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Nolan Finley, Benjamin Netanyahu are of the same evil
On Sunday, the Detroit News published an article by Editorial Page Editor Nolan Finley titled, "Hamas, ISIS are of the same evil."Finley, whose hatred for Palestinians is no secret, hits a new low with this article. He bases his column on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent speech at the UN General Assembly. In his column,...France says $3 billion Lebanon arms deal to go ahead
BEIRUT — France will soon provide weapons and military equipment to the Lebanese army as part of a $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia to help it fight extremists encroaching into Lebanon from Syria, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday.One of the few institutions not overtaken by the sectarian divisions that plague...Egypt, Libya announce deeper cooperation to ‘fight terrorism’
CAIRO — Egypt will train Libyan forces to fight terrorism and help secure a shared border, the prime ministers of the two states announced in Cairo on Wednesday, stepping up efforts against Islamist insurgents in both countries.Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed concerns over militants who have capitalized on the...Saudi women’s right-to-drive campaign hits social media
RIYADH — Activists in Saudi Arabia are revving up a right-to-drive campaign using social media in the world's only country that bans women from getting behind the wheel, a campaigner said on Thursday.An online petition asking the Saudi government to "lift the ban on women driving" has attracted more than 2,400 signatures ahead of the...
Byblos Cafe holds grand opening for new location in Redford
October 10th, 20140 REDFORD — Byblos Cafe and Grill celebrated its new location in Redford with a grand opening on Tuesday Oct. 7, in the presence of city officials officials and community leaders and the owners' friends and family. The celebration coincided with the 10th anniversary of the business."It's only getting better. We'll keep going...Veteran diplomat Maksoud celebrates memoir at Arab American National Museum
DEARBORN — Veteran Lebanese diplomat Dr. Clovis Maksoud advocated Arab unity at a ceremony celebrating the release of his memoir, "From the Corners of Memory" at the Arab American National Museum, on Saturday, Oct. 4. Maksoud, 85, was the Arab League chief representative in the United States and the United Nations until submitting...
City of Dearborn moves in to new Administrative Center
October 3rd, 20140 The DAC building.DEARBORN — The industrial-looking offices of the Dearborn Administrative Center (DAC) appear as efficient as an assembly line. City employees work in an open space, where representatives of different departments stand behind a u-shaped front desk to assist residents. In the middle of the main lobby, a concierge desk...
Dearborn Heights boy murdered in Yemen
October 3rd, 20140 Hundreds attended the burial on Thursday.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Wednesday, family and friends of Jayzon Mosed gathered at the Verheyden Funeral Home in Detroit to attend the viewing for the 13-year-old who was killed in Yemen. Several hundred people attended his burial on Thursday. Mosed’s uncle, Tarek Mosed, said his nephew...
Judge denies motion to drop charges against Rasmea Odeh
October 3rd, 20140 DETROIT — A federal judge denied the motion to dismiss the indictment against Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian American woman accused of lying on her naturalization application about a conviction in an Israeli military court decades ago.The defense demanded the judge drop the charges because the investigation of Odeh was selective and...
Muslims react to the penalty NFL player received for praying after scoring a touchdown
October 3rd, 20140 Kansas City Chiefs Safety Husain Abdullah, after entering the end zone sliding on his knees, bowed forward and prayed with his head on the turf during Monday's game.MICHIGAN — Kansas City Chiefs Safety Husain Abdullah made international headlines this week after being penalized by a referee for entering the end zone sliding on his...
Voter registration deadline is Oct. 6
October 3rd, 20140 MICHIGAN — Voter registration deadline for the Nov. 4 general election is Monday, Oct. 6. Key races include the governor’s race between incumbent and republican candidate Rick Snyder and his opponent, democrat Mark Schauer and the competition between democratic Congressman Gary Peters and former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land...
