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Normal day at Edsel Ford despite Terry Jones distraction
October 12th, 20120 DEARBORN — Florida Pastor Terry Jones returned to Dearborn on Wednesday with a group of 12 people to protest against Muslim students at Edsel Ford High School, with claims that they are allegedly bullying non-Muslim students. The protest, which was scheduled to take place from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. barely left any sort of impact,...Arab Americans honored by NAACP for work in upholding civil rights
Attorney Mona Fadlallah pictured with NAACP staff.LIVONIA — On Sunday, Oct. 7 the NAACP Western Wayne County Branch awarded two Arab Americans for their hard work and commitment to upholding civil rights and social justice at its 2012 Freedom Fund Dinner.Arab American Civil Rights League Executive Director, Rashid Baydoun received the...World forgetting Palestinian rights
JERUSALEM — The annual debate has just wrapped up and, already, the certainty is that if last year Palestinian statehood auspiciously dominated the international agenda, this time, the issue vanished from the United Nations General Assembly ( ), and will vanish even further from world affairs. When Palestinian Authority (PA) President...ACC celebrates 33 years, honors partners in service
A moving performance of youth singing for Detroit, ACC and its awardees at the gala. PHOTOS: Courtesy of ACC.DETROIT — The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) celebrated its 33rd annual Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala Sep. 29. Regional leaders who have partnered with the ACC to enhance its mission of enriching the quality of...
Dozens of candidates turn out for AAPAC “Meet the Candidates Night”
October 5th, 20120 DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) held their "Meet the Candidates Night" at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn, on Wednesday evening, where dozens of candidates turned out to garner support from the well followed organization almost four weeks before the general election on November 6. Dozens of candidates...Dr. Syed Taj: Muslims and minorities aren’t represented enough in Congress
NOVI — Dr. Syed Taj, Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional District has had the opportunity to provide a comfortable life for his family, and send his son to college, but knows others haven’t been as fortunate, and that’s why he’s running for congress. “I’m not running to make a career out of it, or build...Indiana man arrested for Toledo mosque arson
TOLEDO — A community in Ohio was in shock this week when the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo was set on fire, resulting in the arrest of 52-year-old Randy Linn of Indiana, who was charged on Wednesday with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated burglary. The incident marks just the latest in a string of attacks on the...Community rally sends unified message to extremists
DEARBORN — A message was heard loud and clear last Friday evening in Dearborn when a community rally standing up against violence and hate was held at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center located on Michigan Ave. DEARBORN — A message was heard loud and clear last Friday evening in Dearborn when a community rally...Fordson graduate receives prestigious entrepreneur award at White House
DEARBORN — Ali Saad was only 16 when he started his own company. The 22-year-old has come a long way in such a short amount of time. Last month Saad, a Fordson High School graduate attended a ceremony at the White House in Washington D.C. on behalf of General Fuels Company which he founded and is located in Dearborn. Saad: "I can...Did Romney ‘win’ the debate?
In the presidential debate that I watched on Wednesday night, Republican challenger Mitt Romney was shiftier than Dick Nixon in 1960 and less coherent than George W. Bush in 2000, but the TV pundits, including on MSNBC, overwhelmingly declared him the winner.When I tried to follow Romney’s logic, I couldn’t. Somehow the federal...Increasing the relevance of minority voters, from an ethnic media perspective
In May 2012, minority newborns began to outnumber their white counterparts in the US. But even with an African American president and huge growth of minority populations, why is it we as minorities are still far from exercising the full potential of our political power as voters? Aside from mobilizing more voter registrations and...Turkish parliament authorizes military operations against Syria
ACKAKALE, TURKEY - Turkish artillery hit targets inside Syria on Wednesday after a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory killed five Turkish civilians, while NATO called for an immediate end to Syria's "aggressive acts."In the most serious cross-border escalation of the 18-month uprising in Syria, Turkey hit back at what it called "the...
