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What Trump has done: The entire U.S.-Middle East political framework just collapsed
December 15th, 20170 By Ramzy Baroud Now that President Trump has fully adopted the Israeli right wing political discourse on Palestine, the Palestinian Authority is in a very tough spot. "I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," Trump said in Washington last Wednesday. The embattled president has...
Trump’s Jerusalem decision: A fatal and fateful blow
December 15th, 20170 By Dr. James J. Zogby President Trump's decision to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was irresponsible and dangerous for more reasons than I can count. Let me outline just a few of the principal concerns: While we have all grown weary of hearing the over-used mantra "this is the end of the peace process", Trump's...ISIS threatens attacks in U.S. over Trump’s Jerusalem decision
CAIRO — ISIS threatened attacks on U.S. soil in retaliation for the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, one of the group's social media accounts reported on Thursday without giving any details. In a message on one of its accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service titled "Wait for...
On Jerusalem, Obama was no better than Trump
December 15th, 20170 By Khelil Bouarrouj President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital has simply exposed the grim reality of American peace mediation between the Israelis and Palestinians. Under Trump's predecessors, America's "special relationship" with Israel was headed to the same denouement of embracing Israeli occupation...
Minnesota lieutenant governor to replace Franken in Senate
December 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON — Minnesota's Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith was appointed as a senator on Wednesday to replace Al Franken, who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment. Smith, 59, will serve a one-year term concluding in January 2019, Governor Mark Dayton said at a news conference, and will run in a special election...
FCC strikes down net neutrality
December 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open Internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape. The approval of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal in a 3-2 vote marked a victory for...
Fathers’ depression affects kids’ depression, too
December 15th, 20170 Fathers who show signs of depression may be more likely to have kids who show signs of depression, especially in their teen years, according to a new study in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Previous research has shown an association between maternal depression and adolescent depression, but few studies have looked for links between...
Babies learn what words mean before they can use them
December 15th, 20170 Babies begin to learn words and what they mean well before they begin talking, and researchers are beginning to understand how they do it. "I think it's especially intriguing that we find evidence that for infants, even their early words aren't 'islands'; even with a very small vocabulary they seem to have a sense that some words and...Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center opens third free legal clinic
DETROIT — The Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center (SWIRC) will open its third free legal clinic next month, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Oakland County Bar Foundation, and an additional $25,000 from the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Program. SWIRC's first clinic opened up in June 2015 and has since became the...
Hearing to be held about the release of Iraqi nationals
December 15th, 20170 DETROIT — On December 20, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith will entertain a motion asking for the immediate release of more than 100 Iraqi nationals. Code Legal Aid and ACLU asked for their immediate release. "These people have businesses, homes and families; they are great contributors to our community," said Nadine Yousif...
Dearborn Heights man pleads guilty to bribing officials for pot dispensary
December 15th, 20170 DETROIT — A Dearborn Heights man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bribing public officials while trying to open a medical marijuana dispensary. Ali Baydoun, 52, could spend up to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge. His sentencing is scheduled for April. Baydoun reached the plea deal four...
Hate crimes on the rise in Michigan
December 15th, 20170 DETROIT — Hates crimes reported to police in Michigan went up 29 percent last year, according to data released on November 13 by the FBI. The increase saw a spike from 309 reported crimes to 399. "Hate crimes are happening more often than actually reported," said Rashida Tlaib, a former state representative now working with the...
Egyptian singer jailed over video inciting debauchery
December 15th, 20170 CAIRO — An Egyptian court jailed a little-known singer for two years on Tuesday for inciting debauchery, judicial sources said, after she appeared in a music video in her underwear and suggestively eating a banana. Shyma's song, titled "I have issues", sparked controversy on social media in the conservative country. The singer,...
National Arab Orchestra to host first annual Christmas concert
December 15th, 20170 DETROIT — Come celebrate the Holiday season with the National Arab Orchestra (NAO) at its first annual "Holiday Collage" concert featuring the NAO Takht Ensemble along with members of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. The "Takht" is a chamber ensemble and was considered the primary one in the Arab world, prior to WWI. The takht...
Muslimish: The rise of secular voices in Islamic communities
December 15th, 20178 FARMINGTON HILLS — Even in the multicultural Queens, New York City, Noura Embabi greatly felt the ripple effects of anti-Muslim bigotry immediately after Sept. 11, as a 16-year-old high school student. She grew up in an Egyptian Muslim American family, but incidents like a car attempting to run over her family while walking the......
Muslim leaders call on world to recognize East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
December 13th, 20170 ISTANBUL — Muslim leaders on Wednesday condemned President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and called on the world to respond by recognizing East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who hosted the summit of more than 50 Muslim countries in Istanbul, said the U.S....
Two Detroit police officers indicted on charges of robbery, extortion and others
December 13th, 20170 DETROIT -- The United States Attorney's Office were indicted Tuesday a Detroit Police lieutenant and an officer on charges of robbing drug dealers and stealing drugs and money obtained in searches, while four retired officers pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal involving chop shops and towing companies. Lieutenant David Hansberry,......
‘We are one’: Palestinian Christians and Muslims unite against Trump’s Jerusalem call
December 12th, 20170 JERUSALEM — Less than an hour after President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Palestinians protested by turning off the lights on the Christmas tree outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. It was a timely reminder that while headlines focused on Islamist calls for...
Feds charge Times Square bomb suspect, Bangladesh questions wife
December 12th, 20170 NEW YORK — Prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against a Bangladeshi man, accusing him of using a weapon of mass destruction in Monday’s bombing of a Manhattan commuter hub. Akayed Ullah, 27, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court with providing material support to a foreign terrorist...
Trump senior National Security Adviser Dina Powell to resign early next year
December 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON —President Trump’s Deputy National Security Adviser for strategy, Dina Powell, plans to resign early next year but will continue to have a role in Middle East diplomacy, the White House said on Friday. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Powell, a key player in U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, had...In Pictures: The Muslim and Arab world respond to Trump’s reckless decision on Jerusalem
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World rejects Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
December 8th, 20170 On Wednesday, Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at President Trump's decision to...
Bill letting people bring concealed guns across state lines passes House
December 8th, 20170 WASHINGTON — People would be able to bring legal, concealed guns into any U.S. state under legislation the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday that would also bolster the national background check system and require a study of the "bump stocks" used in October's Las Vegas mass shooting. The country's long-standing fight......
Florida man sentenced to 15 years in prison for vandalizing mosque
December 8th, 20172 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man who vandalized a Florida mosque in January 2016 and left a raw slab of bacon on its doorstep was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a hate crime conviction, a state attorney's spokesman said on Wednesday. Michael Wolfe, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal mischief to a place of worship in a case...
Study: Americans’ favorable opinions toward Arabs and Muslims improving
December 8th, 20170 WASHINGTON — A growing number of Americans hold favorable opinions of Arabs and Muslims, a new survey by the Arab American Institute (AAI) shows. The survey released Tuesday found attitudes toward Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans and Muslim Americans have risen to the highest levels in a decade. Conducted two months after the White......
