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Dearborn police need help catching suspect in home invasion
An artist's rendering of the suspect in an east Dearborn home invasion on Chase Road, based on police interviews. DEARBORN — Police are looking for a suspect in a home invasion that took place Aug. 24 in the 5400 block of Chase Road. The suspect allegedly pushed his way into the home and threatened the only occupant inside, a...Co-founder of iconic Dearborn mosque dies at 98
Hussien El Haje, photographed May 15 in an emotional moment during a celebration marking over 70 years of worship at the American Moslem Society Dearborn Mosque. PHOTO:TAAN Hussien El Haje, a founder of the iconic Dix mosque in Dearborn's south-end, died on Monday, August 24 at 98 years old. El Haje was honored in May at a...
Why Israel will thwart Obama on settlements
August 29th, 20090 The idea that the Obama administration can advance the Middle East peace process by having Israel freeze its construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank stretches credulity. A Palestinian laborer walks near an Israeli settlement. Does any serious observer of the region believe that Israel's appetite for land –...Mubarak meets Obama to patch up U.S.-Egypt relationship
CAIRO — Until five years ago, it was an annual tradition: every spring Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would travel to Washington to meet his American counterpart, congressional leaders, and a few newspaper editorial boards. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office at the...Embattled Hamas shows its moderate face
RAMALLAH (IPS) — The Islamic resistance movement Hamas's rule of Gaza is facing protracted political and military opposition from within Gaza, other Palestinian territories and abroad. Palestinians greet a Fatah member (C) after his release from a Hamas-run prison in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2009. The...Ex-wife blamed for Kuwait inferno
KUWAIT — Kuwaiti police investigating a deadly blaze at a wedding tent that killed 43 women and children say the ex-wife of the groom has confessed to starting it. Charred clothing, shoes and other debris litter the ground in the aftermath of the fire that left 43 women and children dead in a wedding tent near Kuwait City....Why is development evading the Arabs?
Arabs face stubborn obstacles to social change. They recognize their problems but do not settle on alternatives; and they are worried about replacing their autocratic political regimes. Change, they fear, may lead to even worse circumstances. Responding to the challenge, Arab scholars have collaborated over the past seven years in...The Israeli occupation has corrupted its own society
The state of Israel has become hell, into which not only sinners — but also the innocent — may be cast at any moment. According to statistics from the Prime Minister's office, more Israelis have been murdered in the past month in Israel than those murdered since January 2007 in the territory of the Palestinian...Arab American rendition of Obama becomes right-wing icon
Earlier this summer, posters of President Barack Obama appearing as the ominous Joker from the most recent Batman movie, "The Dark Knight" began appearing around Los Angeles and other cities. The poster had sprawled on the bottom the word "Socialism." Conservatives regard Obama's domestic policies as importing socialism into the United...Court reins in terror finance policy
NEW YORK (IPS) — A federal court this week ruled for the first time that the U.S. government cannot freeze an organization's assets under a terror financing law without a warrant based upon probable cause and without telling the organization the basis for its action and giving it a meaningful opportunity to defend itself. If the...Dearborn football teams gunning for title in 2009
DEARBORN — Summer is drawing to a close, and while it’s a sad time for many, others can’t help but be excited by the return of football season. High school football season in Dearborn has always taken on a special significance, especially in regards to the timeless rivalry between cross-town programs Dearborn and Dearborn...“Captain Abu Raed” opens at Bloomfield Hills Landmark
The first Jordanian film ever exported to theaters around the world opens in the Detroit area this weekend. "Captain Abu Raed," winner of 27 international awards including the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Audience Award, is now showing at the Maple Art Theatre, 4135 West Maple Rd. in Bloomfield Hills. Writer-director...Ramadan resolution adopted in state House
LANSING — The state House on Wednesday adopted a resolution wishing Michigan Muslims a happy Ramadan. The Muslim holy month of fasting, prayer and charitable giving starts this week. The resolution does includes a couple of mistakes. According to a version of the document posted on the legislature's website, the resolution includes...J Street’s Muslim funding for peace
WASHINGTON (IPS) — News reports and right-wing blogs have been repeating reports which claim that Muslims and Arabs are among the donors to the J Street political action committee (PAC) which lobbies American policymakers to work on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and helps raise campaign funds for candidates...
