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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...Bahrain activist to go on trial over ‘insulting’ tweets
Rajab.MANAMA — Leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab is to remain in custody and go on trial October 19 on charges of posting tweets deemed insulting to authorities, the prosecution said Thursday.A general prosecutor, Hussein al-Buali, said Rajab was charged with "publicly insulting government institutions," after the defence and...Hizbullah bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers
An injured Israeli soldier is evacuated to a hospital in the northern city of Haifa Oct. 7.BEIRUT — Lebanese Hizbullah fighters detonated a bomb on Lebanon's border with Israel on Tuesday, wounding two Israeli soldiers and drawing artillery fire in response.The incident in the Shebaa hills area marked the first time that Hizbullah has...
Should Muslims have to apologize for extremists?
October 10th, 20140 DEARBORN — There are nearly 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide and the overwhelming majority do not condone the acts of terrorism being carried out by extremists in the name of Islam. Should the majority be apologetic and take responsibility for the actions of the small minority of self-proclaimed Muslims who are part of terrorist...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......
