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New study from Ann Arbor toxicologist links Fallujah birth defects to U.S. weapons
January 8th, 20110 A new study has shed light on the massive surge in post-war birth defects in Fallujah, Iraq, showing for the first time that an epidemic of reproductive abnormalities has likely been caused by the presence of metals in the environment, potentially from the residues of munitions used by American armed forces on the city in 2004. A...
Lebanon: hard days ahead
January 8th, 20110 In Lebanon, 2010 saw the fragile political balance teetering on the edge of breakdown while Israeli threats of renewed war continued, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif Contrary to its beginning, which witnessed a number of political and civil initiatives towards national reconciliation, 2010 was largely marked by events that put at risk the...
Breaking the Israel-Palestine deadlock
January 8th, 20110 While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – that is, objections to its crimes and withdrawal of participation in them – and a parallel campaign of legitimation of Palestine. The...
The Arab world’s tipping point
January 8th, 20110 Nothing much happened for the Arab world in 2010, and nothing much will happen in 2011, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere*. But business as usual cannot – and will not – go on indefinitely. 2010 will go down in history, as far as the Arab world is concerned, as the most boring year of the decade – the year when nothing happened....
Arab American doctor, partner first to administer new prostate cancer treatment
January 8th, 20110 Doctors in the Radiation Oncology Department at William Beaumont Hospital were the first to treat prostate cancer using a single dose of radiation in a treatment called High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy. Dr. Nasser Al-Dhaibani administers treatment.Dr. Nasser Al-Dhaibani and Dr. Alvero Martinez treated 59 year old Brain Stark on...Women lead increase in U.K. converts to Islam
LONDON (Middle East Online) – The number of Muslim converts in Britain has almost doubled in ten years with an estimated 5,200 men and women adopting Islam last year alone, according to a study by the think tank Faith Matters. The study found that nearly two-thirds of the converts were women and over 70 per cent were white. The...
WikiLeaks: Israel plans total war on Lebanon, Gaza
January 8th, 20110 The Israeli military is planning out massive bombings of areas full of innocent civilians. AshkenaziThe Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has summarized an Israeli military briefing by Israeli Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi of a U.S. congressional delegation a little over a year ago and concludes that: "The memo on the talks...
Study finds benefits to Muslim religious leaders, hospital partnerships
January 8th, 20110 Aasim I. Padela, M.D.ANN ARBOR - Physicians may be able to improve American Muslims’ health by building and strengthening partnerships with Muslim religious leaders, according to a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System. Previous studies show health systems have established partnerships with priests and rabbis...Students in St. Clair Shores to learn more about diversity
High school students from Lakeview, Lake Shore, and South Lake School Districts are hosting a diversity day during which other students are invited to learn about various cultures and the value of diversity. The St. Clair Shores Diversity Youth Council is working with the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion to host the...Former British MP Galloway expected at Jan. 22 event in Dearborn
DEARBORN — Greenfield Manor in Dearborn is expected to host a fundraising dinner on Jan. 22 featuring former British Member of Parliament and Palestine activist George Galloway from 6-10 p.m, entitled "Sail to Break the Siege on Gaza." The event will also feature Shadia Mansour, a British-born Palestinian singer and hip-hop artist...Boxing champ Mihtar hopes to change lives at new south end gym
NABC Middleweight Champion Brian Mihtar (right) poses with his son Ismail. PHOTOS: Nick Meyer/TAANDEARBORN — New Year's Day 2011 marked what many hope will be a chance at a new beginning, and local boxing champion Brian "The Lion" Mihtar hopes that the youth of Dearborn, especially from the south side, will have that chance as...CAIR: Seattle Muslim targeted in bias attack
SEATTLE, WA – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today reported that a Seattle man who allegedly threatened a Muslim cashier in late December has been charged under that state's hate crime statute. CAIR-WA said the alleged assailant reportedly told a Muslim clerk at a Seattle grocery...Columbia University announces post-doctoral fellowship in Palestinian studies
Columbia University's Middle East Institute Center for Palestine Studies announced it will now offer a post doctoral fellowship in Palestinian Studies. Applicants for the 2011-2012 Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Award are now being accepted. The semester-long fellowship offers a $25,000 grant and the opportunity to conduct post-doctoral research....Deadline to apply for ISNA fellowship draws near
The last day to apply for the Islamic Society of North America's 2011 nonprofit management fellowship is Feb. 1. Muslim graduate students are encouraged to apply. The fellowship allows students to receive education and training in nonprofit management and philanthropy, and includes an internship with ISNA. Every year, 10 students are...ISNA diversity forum comes to Detroit
DETROIT — The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is expected to hold its first annual diversity forum Jan. 14-16 at the Doubletree Hotel in Detroit. The workshop titled "Realizing the Dream: Finding Strength Through Diversity" is expected to educate attendees on the history, role, and importance of diversity in Islam, and suggest......