Iraqi faith in security forces shattered in Baghdad blasts
August 22nd, 20090 BAGHDAD — At the site of the deadliest Baghdad bombing in 18 months, Iraqi faith that their security forces could protect them lay shattered in the wreckage. A victim of a bomb attack in a hospital cries while waiting for receiving a medical treatment in Baghdad, August 19, 2009. A series of explosions killed at least 75 people......
Third Arab American Comedy Show a runaway success
August 22nd, 20090 As a veteran of New York City's Arab American Comedy Festival, comedian Mike Mosallam knew that the idea had a ton of potential if it could just find the right audience. "Love Match," a dating show spoof with fictional host Khaled Woolery, far left, drew big laughs from the Ford Performing Arts Center crowd at the 3rd Annual...
Why are we in Afghanistan?
August 22nd, 20090 As we approach the eight-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan — the "good" war — we should ask ourselves an embarrassingly simple question: Why are we there? Amidst talk of troop levels, suicide bombings, coalition casualties, and "democratic" elections, more fundamental questions arise. How did we get there? What are we doing?......
Rights group withdraws support of Cohen
August 22nd, 20090 The following press release was issued on 18 August 2009 by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel: Author, poet, songwriter, musician and singer Leonard Cohen. Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement...Israel turns dubiously to Africa
JERUSALEM (IPS) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been busy pursuing one aspect of the Obama administration's agenda — carrying to Africa the U.S. message of accountability. With a rather different agenda, Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Liberman also has Africa in his sights. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
Local family’s relatives evicted in Jerusalem heist
August 15th, 20090 A Troy man whose three brothers are literally living on a street in East Jerusalem with their wives and children after being evicted from their homes to make room for Jewish settlers is appealing for support from activists and elected officials in protesting his family's displacement. Protesters hold candles during a rally in...
Reaching the next generation with ‘Muppet diplomacy’
August 15th, 20090 When Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard invaded Kuwait in 1990, they brought back some unusual war booty to Baghdad: tapes of the region's "Sesame Street" show. Troops also took a Muppet camel. The furry blue monster, Mahboub. Haneen and Karim are two of the Muppet stars in "Shara'a Simsim," the Palestinian version of......
The Berber dance is over
RABAT (IPS) - The satellite receiver has sped up the process of wiping out the cultural heritage of Morocco's Berbers. Old traditions are now dying out under the influence of television imams. A young Berber goat herder poses for a photograph with a kid in the village of Tisgui Ntknt in Imlil district, Morocco. Tisgui Ntknt is a...Nuclear capability in Iran after 2013, says U.S. intelligence
WASHINGTON (IPS) - Iran is unlikely to be able to produce the highly enriched uranium (HEU) necessary for a nuclear weapon until at least 2013, according to a U.S. government intelligence estimate made public Thursday. The estimate, which sets a notably later date for Iran's acquisition of a nuclear capability than other claims that......
Turkey, Russia move closer
ISTANBUL (IPS) - Once the worst of enemies, involved in 12 wars in three centuries, Turkey and Russia have suddenly become the best of friends, forging strong bonds that could be a counterpoint to the European Union if it freezes Turkey out of full membership. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) with Russian...Saudi Arabia may not follow Obama’s plan
erusalem WASHINGTON (IPS) - Pro-Israeli lobbyists here won the support of 77 senators (out of 100) for a letter sent to President Barack Obama that urged him to "press Arab leaders" to consider making dramatic, upfront peace overtures to Israel. But one key Arab state, Saudi Arabia, has already clearly communicated its......