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The mosque and the Muslim vote
In recent weeks, Republicans have expressed surprisingly muted criticism of President Obama’s handling of the Ground Zero mosque controversy. Some GOP leaders - everyone from anti-Zionist Pat Buchanan to libertarian Grover Norquist - have gone so far as to warn the party that it would be a "mistake" to “overdo” their attacks on the...Israel and the anti-Muslim blow-up
I don't know why I am at all surprised that the American Right – including the Republican Party – has decided that scapegoating Muslims is the ticket to success. After all, it's nothing new. I remember right after 9/11 when the columnist Charles Krauthammer, now one of the most vocal anti-Muslim demagogues, almost literally flipped...UN treads cautiously in probe of Lebanon border firefight
Lebanese soldiers stand on the Lebanese side of the border.UNITED NATIONS — Three weeks after a fatal exchange of fire between Israel and Lebanon along the UN-demarcated Blue Line, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has yet to make recommendations on easing tension at the border. The incident, the...Dearborn police look for suspects involved in stealing political signs
DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is looking for individuals who have stolen political paraphernalia. During one incident the suspects were caught on video. Police say the suspects are stealing political signs that oppose their points of view. According to reports the individuals could be convicted of larceny and may face up to...Mayor’s iftar dinner brings community together
DEARBORN — About 400 guests attended Dearborn Mayor John B. O'Reilly’s annual iftar dinner on Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the Byblos Banquet Hall in the city. "I host this every year to bring together the Muslim community and the non-Muslim community for an iftar dinner, so that everyone has the same experience and appreciation of...Al Quds Day rally to be held at Dearborn City Hall Sept. 3
DEARBORN — A protest in accordance with the internationally recognized Al Quds Day will be held at Dearborn City Hall on Friday, September 3 at 2:30 p.m. The event is organized by the Jerusalem (Al Quds) Committee. Al Quds Day is a worldwide day of protest that occurs on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan with the...High school football teams kick off with renewed optimism for 2010 season
Fordson High School football players prepare for the season opener at a practice on Wednesday, August 25. The Tractors return just one starter from last year but are still expected to compete for a WWAC title this season. PHOTO: Nafeh AbuNab/American Elite Studios.DEARBORN — Last year was a successful one for the high school...‘McCarthyism’ rises in Israel
WASHINGTON — Israel and the Palestinians will resume direct peace talks here in early September, striving for a deal within a year to create an independent Palestinian state, U.S. officials announced on Friday. President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as well as...Yemen ‘abandons’ human rights
Yemeni authorities have carried out grave human rights abuses as part of an internationally-backed crackdown on a range of security threats facing the country, rights groups have said. In a report issued on Wednesday, Amnesty International says that growing U.S. concern over al Qaeda's presence in Yemen, combined with domestic...
Muslims across the nation threatened
August 30th, 20100 NEW YORK — A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization has renewed its call for a strong response by public officials to growing anti-Muslim bigotry nationwide following another hate incident targeting an American mosque. "Without a significant response by mainstream political leaders, this disturbing trend...Sadam “World Kid” Ali knocks out Arroyo, remains undefeated
Newark — In a fight scheduled for eight rounds at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center, Yemeni American and former U.S. Olympian Sadam "World Kid" Ali (9-0, 5 KOs) knocked out Lenin Arroyo (20-13-1, 4 KOs) of Costa Rica in the Welterweight Division. Ali moved well throughout the fight and staggered Arroyo in the second round with a...Suit filed on behalf of USSF travelers
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) along with the National Lawyers Guild filed a complaint with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and U.S. Department of Justice on August 13 on behalf of three U.S. Social Forum participants who were allegedly harassed at the Detroit-Windsor border on June 24 for their perceived...Dearborn Public Schools announces new assistant principals
DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public School District has announced the new assistant principal (A.P.) appointees. The board of education approved several new A.P.s during a meeting on Aug. 23. The following new A.P.s will begin work immediately for the 2010-2011 school year: • Natasya Shajira, A.P., Henry Ford Elementary School, from...Hearns withdraws from planned boxing match with Mihtar
WINDSOR — Dearborn boxer Brian Mihtar and Ronald Hearns, son of Detroit boxing legend Tommy Hearns, will no longer compete against each other in a boxing match originally scheduled for Oct. 9 at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Casino after Hearns pulled out this past week. Hearns' camp did not provide an official reason...Woman sues Disneyland for not allowing her to work wearing hijab
LOS ANGELES — Twenty-six-year-old Imane Boudal is suing Disneyland after the company's Grand Californian Hotel wouldn't allow her to work as a hostess while wearing a hijab. Boudal says she was told she couldn't wear the hijab because it didn't comply with Disney's look, and the only way she could wear it was if she worked......
