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Bombings at Baghdad mosque kill dozens
BAGHDAD — A coordinated car and suicide bomb attack on a Shi'a mosque in the Iraqi capital killed at least 33 people on Wednesday, Sept. 11, police and medical sources said.Worshipers were leaving the mosque after evening prayers when the car bomb exploded, and as witnesses rushed to help the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up...Jordan asks for $1.1 billion in aid to cope with Syrian refugee crisis
AMMAN — Jordan needs hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to cope with the mounting number of Syrian refugees, Social Development Minister Reem Abu Hassan said in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 12.There were already more than one million Syrian refugees in Jordan and health and education services were absolutely stretched, Abu Hassan told...Bomb hits Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi
BENGHAZI — A car bomb damaged a Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. consulate in the country's second largest city.Two years after the revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is riven along regional and tribal lines and dogged by armed violence,...Government may help marijuana shops get banking services
WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement agencies are in talks about steps they may take, under federal law, to allow legal marijuana businesses to have access to bank accounts.Although the Justice Department in August gave states new leeway to experiment with legalized marijuana, the drug remains illegal under federal law. As a result, under...Abercrombie’s discriminatory ‘look policy’ gets slammed by judge
SAN FRANSICO — This week, a federal judge ruled against the Abercrombie & Fitch, Co. for allegedly firing a Muslim woman for wearing a headscarf at work. Hani Khan, a former stockroom worker at an Abercrombie & Fitch location, had filed a lawsuit in 2011 for being fired after refusing to remove her headscarf when a...32 million Americans tune in to Obama’s Syria speech
More than 32 million U.S. television viewers watched President Barack Obama outline his policy toward Syria in a speech aired live on 13 broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen ratings data on Wednesday.The Tuesday night address attracted a smaller audience than the 56 million who tuned in to see the president announce the...Over 1,100 people have 9/11 related cancer
NEW YORK CITY — Health officials confirmed that about 1,140 people, who lived or worked near ground zero, including first-hand responders on September 11, 2001, have been diagnosed with cancer, as a result of the attacks. That number could possibly grow. According to the WTC Responder Medical Program, there could be hundreds more who...Arkansas cop placed on leave after killing 107-year-old man in shootout
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas police officer has been placed on paid leave, after killing a 107-year-old man in a weekend shootout, authorities said on Tuesday, Sept. 10.Police responded to reports on Saturday night that an armed man had allegedly threatened two people at a home in Pine Bluff, a city of 48,000 people, about 45 miles...Nevada sued by San Francisco for dumping mental patients into their area
SAN FRANCISCO —The City of San Francisco is suing the State of Nevada for busing patients, many of them indigent and mentally ill, from a public hospital in Las Vegas, and dumping them in the Bay Area without plans for continued care.The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks $500,000 in reimbursement of...George Zimmerman dropped by lawyer
SANFORD, Fla. — Mark O'Mara, the attorney who successfully defended George Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial, will no longer be representing him."I am not representing George Zimmerman in his recent domestic altercation case, or his impending divorce case," O'Mara told CNN, on Tuesday Sept. 10.O'Mara's announcement comes a...Montana newlywed faces murder charge for shoving husband off cliff
MONTANA — A Montana woman was charged this week for killing her husband of eight days, by pushing him off a cliff at Glacier National Park, after he expressed doubts about their marriage during a hike.Jordan Graham, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Missoula, stemming from the July 7 death of her...
Riad Shatila: Family and friends reflect on the legacy of a true pioneer
September 13th, 20130 DEARBORN — The Arab American community lost one of its greatest pioneers last week, when Riad Saad Shatila, 68, founder of Shatila Bakery, passed away on Friday, September 6, after a long battle with throat cancer.Shatila Bakery has been Dearborn's pride and joy for decades now, introducing millions of Americans across the country to...
Crestwood School District now offers halal chicken for lunch
September 13th, 20130 DEARBORN HEIGHTS —The Crestwood School District began serving halal meat as an option on its lunch menu this week, after years of repeated concerns over accommodating the dietary needs of the growing Muslim student population in the district. Arab Americans account for more than 62 percent of the entire district’s student...
