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ACLU-MI launches mobile app to record police abuse
June 5th, 20150 DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced on June 3 the launch of Mobile Justice MI, a free downloadable mobile-device application that allows users to record and quickly report police misconduct. The app provides content in English, Arabic and Spanish. Released amid mounting statewide concern about...
Students and families toured the Middle East at Becker Elementary’s “Cultural Fest”
June 5th, 20150 DEARBORN — Students and parents took a tour through the Middle East at Becker Elementary School's "Cultural Fest" on Thursday, May 28. The PTA coordinated the event, which was open to students, parents and community members after school hours. With the assistance of the school's two Arabic-bilingual teachers, six classrooms...
U.N. appeals for $500 million in humanitarian aid for Iraq
June 5th, 20150 IRAQ — The United Nations launched an appeal this week for half a billion dollars in international aid to tackle a worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq triggered by the conflict with "Islamic State" militants. Lise Grande, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said the United Nations would be forced to slash or shut down more...
Student wants to educate people about the blind community’s abilities
June 4th, 20150 DEARBORN—Twelve-year-old Firas Abueida was born with leber’s congenital amaurosis, a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth. Abueida, a sixth grade student at Lincoln Park Elementary School, is blind and wants to educate people about the visually impaired and their abilities. “I just want everyone to know the...
Dearborn Heights man shoots and kills his neighbor
June 4th, 20150 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A 66-year-old man is in police custody after reportedly shooting and killing his 60-year-old neighbor. The incident occurred in the 6000 block of Fairwood on Wednesday, June 3 around 7 p.m. Dearborn Heights Police say they had received calls from both men previously. The...
Midwest Recycling donates $25,000 to American Red Cross
June 3rd, 20150 DETROIT—On Tuesday, June 2 Midwest Recycling donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross in celebration of National Giving Day. Midwest Recycling was founded by businessman Abe Hachem. Last year Midwest recycling donated $10,000 to the American Red Cross. Midwest Recycling is partnering with the American Red...
Federal prosecutors seek life in prison for Dr. Farid Fata
June 3rd, 20150 DETROIT—Dr. Farid Fata's sentencing hearing will take place before U.S. Judge Paul D. Borman on July 6. Fata is accused of misdiagnosing patients with cancer and making them undergo chemotherapy deliberately to enrich himself. The sentencing hearing will include victim impact statements...
Dearborn School Board selects four candidates for superintendent
June 3rd, 20150 DEARBORN – The Dearborn Board of Education has selected four candidates for further consideration as the next superintendent in the 19,600-student district. Brian Whiston, the current superintendent, has been named a superintendent for the state and is expected to leave his post soon.The four candidates are:· Dr. Glenn...
West Dearborn gas station robbed twice
June 2nd, 20150 The suspectDearborn – A Circle K Gas Station in West Dearborn was robbed twice last month likely by the same perpetrator, police said. The police department is seeking the public's assistance to identify the suspect.On the evening of May 19 and early hours of May 30, armed robberies were committed at the Circle K Gas Station located...
GoFundMe account created to help longtime Boy Scout leader and mentor
June 2nd, 20150 Baydoun DETROIT—A GoFundMe account has been created to raise money for Dearborn Heights resident Khalil Baydoun, a longtime Boy Scout leader and mentor with medical problems. Baydoun struggles with blood clots in his lungs and both arms. He also has Trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain condition that is difficult to treat....
U.S. top court backs Muslim woman denied job over head scarf
June 1st, 20150 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who sued for discrimination after being denied a sales job at age 17 at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co(ANF.N) clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons.In an 8-1 decision in the important religious rights case, the court backed...
D.C. cop shot in Dearborn
June 1st, 20150 DEARBORN — An off-duty Washington, D.C. police officer was one of two men shot in the early morning hours of June 1 while sitting at a traffic light. The men then drove to the ninth precinct of the Detroit Police Department. Upon learning that the incident occurred in Dearborn, Detroit police promptly notified Dearborn Police...