Bankruptcy Judge says he has no authority to stop water shutoffs
October 3rd, 20140 Rhodes.DETROIT — Federal Judge Steven Rhodes, who is overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy, said Monday that he has no authority to stop the water shutoffs impacting thousands of low-income families in the city. While reading the ruling in court, Rhodes said, “Chapter 9 strictly limits the courts’ power in bankruptcy...
University of Michigan-Dearborn at center of Arab American higher education
October 3rd, 20140 Suehaila Amen, UM-D recruitment events coordinator and admissions counselor.DEARBORN — In recent years, the administration at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D) has made greater strides to attract out-of-district students to accompany the campus’ new dormitory complex. But while the housing on campus has been a...
Hijab attire and behavior: community clashes between ‘modest’ and ‘modern’
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — Is it haram for a woman in a headscarf to dance in public? Is it haram for her to wear fashionable jeans or paint her face in colorful make-up? Or should she just stay at home altogether, while some of her Muslim peers freely indulge themselves in westernized culture? Western Muslim communities have long debated the...
Dearborn Heights resident seeks seat on the Crestwood Board of Education
October 3rd, 20140 Zaineb Hussein.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Resident Zaineb Hussein is campaigning for a seat on the Crestwood School District’s Board of Education. Hussein is employed by the Michigan Department of Human Services and had previously worked with the city of Dearborn Heights’ Economic and Community Development Program. Hussein earned a......
County cracks down on “Cloud 9” synthetic drug after multiple high school students hospitalized
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — The Wayne County Department of Public Health has issued an emergency order declaring the synthetic drug "Cloud 9" and a similar product named "Hookah relax" illegal and an imminent danger to society.Cloud 9 is a clear liquid that has been used with alcoholic beverages, smoked with an e-cigarette, hookah or with marijuana....Local Yemenis renounce violence in homeland
DEARBORN — Local Yemeni Americans urged unity and dialogue in their homeland, as sectarian and political tensions boil in the country after Houthi Rebels took over the capital last week. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi warned of civil war in the aftermath of the Houthi militants’ move into Sanaa.Houthis, who are Shi'a,......
Dearborn ordinance raises building permit renewal fee 4,000 percent
October 3rd, 20140 DEARBORN — The City Council passed an ordinance last week raising the fee for renewing the permit to build a new house from $25 to $1,000, a massive hike that a representative of the Home Builders Association described as illegal.Before the ordinance was passed on Tuesday, Sept. 23, building licenses in Dearborn were good for six...
August flood victims urged to register for relief
October 3rd, 20140 WARREN – Michigan residents affected by flooding Aug. 11-13 may now call or go online to register for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to state and federal officials. Aid is available to eligible applicants in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.Individuals, including those who...Ebola hits the U.S., Texas man becomes first diagnosed resident
The ambulance which carried Thomas Eric Duncan, who suffered from Ebola.DALLAS — Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the man who is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance.The hospital cited the...Secret Service director resigns under fire
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Obama.Pierson, in her position for just 18 months, faced mounting calls from lawmakers to step down in the fallout from a......
What if ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist?
What if the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) didn’t exist? In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines. Flexible language Many in the media (Western, Arab, etc) use the reference “Islamist” to brand any movement at all whether it be political,...
Yemen should not slip into civil war
October 3rd, 20140 In 1985, the late publisher of the Lebanese daily Annahar wrote a book titled "A War of Others." The book’s premise was that the then-ongoing Lebanese civil war was a proxy conflict fought by regional and international powers through Lebanese factions and militias. Today, we are witnessing multiple wars of others unfolding......
Assad: Countries that backed terrorism can’t defeat jihadists
DAMASCUS — Extremists cannot be defeated by countries that have "spread terrorism," Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday in an apparent jab at members of the U.S.-led coalition against the "Islamic State."Speaking during a meeting with a senior Iranian official in Damascus, the Syrian leader took aim at countries he said...Egyptian army kills Sinai militants’ commander
CAIRO — Egypt's army killed a field commander in Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous militant group, during clashes on Thursday in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said.Mohamed Abu Shatiya, among militants behind the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last year, died during fighting......
