Is Obama prepared to exert pressure on Israel?
The recent concerted push to restart the stalled peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis has been complicated by Israel's continual construction of settlements in the West Bank and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that Israel maintain a military presence along the West Bank's border with...ADC holds annual MLK scholarship event
DEARBORN — One of metro Detroit's most cherished Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorations marked its 11th anniversary on Jan. 29 as the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan held its MLK Scholarship Awards Reception. ADC MLK Scholarship...
Justice Department to investigate shooting death of imam
February 5th, 20100 DEARBORN — After the release this week of an autopsy report that stoked outrage over the FBI's fatal shooting of a Detroit imam in October, the U.S. Justice Department confirmed that it is conducting its own investigation of the incident, according to a U.S. congressman. Jamil Carswell, son of the late Imam Luqman Abdullah,...
Oscar nod for Israeli film
February 5th, 20100 The Israeli movie "Ajami," co-produced by an Israeli Palestinian and an Israeli Jew, was named this week as one of the five Oscar nominees for best foreign-language film. It takes its name from a rough neighborhood in Jaffa, a mostly Arab city just south of Tel Aviv. First it should be said that the film "Ajami" is a masterpiece by...Sanctions, regime change take center stage
WASHINGTON (IPS) — With the United States Senate set to take up major sanctions legislation against Iran by mid-February, neo-conservatives and other hawks are calling on the administration of President Barack Obama to pursue a more aggressive course of "regime change" in Tehran. In recent days, their call was unexpectedly...Local groups send relief to Haiti
As the need for relief persists in Haiti, the Southfield-based Life for Relief and Development charity continues to provide assistance to the victims of the devastated country. Life for Relief and Development workers prepare supplies for Haitian earthquake victims.The group partnered with the Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid...Scott betrays ignorance of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
State Sen. Martha Scott last week defended her 2009 trip to Israel, saying she met with Palestinian lawyers during her stay there to "hear both sides of the story." State Sen. Martha Scott with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a trip to Jerusalem sponsored by an AIPAC-affiliated group.Scott met with right-wing...
Group leaders meet with attorney general
February 1st, 20100 WASHINGTON — Executives of the Arab American Institute (AAI), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), met with Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday to discuss issues of concern to the Arab American and Muslim communities. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to a...Community, officials gather to honor newly elected judge
GROSSE POINTE WOODS — A third-generation Arab American who comes from a family of lawyers was sworn in as a Grosse Pointe Woods municipal court judge on Wednesday. He was elected to the part-time judicial post last November. Grosse Pointe Woods Municipal Court Judge Ted Metry, elected last November, takes a ceremonial oath on...Bring’n the funk
DEARBORN — Despite the popularity of fashion magazines and TV shows, good style can be hard to attain, especially when high department store prices for accessories are factored in. But a new boutique in Detroit on the border of Dearborn named Funkalooza aims to change that by offering customers a chance to find the perfect...Control of terrorism is most effective at the grassroots
The Christmas day terrorist has shaken the confidence of the public in airline safety and aroused worldwide attention. As of January 4, air passengers originating from or passing through terror-suspect countries will be subjected to special measures of security checks. The new security rules will cause anger in the Muslim world. Of...‘Know your rights’ forum planned
Several organizations led by the Muslim Student Association at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are scheduled to hold a "Know Your Rights" forum on Jan. 28, 4 p.m on campus in the CASL building. Speakers are to discuss what rights a person has when stopped, questioned, arrested or searched by law enforcement. Fears and concerns...Budget cuts cause massive layoffs
DEARBORN — Students will have to stay home from school on Jan. 29 and Feb. 1 to allow teachers and administrators at Dearborn Public Schools to reorganize classes after the district implements massive mid-year cuts. The district has laid off over 140 teachers in order to balance a budget strained by $12-million cuts imposed by the...
ICE responds to requests, grants Hamtramck family man more time before deportation
January 23rd, 20100 Anees Sous had his bags packed on Tuesday afternoon, in preparation for a Wednesday flight to Jordan that would have fulfilled a deportation order from immigration officials. He began saying goodbye to his friends, but still held out hope for a last-minute reprieve. Anees Sous, facing deportation proceedings after living in the...IRS to look at tax-exempt funding of illegal settlements
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in press release this week commended the decision by IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman to publicly commit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to tackling the issue of U.S. charities that launder tax exempt U.S. donations into illegal Israeli West Bank settlement activities.......
Why is the American press silent on the Israeli role in NW Flight 253?
On January 10, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz carried a news article by correspondent Yossi Melman pointing out the role of an Israeli security firm, International Consultants on Targeted Security (ICTS), in the failed attempt to detonate a bomb on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253. ICTS subsidiaries I-SEC and PI are...Zionism’s destabilizing force: “Israeli Exceptionalism” reviewed
In his new book "Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism," M. Shahid Alam successfully argues that the moral force behind the Zionist movement is a sense of Jewish, and consequently Israeli, exceptionalism. This claim of exceptionalism underpins what he calls the "destabilizing logic of Zionism." According to Alam,......
Hamtramck man to be deported, leaving behind six U.S.-born children
January 16th, 20100 A Hamtramck man who's been in the U.S. for 27 years is set to be deported next week unless a U.S. Congressman intervenes. Anees Sous, (second right), a Hamtramck business owner who's been in the U.S. for 27 years, is set to be deported to Jordan on Wednesday, leaving behind six U.S.-born children, unless a U.S. Congressman...Only psychiatrists can explain Israel’s behavior
Our wild world of crime has recently been sent for observation. From the bodyguard of the IDF Chief of Staff to the killers of their own children - all have been sent for observation. The time has come, as is the custom around here, to send the country for observation, too. Maybe with ongoing treatment from specialists, the diagnosis...We need a new flight plan
Nothing sums up the pointlessness, the prejudice and the unfairness behind profiling better than the following incident, which the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported in an action alert: "A Muslim woman traveler taking a flight Tuesday from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Los Angeles (LAX) reported that...An odyssey for justice in Gaza
The recent actions of people from around the world in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza have arguably represented the closest manifestation of international solidarity since the International Brigades against fascism during the Spanish Civil War. A bold assertion? Palestinian children stand in an abandoned car in the......
Muslims march against alleged Christmas terorrist
DETROIT - About 150 people gathered in front of the Theodore Levin Courthouse in downtown Detroit on Friday, January 8, waving American flags and wearing t-shirts bearing the slogan of the day, "Not in the Name of Islam," in response to the attempted bombing of Flight 253 to Detroit by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab....Suit alleges wage violations, discrimination
DEARBORN - Employees of Andiamo Dearborn filed a federal lawsuit against the restaurant on Tuesday for minimum wage and overtime pay violations. Labor activists demonstrate outside Andiamo Dearborn in support of restaurant workers who filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Italian eatery, claiming wage violations and......
Muslims meet with Macomb sheriff on bizarre death, genital mutilation of inmate
Mount Clemens - Mohammed Abul-Fazal Chowdhury Authorities have called the death a suicide. Chowdhury was being held in Macomb County Jail after being charged with murdering his wife. His attorney has asked for an independent investigation of the death. Macomb officials have said no evidence was found of the involvement of...Gaza activists return more determined than ever
When six Michigan Peace Team members booked trips to Egypt, they did so with the hope of crossing into Gaza and being part of a defining moment in the struggle to help free the besieged territory. An international peace activist waves to Palestinians upon his arrival at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, December......
