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Court of Appeals upholds $1.2 million-judgment against Judge Somers
February 27th, 20150 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers. DEARBORN — On Friday, Feb. 13, eight years and a day after Julie Pucci filed suit against 19th District Court Chief Judge Mark Somers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion affirming a judgment in her favor. “I had all these emotions. I felt complete...
Henry Ford College to host Women’s Recognition Luncheon
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN — Four women leaders will serve on a speakers’ panel at Henry Ford College’s (HFC) 42nd annual Women’s Recognition Luncheon – “Women Leaders: Driving Our Future” – on Friday, March 27, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will take place at the Student and Culinary Arts Center, located on the main campus....
Dave Abdallah Team honored by Century 21
February 27th, 20150 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Real estate agent Dave Abdallah was honored at the Century 21 Global Conference in Washington D.C. this week. Abdullah accepted two awards during the conference on behalf of his staff. The Dave Abdullah Team earned two of the company’s most prestigious awards: the Number One Team in the USA award and the...Soccer player pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
LIVONIA — On Friday, Feb. 20, Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the June 29 death of John Bieniewicz, a referee he fatally punched during a soccer game. Saad, a Dearborn resident, was initially charged with second-degree murder. Saad turned himself in to the Livonia Police Department one day...Republicans propose declaring Idaho a ‘Christian state’
SALMON, Idaho — Members of a county Republican Party are to take up a measure on Tuesday evening that would declare the state a Christian one to bolster what the proposal calls the "Judeo-Christian bedrock of the founding of the United States." The resolution to be voted on by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee is...
Target denies report of “Sharia Law” policy in Dearborn Heights
February 27th, 20150 Target, located on Ford Rd. and John Daly in Dearborn Heights DEARBORN HEIGHTS— Last week a false and misleading article published by a right-wing website titled "Target surrenders to Sharia law in this sickening way" caused an uproar on social media.The website routinely relies on pro-Christian and anti-Muslim propaganda to...
City’s comments on Kroger incident call investigation into question
February 27th, 20150 Much has been made of the incident that took place at the Kroger at Michigan Ave. and Greenfield on Feb 12. While many facts may be in dispute, a separate controversy has been raised by members of the community. That controversy involves when and how public comments are made during what is expected and claimed to be an impartial...UAE sentences six Iranians to life for kidnapping businessman
Abbas Yazdi and his wife Atena Yazdi.DUBAI — A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced six Iranians, three of them in absentia, to life in prison for kidnapping a British businessman who went missing in Dubai in 2013, newspapers reported on Thursday. Abbas Yazdi, a businessman of Iranian descent who owns a general trading company...Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing police officers
MANAMA — Three men were sentenced to death by a Bahraini court on Thursday and seven others were given a life term for killing three policeman, the kingdom's Public Prosecution said on its Twitter account. The ruling is the latest in a series of strict penalties handed down to those accused of seeking to destabilize the...Two Egyptian policemen held after lawyer’s death in custody
Karim Hamdy.CAIRO — Two Egyptian policemen accused of killing a lawyer in custody were detained on Thursday on the orders of an Egyptian prosecutor, judicial sources said, a rare action against members of the security forces. The officers, a lieutenant colonel and a major, will be held for four days pending investigations in to the...“Islamic State” British executioner identified
IS executioner Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John.The masked "Jihadi John" killer who fronted "Islamic State" beheading videos has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British computer programming graduate from a well-to-do London family. The black-clad militant brandishing a knife and speaking with an English accent was shown in...Engineer named Baghdad’s first female mayor
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi named a woman mayor of Baghdad for the first time in Iraqi history, as corruption and violence continue to rage throughout the country. Zekra Alwach, a civil engineer and director general of the Ministry of Higher Education, begins work on Feb. 28, according to a municipal source cited by...Air strikes hit “Islamic State” in Syria after hundreds of Christians abducted
DAMASCUS — A U.S.-led alliance launched air strikes against "Islamic State" on Thursday in an area of northeast Syria where the militants are now estimated to have abducted at least 220 Assyrian Christians this week, a group monitoring the war reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the air strikes targeted "Islamic...U.S. arms flow to Iraq ahead of planned Mosul offensive
BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 U.S. M-16 rifles and other military supplies worth about $17.9 million arrived in Iraq this week as U.S. troops pushed ahead with training and supplying Iraqi security forces battling "Islamic State" fighters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The update on U.S. efforts to arm Iraqi troops followed an unusual...Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a decisive insult
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to Congress is an insult to all Americans. The Israeli right wing leader was invited to speak to a joint session of lawmakers on Capitol Hill by Speaker of the House John Boehner, who does not have the constitutional power to dwell in foreign policy. The Republican speaker......
The media sensationalized Wayne County government corruption claims
After a tedious federal investigation that lasted more than three years, the FBI found no legal wrongdoing in the top leadership of Wayne County— an outcome the local media had a hard time processing. Former County Executive Robert Ficano left the county in dreadful shape with a budget deficit close to $100 million. But the county's...With sledgehammers, “Islamic State” smashes Iraq’s history
BAGHDAD — Extremist Islamist militants in northern Iraq have destroyed a priceless collection of statues and sculptures from the ancient Assyrian era, inflicting what an archaeologist described as incalculable damage to a piece of shared human history. A video published by "Islamic State" on Thursday showed men attacking the......
U.S. justices show support for Muslim woman denied job due to head scarf
February 27th, 20150 WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled support for a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons. The nine justices heard a one-hour argument in an appeal brought by...
State of the City: Mayor O’Reilly discusses Dearborn’s progress
February 26th, 20150 Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly, Feb. 25DEARBORN— In his eighth State of the City address, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, Mayor Jack O'Reilly Jr. focused on the city’s progress and recovery from the recession. Department heads, county commissioners, judges and prominent community figures attended the mayor's speech at the new Dearborn...Egypt TV host faces trial for false bathhouse accusations
Mona IraqiCAIRO — An Egyptian television presenter whose undercover report from a public bathhouse landed 26 men in court for "debauchery" is herself to face trial for falsely accusing them, an official said Tuesday.The men were arrested Dec. 7 in a night-time raid on the Cairo bathhouse after Mona Iraqi tipped off police, claiming it...
Detroit mayor and city council join Arab American anti-bigotry campaign
February 25th, 20150 DETROIT—Mayor Mike Duggan and the City Council publicly pledged their support of the Campaign to Take On Hate on Feb. 24, in an announcement dubbed "historic" by the campaign's organizers.During a City Council meeting, Council Member Raquel Castañeda-López introduced a resolution to officially join the......
Dearborn: Kroger incident is not a hate crime
February 20th, 20150 DEARBORN - The city has issued a press release stating that an incident that occurred at a Kroger last Thursday, February 12, 2015 involving two white males from Taylor who attacked a Muslim father while he was shopping with his children does not classify as a hate crimeIn a press release the city said;"All of the facts have been...
Muslims concerned for their safety after Chapel Hill shootings
February 20th, 20150 Michigan legislators joining the campaign to Take on Hate, Feb. 17.DEARBORN — Floods of bigoted online comments, right-wing blogs and blatantly anti-Muslim remarks by politicians and national media figures have long been indicators of the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. But over the past two weeks,......
Panel discusses Detroit’s challenges and media bias
February 20th, 20150 (L-R) Osama Siblani, Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson. DETROIT — As Detroit emerges from bankruptcy, state and regional leaders are focusing on other problems that prevent the city from moving forward. The Arab American News’ publisher, Osama Siblani; Detroit Free Press editorial page editor, Stephen Henderson and Detroit...
Two Taylor men questioned in Dearborn Kroger hate crime, ADC-MI raises concerns
February 20th, 20150 Kroger located at Michigan Ave. and Greenfield Rd. DEARBORN — Police and federal authorities are questioning two men from Taylor about their involvement in a possible hate crime that occurred at a Dearborn Kroger last week. Mayor Jack O'Reilly told The Arab American News Wednesday morning that the city is still conducting an......