Michigan Court of Appeals dismisses case against West Bloomfield Muslim Center
October 5th, 20120 WEST BLOOMFIELD — The Michigan Court of Appeals recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by two residents asking for the court to repeal the sale of Eagle Elementary School to the Islamic Cultural Association (ICA). The lawsuit was initially dismissed by a circuit court. The Michigan Court of Appeals stated that residents and plaintiffs...
Court upholds NDAA; stay extended on indefinite detention injunction
October 5th, 20120 WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court has extended a stay on the injunction blocking the notorious indefinite detention provision in the 2012 defense bill that lets the U.S. government jail any American without end over even suspected terrorist ties.This comes as attorneys for the White House fight to lift the order imposed by a federal...
And the winner is: Romney
October 5th, 20120 WASHINGTON, DC. — Mitt Romney won big the debate. President Obama got digs in on the former governor over the lack of detail of his proposals, but Romney clearly came out to play hard. The other big winner was the American people. This was a real debate with real differences, real clarity. Too bad voters have had to be assaulted by......
Radical Israeli settlers vandalize Christian monastery
October 5th, 20120 JERUSALEM - Radical Jewish settlers vandalized a Christian church just outside of the city, spray-painting “Jesus is a bastard” and “price tag” on its outer door. Such attacks have been on the rise despite police promises to curb hate crimes in the Holy Land.The blue graffiti denigrating the central figure to the Christian...
U.S.: Living with hate in a free market of ideas
October 5th, 20120 NEW YORK — U.S. President Barack Obama’s unequivocal defence of First Amendment protections of blasphemy and hateful speech during last week’s address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly defied calls from Muslim protesters and some foreign government leaders to ban a controversial YouTube video and support stronger......
USAID reps discuss humanitarian efforts in Syria, Yemen during Dearborn visit
DEARBORN —Members from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) paid a visit to the city of Dearborn last week, where they held a private meeting with local leaders at the Arab American National Museum located on Michigan Ave last Friday. Minutes before their meeting, we had a sit-down with several members from...Gag rule aimed at stifling Palestine speech fails to pass at UM-Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR – A resolution aimed at limiting speakers during a community concerns portion of Student Government meetings failed to pass this past Tuesday night after it did not achieve the two-thirds majority needed to amend the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor's Central Student Government's operating procedures.The resolution was...Conference warns violence against Christians worldwide on the rise
WARREN — The attacks surfacing against Christians worldwide particularly in parts of the Arab World are on the rise, according to concerns raised at the American Middle East Christians Congress conference Sep. 28 at the St. Sharbel Church here. Dr. Ramsy Dass, M.D., President of the American Middle East Christians...
Report: French secret serviceman killed Gaddafi on Sarkozy’s orders
October 5th, 20120 LONDON - A French secret serviceman acting on the express orders of Nicolas Sarkozy is suspected of murdering Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, it was sensationally claimed this week. He is said to have infiltrated a violent mob mutilating the captured Libyan dictator last year and shot him in the head.The motive, according to well-placed......
Homeland Security gathers “crap intelligence” and spies on Americans
October 5th, 20120 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has endangered the civil liberties of Americans and spent millions on collecting not counterterrorism intel but “a bunch of crap,” a Senate subcommittee investigation of DHS data fusion centers has found.The Senate’s bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released...
Unified rally at Dearborn Civic Center attacts over 1,000
October 1st, 20120 DEARBORN-A message was heard loud and clear on Friday evening in Dearborn where a community rally standing up against violence and hate was held at the city's Civic Center located on Michigan Ave., where over 1,000 locals turned out to support the condemning of hate speech, while also defending the prophets of......
100 years after its inception, AFPD still on guard, making retail business easier for members
The AFPD has evolved into one of the most powerful and influential forces in the Midwest food, beverage and petroleum industry As early as 1913 the AFPD, which at the time had only a handful of members who were butcher shop owners, and was called the Detroit Retail Meat Merchants Association, began lobbying on behalf of its members....UM – Ann Arbor student government proposes limitations on anti-Israeli speech
ANN ARBOR — The Central Student Government meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was filled with tension when the body proposed a resolution on Tuesday evening that would end several years of attendance and speeches towards individuals who continuously raise awareness about the occupation of Palestine by Israel. Activist......