Leaked document: NSA ‘routinely’ shares Americans’ data with Israel
September 13th, 20130 The National Security Agency (NSA) regularly shares raw U.S. intelligence data with Israel without even removing information about American citizens, according to the latest revelation published by the Guardian. The report is based on a document leaked by Edward Snowden.On Tuesday, Sept. 11, the Guardian published a previously...
Local communities align at anti-war rally in downtown Detroit
September 13th, 20130 DETROIT — Over one hundred local citizens marched in a rally at Grand Circus Park that concluded in a gathering at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Sunday, in an effort to condemn potential U.S. air strikes against Syria. The various organizers of the rally, which included the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and......
Hamas urges preachers in Gaza not to criticize Egypt’s military
GAZA — Hamas tried to ease tensions with Cairo on Wednesday, Sept. 11, by ordering Muslim preachers to mute their criticism of the new Egyptian government over what some of the clerics have called its war on Islam."Preachers should avoid speaking of the internal affairs of Egypt and focus on our Palestinian national issues and our...Yemeni president reinstates hundreds of war sacked southern officers
SANAA — Yemen's president has ordered the reinstatement of hundreds of senior army and intelligence officers sacked after a 1994 civil war, to hasten reconciliation talks aimed at ending years of political turmoil in the U.S.-allied country.The officers are from the restive south of the Arabian peninsula country, which lost a 1994......
Arab Americans protest in D.C.
DEARBORN — On Sunday evening, over 100 local community members met in front of the Dearborn City Hall and traveled to Washington D.C. on two buses, to protest against a possible U.S. intervention in Syria. The protest, organized by the Syrian American Forum, included hundreds of local Syrian and Lebanese Americans, who marched...Dearborn City Council discussion decision on garage ordinance
DEARBORN — The Dearborn City Council voted 7- 0, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to table the first reading of the zoning ordinance amendment that would ban garages from being converted into habitable spaces. The new ordinance defines a habitable space as, "a space within a structure for living, sleeping, eating and cooking." It prohibits...Congressman Dingell meets with community to discuss Syria crisis
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Last Friday, September 6, Congressman John Dingell, who represents Michigan's 12th congressional district, joined a group of religious and community leaders at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, to listen to their views on President Obama's position on Syria.Spiritual leader Imam Elahi expressed his...Interfaith ceremony commemorates 9/11
DEARBORN — Community and religious leaders gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Dearborn City Council Chambers to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Citizens joined in commemorating the victims, by praying for peace and justice. Lebanese American singer Joe Kidd and his music partner Sheila Burke started the......
Employers beware: You must strictly comply with garnishment requests
After judgment is obtained in a civil case, many defendants are unable, or unwilling to simply pay the judgment in full. Technically, it is the plaintiff’s job to get the judgment paid. There is no penalty to the defendant for failing to take affirmative steps to pay the judgment. Thus, as many sad litigants have...“The Muslims are Coming” … To theaters
A comedy-documentary, titled "The Muslims are Coming!" will get a limited release in select cities on September 12.The film follows a band of Muslim American comedians, as they visit big cities, small towns and rural areas, in an attempt to dispel Islamophobia with humor. Dean Obeidallah, Negin Farsad, Maysoon Zayid, Aron Kader, Omar......
Project to promote dialogue and dance series, celebrating Detroit’s cultural stories
DETROIT — Heritage Works, will produce a series of live performances that celebrate Detroit’s cultural stories. The project will bring together national choreographers who have roots in Detroit and who will engage the community through dialogue, then mentor local dancers and involve youth and the community in unique expressions of...New walking tour reveals Eastern Market’s Arab history, merchants, food
DEARBORN — The Arab American National Museum’s YallaEat! Culinary Walking Tour is a new, immersive cultural experience that is being offered, free of charge, this fall, as a pilot program and next year as a fee-based program. The docent-guided walking tours of Detroit’s historic Eastern Market, during September and October......