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Muslim investors profit by adhering to faith
As credit markets have imploded, triggering a global economic crisis, Islamically correct investors have seen a change of fortune: The conservative principles this small group of devout Muslims clung to during the economic heyday has insulated them from the worst of the past year's suffering. Their renunciation of the interest-based...Digital delay gives unprepared communities more time to get ready, obtain coupons
WASHINGTON – Calling the delay in the conversion to digital TV broadcasting "a call to action" for communities across the country, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) and New America Media (NAM) have stepped up their joint campaign to assist minority and low-income households with preparing for the...Obama urged to review position on landmines and cluster bombs
A U.S. Air Force bomber unleashes cluster munitions WASHINGTON — This week, leaders from 67 national organizations, including the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, representing a wide cross-section of American values and constituencies, issued a strong call for President Barack Obama to reconsider U.S....Muslim and Arab American leaders meet with New York mayor
NEW YORK — The Muslim Public Affairs Council - New York City (MPAC-NYC), together with other community groups, met with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday to express their concerns about the mayor's "uncritical" support of Israel's recent attacks on Gaza. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg "In the interest of representing all...U.S. academics boycott Israel
An increasing number of American university professors have joined a U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel. Earlier in January, a group of American university professors launched a national campaign calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel, as the regime began its deadly military campaign in the...
Learn about two more Detroit mayoral candidates
February 14th, 20090 Detroit interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. Fresh off of his State of the City address last Tuesday, Detroit interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. will now turn his attention to the primary election, which takes place on February 24. Only the top two vote-getters in the election will move on to the May 5 final election for the position...
Community responds to Starbucks boycott
February 14th, 20090 DEARBORN — The debate over whether or not to boycott the Starbucks coffee company continues to be a hot topic among activists and Arab Americans in metro Detroit. A picketing of the west Dearborn Starbucks, 22155 Michigan Avenue, is expected to take place on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 4-8 p.m. Organizer Susan Hajhassan, 26, talked...
Dearborn news briefs
February 14th, 20090 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Firefighters Burn Drive is hosting a fundraiser for the care of an ailing six-year-old Dearborn girl, Meghan Salter, on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Avenue. Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly, Jr. (right, front), City Council President Tom Tafelski...
New sushi bar in Dearborn
February 13th, 20090 DEARBORN — For years, Dearborn lacked a focused place for sushi lovers to get their fix. But now that the Kabuki sushi bar and restaurant is in town, the drive time for a taste of their favorite rolls and other sushi delicacies has been cut a significant amount. "Our owner, K.J. Lee, used to talk to people from Dearborn all the...
The horror of Gaza witnessed
February 7th, 20090 A Palestinian girl carries her sister in front of a destroyed house in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip, February 4, 2009. Thousands of Palestinians are living in tented camps after Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip, hoping for a swift end to Israel's blockade so they can rebuild their homes. Reuters Over the...
Fordson seniors head to college football
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — Wednesday was National Signing Day across the country as high school seniors signed letters-of-intent to the schools of their choice, and the Dearborn Fordson Tractors were well represented with three players receiving college scholarships. Fordson head football coach Fouad Zaban (back) watches his players (from...
Video: ADC gives scholarship awards
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — It was a special night at Greenfield Manor in Dearborn last Friday as the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee held its 10th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Awards Reception. First place Martin Luther King scholarship award winner Laya Charara (center at podium) reads a portion of her prize-winning...Evidence of chemical weapons
GAZA CITY — When Nafiz Abu Shabam received a 5-year-old patient at the Shifa Hospital early in the war between Israel and Hamas, he dressed her burns and sent her for tests. Three hours later, when he and other medical staff redressed the wound, they saw smoke coming from it. Loay Soboh, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy, waves...Politically, Hamas may have won
CAIRO (IPS) — Despite declarations of victory by Israel, the military assault on the Gaza Strip failed to achieve its stated aims, many analysts say. The assault, and even its exceptional brutality, may only have vindicated the notion of resistance among the Arab public. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaks during a rally in...Erdogan urges world to recognize Hamas
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for recognition of Hamas which won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections. In an interview with The Washington Post published Saturday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said isolating Hamas is the reason for the ongoing tensions in......
Generals seek to reverse Obama withdrawal decision
February 7th, 20090 WASHINGTON (IPS) — CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months at an Oval Office meeting Jan. 21. A man walks past a U.S. soldier...Kucinich hosts Capitol Hill briefing on Gaza
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich convened a briefing on Capitol Hill. He invited two humanitarian workers to discuss the state of the Gaza Strip. Congressman Brian Baird of Washington state was in attendance and contributed comments. The packed room included many hill staffers, activists and humanitarian relief......
Landslide election wins for Maliki
February 7th, 20090 BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won landslide victories over Shi'a rivals in provincial elections at the weekend, reflecting a seismic shift in the political landscape, preliminary results issued on Thursday showed. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Results showed big wins for the prime minister's...State Senator Martha Scott: LOVE IS NOT ABUSE
Senator Scott: Dating violence is at epidemic proportions, resulting in thousands of preventable deaths. I hope you can do your part by becoming a MADE member and help me protect our youth. Join the MADE coalition by signing the petition at www.loveisnotabuse.com/made. The majority of this country sees Valentine's Day as an...
Obama may soon have to deal with Netanyahu
February 7th, 20090 Israel's Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu smiles during a conference in Tel Aviv Feb. 5, 2009. Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party continues to lead opinion polls ahead of a Feb. 10 parliamentary election with the ruling Kadima party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in second place. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen On Feb. 10, the...
Fordson students gather aid for Gaza
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — A group of high school students hope to make a difference for people in Gaza still suffering the effects of the three-week war last month, as they try to raise money and awareness locally. Fordson High School National Honor Society members Mohammad Ali Chokr (R), 17, Ali Nasrallah, 17, Hassan Hamid, 17, and an......
CAAO to file complaint against Judge Wygonik
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — Members of the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO) on Wednesday decided in a meeting at the Lebanese American Heritage Club to file a grievance with the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission against 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik. 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik Several members pledged...
Video: Immigrants take citizenship oaths in Dearborn ceremony
February 7th, 20090 DEARBORN — About 250 Detroit-area immigrants exchanged their Green Cards for naturalization certificates on Jan. 30 after officially becoming U.S. citizens when they took their oaths at Byblos Banquet Hall in a formal ceremony. Byblos owner Youssef Bazzi offered up his hall for the fourth time in three years to federal officials......
Imams meet, plan to support Gaza
February 7th, 20090 PHOTO: Khalil AlHajal/TAAN DEARBORN — Dozens of Muslim religious leaders from as far as Grand Blanc gathered at the Islamic Institute of Knowledge on Wednesday to discuss action on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in general. Osama Siblani, of the Arab American Political Action...Obama signs children’s health bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sees expansion of government health insurance to millions of lower-income children as a first step of several to come in providing coverage for all Americans. Ending a two-year effort by Democrats, Obama signed legislation Wednesday that will allow about 7 million children to continue coverage......