Judge suspends case for woman who hit U.S. Sen. Carl Levin in the face with a pie
BIG RAPIDS, MI — On Aug. 24, a Mecosta County district judge suspended Ahlam Mohsen's case while the FBI decides whether the 22-year-old should be charged with a federal crime. The judge lowered Mohsen's bond to 50,000. In order to be released, Mohsen must pay $5,000 in cash. Mohsen threw a pie in U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's face last week...Miss U.S.A. Rima Fakih competes in Miss Universe, falls short
LAS VEGAS — After an evening gown and swimsuit competition, 83 contestants in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant were narrowed down to 15 this week and Miss U.S.A Rima Fakih didn't make the cut. The Miss Universe 2010 contest took place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas on Monday, August 23. The contest's 15 finalists......
MIAAHAC responds to hate crimes at annual conference
LANSING — The Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes annual conference is Thursday, Sep. 16 at the Ramada Lansing Hotel and Conference Center in Lansing. The conference provides a community response to hate crimes. Individuals from law enforcement agencies, victim service agencies, community organizations and educational institutions...Alleged serial stabber back in Michigan, held without bond
FLINT — Elias Abuelazam, a 33-year-old suspect accused of stabbing 14 men, most of them African Americans, in the Flint area along with four others in Virginia and Ohio, was arraigned on one charge of assault with intent to murder in Flint's 68th District Court on Thursday, August 26 according to The Detroit Free Press. Abuelazam...Clandestine Israeli PR campaign in America
WASHINGTON PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Declassified files from a Senate investigation into Israeli-funded covert public relations and lobbying activity in the United States were released by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on July 23rd, 2010. The subpoenaed documents reveal Israel's clandestine programs for...Ouster of contractors in Afghanistan throws U.S. strategy in doubt
NEW YORK – Charging that U.S. private security contractors are "mafia-like groups" being financed by U.S. taxpayers to carry out "terrorist activities" with the support of the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a four-month phaseout of all private security companies in his embattled country. Asserting his......
Immigration system a broken behemoth, groups say
August 29th, 20100 WASHINGTON – One year after the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama announced that it intended to overhaul the country's heavily criticized immigration detention practices and create a "truly civil detention system," a new academic paper bolsters claims by human rights groups that real reform is still a long way off....
Palestinian patients suffer from political rivalry
August 29th, 20100 RAMALLAH — Cancer patient Ahmed Abu Fuad needs chemotherapy to survive. Muhammad Subeh needs an eye-transplant while paramedic Alaa Sarhan desperately needs surgery to remove shrapnel from his body. But these Gazans are unable to leave the area to seek the required medical treatment elsewhere, and it is not because of the Israeli......
Egypt blames security for art theft
CAIRO — Egyptians are still searching for the $50m work of art that has gone missing from the Mahmoud Khalil museum. Egypt's top prosecutor has said that security lapses are to blame for the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum. Prosecutor general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud said on Sunday that none of the alarms and...Obama plays down plan for post-2011 Iraq troop presence
WASHINGTON – When the Barack Obama administration unveiled its plan last week for an improvised State Department-controlled army of contractors to replace all U.S. combat troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, critics associated with the U.S. command attacked the transition plan, insisting that the United States must continue to assume......