inmate was awarded $1,251 after a jury ruled his rights were violated when a guard barred him from hugging his wife during a prison visit.Kevin King, 52, who is serving a life sentence for a 1982 murder, was awarded $1 in Detroit federal court last week for a violation of his First Amendment rights and $1,250 as...Politics sometimes shred the facts of immigration
Political rhetoric implies that unauthorized immigration, especially across the U.S. border with Mexico, is wildly out of control.Is that true?According to a July 24 immigration report by the Pew Research Center, the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States is not up. It’s down.The peak, 12.2 million, was eight...Early detection decreases chance of death from lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2014, approximately 160,000 deaths occurred in the U.S. alone. Early detection is key for decreasing the incidence of death from lung cancer. Lung cancer is typically asymptomatic in early stages and is usually diagnosed in advanced stages when the chances of......
Iraqis protest against corruption, poor services
BAGHDAD — Iraqis complaining about corruption and poor services, epitomized by power cuts during a heatwave, took to the streets on Tuesday, underlining the pressures on a government struggling to fend off radical insurgents. The unrest, though limited and largely peaceful, could weigh down the government of Prime Minister Haider...U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al-Qaeda
DAMASCUS — The United States said on Tuesday it had indications that Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military were captured by fighters from al-Qaeda's Syria wing, Nusra Front, in the latest blow to a fledgling program at the center of America's war strategy. The Pentagon said in a statement it was monitoring the situation but had......
Nightlife turns into a nightmare for residents in east Dearborn
August 7th, 20150 Sky Lounge on Warren Ave.DEARBORN — On the evening of Monday, Aug. 3, a Dearborn Police officer pulled over a biker on Ford Road, after he had led a pack of motorcyclists through traffic, with several of them swerving across lanes, cutting off other vehicles and disregarding all traffic signals— breaking several motor vehicle laws...200 migrants feared drowned off Libya
TRIPOLI — More than 200 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya. The boat, believed to have been carrying more than 600 migrants, including women and children, ran into difficulty about 15 nautical miles off Libya...Suicide bombing in Saudi mosque for security forces kills 17
RIYADH — A suicide bomb attack on the mosque of a local security force headquarters in Abha city in south west Saudi Arabia killed 14 people on Thursday, most of them members of the force, the Saudi interior ministry said. The mosque in Abha, the capital of Asir province, was part of the local headquarters of the Special Emergency...Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as diplomacy winning over war
WASHINGTON — President Obama defended the U.S.-led international nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday against a furious lobbying effort by political opponents and Israel and said abandoning the agreement would open up the prospect of war. Invoking the Cold War peacemaking initiatives of former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald......
Police fatally shoot ax-wielding man at Nashville movie theater
NASHVILLE — A man with a history of mental health issues who wielded an ax and a pellet gun at a Nashville-area movie theater was shot dead by police on Wednesday, authorities said. The man, identified by Nashville police as Vincente David Montano, 29, was pronounced dead outside the back door of the theater, which was showing "Mad...The GOP: Reaping what it sowed
The 2016 Republican presidential contest has barely begun and it has already grown alternately tiresome and old or just downright scary. As a Democrat, I might be pleased, but as an American, I am deeply troubled. I just want it to end. A part of the GOP problem is the plague of too many candidates, 17 at last count, with many of them......
There is nothing to surveil in Dearborn
August 7th, 20150 Reports about an FBI-owned plane that was surveilling Dearborn over the weekend are alarming. The bureau has denied that it was targeting the Arab community and added that it is not aware of any threats in Metro Detroit. However, there is a growing irrational and unfounded fear of Dearborn being a hub for extremism. The city of 95,000...Majority of Americans say more must be done to fight racism
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans, White and Black, believe that more needs to be done to fight racism in the United States, following a year of protests over the treatment of minorities by police, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday. The national survey found that roughly six in 10 Americans feel the......