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Dearborn residents can dispose of many items not allowed in curbside trash during free Sep. 18 collection event at DPW Yard
DEARBORN - Dearborn residents who need to dispose of many items not accepted in curbside trash pickup can get rid of them for free during a special collection event happening at the Dearborn DPW Yard on Saturday, September 18. Please note that absolutely no hazardous materials will be accepted. Further note that only Dearborn...FBI investigation launched over burned Qur’an at Islamic Center in Lansing
A vandalized Qur'an was found at The Islamic Center of East Lansing on Sep. 11. The East Lansing Police and the FBI have launched an investigation in the case. The holy text was found with burn-marks, ripped pages and what is believed to be feces. No suspect has been found in the case. ...Open House for teachers at Arab American Museum
Educators are invited to attend a free open house of the Arab American Museum Thursday Sept. 30 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The museum will hold free tours for all teachers and educators. After the tour, guests are invited to have light refreshments and take home educational materials. A raffle will also be held. RSVP by September 24 by...Modern math in medieval architecture
DEARBORN — Peter J. Lu, a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University, will give a lecture on Modern Math in Medieval Islamic Architecture at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn on Monday, October 4 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The lecture examines recent findings that deal with the patterns found in the tiles in the...Organizations partner up to serve Detroit on 9/11 anniversary
DETROIT — In an effort to make the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York a national day of service and remembrance the Arab Community Center for Social and Economic Services partnered up with WISDOM, InterFaith Leadership Council, City Year and 1 By Youth and Leadership Detroit to participate in “Acts of Kindness (A-OK)...ELECTION IN EGYPT: Brotherhood struggles against shut doors
CAIRO (IPS) – As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood-led opposition over the last five years in an assembly dominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). Mohammed Badie is the Muslim Brotherhood's eighth...Religious leaders condemn growing Islamophobia
WASHINGTON (IPS) — Leaders of some three dozen mainstream U.S. religious denominations Tuesday condemned what many commentators have called a rising tide of Islamophobia touched off by the recent controversy over the construction of a Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the site of the twin World Trade Center...
Interfaith gatherings call for tolerance, remember 9/11 victims
September 13th, 20100 More than 20 religious leaders from various backgrounds and several different churches and mosques came together for an interfaith prayer session in support of tolerance and understanding on Sept. 11 at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. PHOTOS: Nick Meyer/TAANA total of nearly 2,000 people gathered this past weekend for...
War crimes ad infinitum
September 12th, 20100 U.S. soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies’ Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for sport in separate attacks this year. Seven others are accused of covering up the killings and assaulting a recruit who exposed the murders when he...Adonis at U of M-Ann Arbor
World-renowned Syrian poet Adonis is to visit the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Campus the second week of October. Adonis is to hold a Poetry reading Monday, October 11 at 5:10pm at the Helmut Stern Auditorium in University of Michigan Museum of Art. 525 S. State Street. Following the poetry reading he will make three other...Modern Math In Medieval Architecture
Peter J. Lu, a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University, will give a lecture on Modern Math in Medieval Islamic Architecture at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn on Monday October 4 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The lecture examines recent findings that deal with the patterns found in the tiles in the 1200 C.E. and...Arab American businessman receives Spirit of Detroit Award
DETROIT - Local businessman Hussein Bazzi, 41, was presented with the Spirit of Detroit award on Thursday, Sep. 9 for his service and generosity to the community that neighbors his BP gas station located between Chicago and Schaefer in Detroit. Bazzi, who is a board member of the Tri-County Business Committee, which was formed to...
Internet helps reunite family: Local family thrilled to find kidnapped daughter after 25 years
September 12th, 20100 For most members of the local Lebanese American community, the most timeless of all summer memories are created through trips back home. Jihad Haidar holds a picture of his daughter Ohilaa at age 2.But for Jihad Haidar and his wife Sabah Bazzi, a simple phone call in June was more than enough to provide them with the kind of...9/11 NINE YEARS LATER: Local scholars express concern over post-9/11 policies
Cranes haul supplies into the building being built at One World Trade Center at the World Trade Center construction site in New York September 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonDEARBORN — The ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon finds the United States of America at-large in an uncertain...Demonstrators rally for Jerusalem, support Palestinian rights
Over 200 people gathered at Dearborn City Hall on September 3 to protest Israel's occupation of Palestine on the international day of demonstrations known as Al Quds Day. The day is held in solidarity with the oppressed people of the world. PHOTOS: Natasha Dado/TAANDEARBORN — More than 200 people rallied outside of Dearborn City......
Obama completes his surrender
Obama has signalled his coming complete surrender to Zionism and its lobby. He did it with seven words: "Ultimately the U.S. cannot impose a solution." President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L) and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Washington last week.He was speaking at the White House the day...
Tolerance, not terrorism, should cancel Burn a Qur’an Day
September 12th, 20100 Nine years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, we can see just how effectively this country has fought the so-called Global War on Terror. As we go to press, the threat of terrorist attacks from the burning of a book has forced the cancellation of Burn a Qur'an Day, one idiot's way of observing the ninth anniversary of......
Wikipedia wars: Palestinians and Israelis take their fight to online media
RAMALLAH (IPS) – Palestinians and Israelis are using the media as a new battleground in their war to win hearts and minds across the globe, even as the protracted conflict in the Mideast drags on with no apparent end in sight. This latest move by the foreign ministry follows two right-wing groups the Israeli settler movement...Under daily blackouts, Lebanese wait to see the light
Most of the owners of large generators work hand-in-hand with politicians, for whom the current situation is lucrative and who prefer not to find solutions, she said. In addition, in many poor areas where the government does not have full authority, electricity is often stolen by residents who connect illegally to an electricity...Acts of Kindness Weekend in Remembrance of 9/11
The Arab Commnity Center for Social and Economic Services (ACCESS) has partnered with WISDOM, the InterFaith Leadership Council, City Year and 1 By Youth and Leadership Detroit for an event entitled “Acts of Kindness (A-OK) Detroit: A Weekend of Remembrance and Restoration.” This weekend will mark the ninth anniversary of the...9/11 demonstration planned in favor of Ground Zero Mosque
NEW YORK – It’s being billed as rally and a march against racism and anti-Muslim bigotry. A coalition of groups in favor of the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero announced it will hold a counter-demonstration to those planning to protest the project. It will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Broadway and Park Place — just east......
Burning more than the Qur’an
Saturday is International Burn a Qur'an Day. Perhaps you hadn’t heard. The day is the brainchild of one Terry Jones, pastor of the tiny Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. You will not be surprised to hear that his plan to build a bonfire of Qur'ans has stirred passions around the world. The New York Times reports Jones...
STALEMATE IN IRAQ: U.S. and Iran favor Maliki as Iraq PM
September 11th, 20100 BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has the backing of Washington and U.S. arch-foe Iran to keep his job, six months after he narrowly lost an election to ex-premier Iyad Allawi, politicians said Tuesday. The United States has consistently denied having any favored candidate for the premiership but amid growing impatience......
Eid Festival to be held on Sunday
Local Muslims are inviting the community to a day-long celebration commemorating the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. The event will be held at the Dearborn Civic Center on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Festivities include carnival rides, sports activities, video game tournaments, live stage presentations, food...
Florida “Burn a Qur’an Day” suspended amid torrent of U.S., international condemnations
September 11th, 20100 After an outpouring of condemnations from a multitude of diverse groups both inside and outside of the United States, a Florida pastor suspended his plan to burn copies of the Qur'an at his Gainesville, Florida church on Thursday, September 9. Pastor Terry Jones of The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida says he will......