United apologizes to Muslim passenger who alleged discrimination
May 30th, 20150 Tahera Ahmad United Airlines apologized to Tahera Ahmad, the Muslim woman who said she was the victim of discrimination on board a flight in which an attendant refused to serve her an unopened beverage and a passenger directed bigoted, profane slurs at her."While United did not operate the flight, Ms. Ahmad was our customer and we...
Muslim woman files lawsuit for being forced to remove hijab after arrest
May 29th, 20150 Dakroub (right) sitting in front of her family at the ACRL office on Thursday, May 28. DEARBORN —On Thursday, May 28, the Arab-American Civil Rights League held a press conference regarding a federal complaint filed by a Muslim American woman against the Oceana County Sheriff’s Department, for...UN: Syrians lose hope in face of shocking carnage, devastation
DAMASCUS — The people of Syria are losing hope in the fifth year of a civil war that has brought levels of death and destruction that are so extreme they should shock the world's collective conscience, the United Nations chief said in a report. The war has killed more than 220,000 people and left a third of the population homeless.......
Syria says Al Jazeera’s Nusra interview promotes militant group
DAMASCUS — A Syrian envoy said Al Jazeera's interview with the leader of Nusra Front violated U.N. counterterrorism resolutions and was an attempt by Qatar to whitewash the image of the al-Qaeda affiliate, Syria's state news agency reported on Thursday. The Qatari-funded network broadcast the first part of an interview with Nusra...Israel, Palestinians pull back after Gaza exchange of fire
GAZA — Israel and Palestinian militants appeared to be pulling back on Wednesday from further hostilities after Israel responded with air strikes to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported on either side of the border, and Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon blamed the rocket launching late on Tuesday on......
Islamic conference in Kuwait condemns extremism
KUWAIT CITY — Acts of terrorism and the practice of Islamic extremism aim to divide Muslim world, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday at a meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries (OIC) in Kuwait. “We have been committed in confronting the challenges of extremism and violence,” Jubeir said in...Iraq exhumes remains of 470 bodies from Tikrit mass graves
"We have exhumed the bodies of 470 Speicher martyrs from burial sites in Tikrit," Adila Hammoud said at a press conference in Baghdad, referring to the nearby military base that the massacre was named after. In June 2014, armed men belonging or allied to the ISIS abducted hundreds of young, mostly Shi'a recruits from Speicher base,...Popular Mobilization Forces lead operation to recapture Ramadi
BAGHDAD — Shi'a militiamen, supported by a smaller group of government troops, advanced on Tuesday to within a few kilometers of a university on Ramadi's southwestern edge, police sources and Sunni tribal fighters allied to the government said. As they passed through farmland south of Ramadi, the militiamen told people to return...Congress is giving away its war powers
A few weeks ago, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia made a small splash in the press when he took Congress to task for failing to authorize our nation’s ongoing war against Islamist militants. “The silence of Congress in the midst of this war is cowardly and shameful,” he said. “his Congress, the very body that is so quick to......
Rejecting Obama’s action on immigration is racism
"One cannot praise immigration while working to disenfranchise immigrant families."The last time the Congress declared war on another country was during Word War II. Since then, our government has engage militarily in Korea, Vietnam, several conflicts in Central America, Bosnia, Libya and twice in the Gulf, mostly on presidential...Texas man charged with conspiracy to provide support to ISIS
WASHINGTON — A Houston-area man was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to "Islamic State" by attempting to fight for the militant group in Syria, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Asher Abid Khan, 20, of Spring, Texas, was arrested on Tuesday morning and was due to appear in federal court in......
Arab Americans participate in Dearborn’s Memorial Day Parade
May 29th, 20150 DEARBORN — Thousands gathered along Michigan Avenue on Monday to pay homage to the nation's fallen soldiers, in observance of Memorial Day. It was Dearborn's 91st Memorial Day parade. Soldiers and various organizations and social clubs marched in Downtown east Dearborn, holding signs thanking veterans for their service. There...The ‘evil eye’ and the power of Turkish coffee readings in the Muslim community
DETROIT — Belief in the “evil eye” and Turkish coffee fortunetelling readings are popular in Muslim communities; however Muslims are not supposed to engage in such superstitious beliefs and practices, according to religious leaders. “Islamically, we don’t believe in all of this superstitious stuff like the evil eye,......
