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Mike Duggan: Detroit is on the right track
October 17th, 20140 DETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan affirmed his commitment to attracting new residents to Detroit's neighborhoods, saying that the city has progressed and improved its services over the past months. "The services are getting better," Duggan told The Arab American News in a phone interview. "We are on the right track. We have installed...Libyan Red Crescent calls for Benghazi ceasefire as fighting rages
Irregular forces loyal to former army general Khalifa Haftar stand by an armed vehicle during clashes with Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi.BENGHAZI — Libya's Red Crescent called on Thursday for a ceasefire in the eastern city of Benghazi to allow the evacuation of families trapped by street fighting between Islamist...Prominent Shi’a cleric sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
Nimr al-Nimr.RIYADH — A Saudi court sentenced prominent Shi'a cleric Nimr al-Nimr to death Wednesday, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in Saudi Arabia’s troubled east and neighboring Bahrain.The 54-year-old cleric, an outspoken critic of the Saudi government was arrested in July 2012 after being shot by...Accused White House fence jumper faces more charges
WASHINGTON — An Iraq war veteran accused of running inside the White House armed with a knife faces more charges under a federal grand jury indictment returned on Thursday.Omar Gonzalez, 42, is alleged to have climbed over the White House fence on Sept. 29, burst through the front door and made it to the executive mansion's East Room...
Senate candidate Gary Peters: Job growth, economy are priorities
October 17th, 20140 Peters.DEARBORN — For democratic U.S. senate candidate Gary Peters, the number one issue is the economy. Back in 2008, Peters, who represents the 14th district in Congress, supported the rescue of the automobile industry, which saved Michigan’s economy from collapse. He also called small businesses the engine of growth in...Tennessee man jailed after beheading threats, ISIS membership claim
NASHVILLE — A Tennessee man was in custody on Thursday and facing criminal charges after claiming to be a member of ISIS and threatening to behead his neighbors and burn down their homes, police said.Tullahoma Police Chief Paul Blackwell said the man - Terry Wayne McCullough, 59 - is a known troublemaker but that the threats had to be...
Mark Schauer’s visit to Arab American National Museum rescheduled for Oct. 27
October 17th, 20140 Schauer.DEARBORN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer will visit the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn for a meet and greet reception on Monday, Oct. 27 at 5:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Arab American Democrats and Dearborn Democratic Club. The event, initially scheduled to take place on Oct. 16, is open...
CAIR-MI seeks court order in delayed passport approval for Yemeni American
October 17th, 20140 SOUTHFIELD — On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) held a news conference in Southfield to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit and petition for a writ of mandamus on behalf of an American Muslim of Yemeni origin who applied to renew his passport and whose application has...State bill intends to improve rape kit testing
LANSING — This week Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation encouraging faster and more organized sexual assault kit testing.Senate Bill 998 creates the Sexual Assault Kit Tracking and Reporting Commission. The commission is responsible for developing guidelines to implement a statewide system to track location, lab status, and completed...
Mark Schauer: The race could not be closer
October 10th, 20140 Schauer (c) stands among AAPAC representatives at the offices of The Arab American News.DEARBORN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer said the race between himself and Gov. Rick Snyder is a "toss-up" and that he is reaching out to undecided voters to win the most important poll— at the polls on Nov. 4.On Tuesday, the...
ACRL suing government for ‘No-Fly’ and ‘Terrorist Watch’ lists
October 10th, 20140 Nabih Ayad (Left) with Nasser Beydoun at an ACRL press conference.DEARBORN — This week, the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) filed a class action suit against the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Terrorist Screening Center for the continued targeting and monitoring of Arab and Muslim...
Arab American gas station owners to meet with Detroit Police Chief Oct. 15
October 10th, 20140 Detroit Police Chief James Craig.DETROIT — On Wednesday, Oct. 15 a meeting between Detroit Police Chief James Craig and Detroit gas station and business owners will take place at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, located at 1301 Third Street, at 6 p.m. Officials with the city of Detroit will also be in attendance to discuss...