String of burglaries in Dearborn causes concern, but crime rates down in 2010
DEARBORN – A total of five burglaries were committed on a single afternoon, Dec. 27, 2010 in Dearborn at homes near Telegraph Road between Ford and Cherry Hill, according to city police. Items including cash and jewelry were taken in each case. Police Chief Ron Haddad said that all five were likely committed by the same person, who...National 2010 Year in Review
• Countries, rights groups protest new TSA screening directives; “675 million added to terrorist list” • Suicide rate among U.S military veterans surges to average rate of 18 per day • Bush-era ban on Muslim Scholars Ramadan and Habib lifted • Flight 253: Why is the American press silent on Israeli role compared to......
2010 International Year In Review
• U.S. poised to increase aid to Yemen following airstrikes against alleged militants • Dubai unveils Burh Khalifa, world's tallest tower, as area's debts continue to pile up • Egypt blocks aid to Gaza as thousands of local, international activists rally in Cairo • Disastrous earthquake strikes in Haiti, death toll...2010 Year In Review
• 9/11-themed class shirts at Edsel Ford disrupts students; deemed a mistake • Locals rally in solidarity with others in Cairo as Israeli siege of Gaza in 2009 remembered • Muslim Americans march in Detroit against terrorism after failed “underwear bombing” • Budget cuts deepen in Dearborn Public Schools system • ICE...Muslims in America are in need of help
(Khaleej Times) – Since 9/11 hundreds if not thousands of Muslims have faced "preemptive prosecution," where Muslims who are deemed "dangerous" are prosecuted before they commit a crime. In these prosecutions, there are so many holes in the government's theories that the case is nothing but a list of unsubstantiated accusations. When...
Season for Jews, Christians and Muslims to look back at 2010
December 29th, 20100 Amman — At the time of Eid ul-Adha, which marks the end of the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca; Hanukkah, when Jews commemorate the dedication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem; and Christmas, when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, we look back, yet again, on a year "that could have been." Muslims, Jews and Christians are bound by a......
Local church minister sees life in Palestine
A woman stands in line at Qalandiya, a major checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The line is long, filled with people going to work and children going to school. There are upwards of 200 people waiting for the metal turnstiles to open. This woman waits, holding her daughter who needs to go to the hospital, hoping that...Obama’s indecisiveness defines his presidency
He may still possess the poise of a confident leader and an eloquent intellectual, but the presidency of Barack Obama is now suffering its most difficult phase to date. President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington December 22, 2010.......
Special Tribunal for Lebanon recipe for failure
American democracy has often perplexed me, because it has a number of times trampled on democracy. Richard Nixon spied on his adversaries. Ronald Reagan sold arms to the Iranians and George W. Bush invented the Patriot Act. And now the Obama administration expects the Special Tribunal for Lebanon indictment to be unrelenting because it...Why do Jewish groups ignore Glenn Beck?
Has anyone noticed that right-wingers are really exercised about anti-Semitism these days except when it emanates from right-wingers? This week in Forbes, Abigail R. Esman pens an utterly over-the-top column called "World To Jews: Drop Dead." Dead! She claims that, even here in the United States, anti-Semitism is no longer a "fringe"......