ADC to honor Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormick with Guardian of Justice award
October 10th, 20140 Mary Bridget.DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan will honor Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack with the 12th Annual Guardian of Justice Award at its 12th annual Judges Night gala on Thursday, Oct. 30. Justice McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013....
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
October 10th, 20140 DEARBORN — Bullying has become an epidemic in schools across America. As part of October being National Bullying Prevention Month we are sharing a few staggering statistics about the issue from a study conducted in 2014 by nobullying.com. 1 in 3 U.S. students say they have been bullied at school. 20 percent of U.S....
Victims of domestic violence have places to turn for help
October 10th, 20140 DETROIT — October is domestic violence awareness month and it’s important to remind victims they are not alone and that there are many others who share the same stories.For many Arab American women, it can be difficult to come forward and discuss domestic violence openly, because the community is so conservative and the......
Students for Islamic Awareness host “Ask a Muslim Day”
October 10th, 20140 "Ask a Muslim Day" participants.DEARBORN — The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s (UM-D) Students for Islamic Awareness (SIA) hosted “Ask a Muslim Day” on Monday, Oct. 6. The purpose of the event was to answer questions students have about Islam and clear up misconceptions about the faith. The event took place at the...
ACC honors elected representatives at annual dinner
October 10th, 20140 (L-R) ACC CEO Haifa Fakhouri State Rep. Klint Kesto, ACC board chairman Abe Munfakh.DETROIT — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrated its 35th annual Civic & Humanitarian Awards Gala at the Renaissance Center on Saturday, Oct. 4. The council honored founding members, businesspeople and elected officials during the......
AAPAC announces endorsements
October 10th, 20140 DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee has announced its endorsements in the Nov. 4 general election.While the list of endorsements includes both municipal and state-wide races, the organization has delayed its endorsement for governor for an additional week. The Arab American News will announce that endorsement in...
More than 1,500 arrests made in ‘Operation Blue Light’ initiative
October 10th, 20140 DEARBORN — More than a dozen Wayne County Police agencies have collaborated on a joint sweep initiative which saw the arrests of hundreds of fugitives between Sept. 15 and Sept. 30. The police departments that participated in the "Operation Blue Light" initiative included Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Livonia, Redford,...
Ebola patient dies in Texas; five U.S. airports to screen for fever
October 10th, 20140 DALLAS — The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died on Wednesday, underscoring questions about the quality of care he received, and the government ordered five airports to start screening passengers from West Africa for fever.Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan died in an isolation ward of a Dallas hospital, 11...Chicago-area man charged in attempt to join “Islamic State” in Syria
CHICAGO — A Chicago-area man was charged on Monday with attempting to support a foreign terrorist organization after he was arrested on Saturday at O'Hare International Airport on allegations he was on his way to Syria to join the militant group "Islamic State."Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, appeared......
Attention next attorney general: More justice wanted
Secret laws, secret courts, secret evidence, secret dragnet snooping, too big to fail, too big to jail… the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not been fully living up to its name.As Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to step down, it is time to look forward and ask what his replacement must bring to the table for our country. The...Bill Maher is a bigot
When HBO comedian Bill Maher brought professional anti-theist commentator Sam Harris to bash Islam on his show last weekend, there was no Muslim on the show to make the case for Islam. But actor and director Ben Affleck came to the defense of Muslims, not because of any connection he has to the religion, but because he saw the racism......
Suicide bombings in Yemen kill 67 after PM quits
Houthi rebels react near dead and wounded men at the scene of a suicide attack, Oct. 9.SANAA — Suicide bombers targeting Yemen's powerful Houthi group and an army camp killed at least 67 people in two separate attacks on Thursday, hours after a political crisis forced the new prime minister to step down.At least 47 people were killed,...
The siege of Kobani and the failure of American policy
October 10th, 20140 Kurds vented their fury at the Turkish government for standing by as Isis fighters looked poised to take the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani in view of the Turkish border and the watching Turkish army.At least 12 people died and dozens of people were wounded in demonstrations across Turkey. Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters......