Honor journalist James Foley: Don’t watch the video
If the early reports are correct and journalist James Foley was, in fact, executed by the Islamic State, you can honor him -- and not play into the terroristic hands of that organization -- simply by not watching the video of his murder.Video voyeurism of the worst variety exists when we feast on the death of journalists who strive,...The Land of the Free is running out of freedom
Lesley McSpadden and Louis Head, the mother and stepfather of Michael Brown, on Aug. 9.Six bullets. Michael Brown, an unarmed young man, was shot six times by a police officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. Brown, 18, was Black. Wilson is White, as is the overwhelming majority of the police force in the town that is mostly African...Hashtag Genocide: Gaza fought back
GAZA – My old family house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza was recently rebuilt by its new owner, into a beautiful three-story building with large windows adorned by red frames. In Israel’s most recent and deadliest war on Gaza, the house sustained significant damage. A large hole caused by Israeli missiles can be seen from...Local reaction to report smearing Dearborn fell short of its significance
Last week, The Intercept, an online news source, leaked a federal document that alleges Dearborn has the second highest number of "known or suspected terrorists" in the country. Within hours, it made headlines across the country and front page news in local media.The report was not only inaccurate, it was an insult to the city and the...Government Discontinues Processing EBT for Merchants
Does your business currently accept or plan to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) in the future? If so please take note that effective September 21, the government will no longer process EBT transactions or provide free equipment to merchants who were not approved by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) prior to March 21, due to...Storm leaves thousands of Metro Detroit residents in limbo
On Monday, August 11, the metro Detroit region was hit hard with torrential rains, causing many communities to become inundated with several inches of precipitation in a relatively short period of time. As a result, thousands of metro Detroit residents experienced sewage backup onto their property. The law regarding the rights and...On heroes and preachers: Gaza’s new resistance paradigm
"Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? In Israeli prison, of course!" was the title of an article by Jo Ehrlich. published in Modoweiss.net on Dec 21, 2009. That was almost exactly one year after Israel’s concluded a major war against Gaza. The so-called Operation Cast Lead (December 27, 2008 – January 18, 2009) was, until then, the...Displacing Iraqi Christians benefit the enemies of the Arab World
Christians have lived in Mosul since the dawn of their faith. Over that more than 2,000-year period, armies conquered and left. Wars were waged. Governments fell. Civilizations collapsed. But the Christians remained in their cities and towns, with their church bells ringing tunes of diversity in the land between the two rivers, the...Dearborn is not a city of terrorists
According to a federal report released by the online publication The Intercept and cited by numerous media outlet, Dearborn has the second highest number of U.S. residents on the government's Terrorist Screening Database, a watch list of terrorists and suspected terrorists.About 96,500 people live in Dearborn, while 3,858,000 people...
Our endorsements for the August 5 primary
August 1st, 20140 For many of the races in the upcoming August 5 primary, it will be your last chance to choose in this election cycle. The county executive, the State Legislature and U.S. Congress seats in Wayne County will be decided next week, not in November. Wayne is an overwhelmingly “blue” county. Hence, democratic nominees who are...Israel is losing the war
On Sunday morning, Israeli forces shelled the neighborhood of Shuja’iya in northern Gaza to the point of obliteration. At least 67 civilians were killed. Civilians' bodies littered the streets as rescue workers struggled to aid the wounded amid continued bombing. The massacre did not happen because the neighborhood is a Hamas...To Dearborn City Council: Boycott the butchers
When you demand a boycott against Israel, it gets splashed across their mass media. It’s a shock they never expected. They killed so many Arabs, so easily; they never expected a big red “Stop” sign in their face.That’s exactly what each “Boycott Israel” resolution is. It shocks them like a slap in the face.Do you...The war Netanyahu cannot possibly win
When the bodies of three Israeli settlers – Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 1 and Eyal Yifrach, 19 – were found on June 30 near Hebron in the southern West Bank, Israel went into a state of mourning and a wave of sympathy flowed in from around the world. The three had disappeared 18 days earlier in circumstances that remain...
Detroit News editor’s call for Israel to “finish the job” is racism
July 18th, 20140 The body of a boy killed by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat on a beach in Gaza City, July 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed TalateneIn an opinion piece published on Monday, July 13, Detroit News Editorial Page Editor Nolan Finley called on world leaders, including those in Washington, to "let Israel finish the job."In his editorial,...The White House Iftar Dinner: Striving for more than a seat at the table
“Should Muslim-Americans attend the Washington, DC Iftar?" I asked the women across the dinner table, after digesting the heated exchanges about the White House Iftar Dinner on my social media timelines. “Who cares?" Responded the 51 year-old, single-parent Muslim-American from Detroit. The debate of the day among......
The White House Iftar Dinner: Striving for more than a seat at the table
“Should Muslim-Americans attend the Washington, DC Iftar?" I asked the women across the dinner table, after digesting the heated exchanges about the White House Iftar Dinner on my social media timelines. “Who cares?" Responded the 51 year-old, single-parent Muslim-American from Detroit. An immigrant from Iraq, raising...Obama’s call for peace is insincere
On Tuesday, July 8, President Obama published an op-ed in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, with the misleading headline: "Peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians."Obama urged all sides to act "with reasonableness and restraint, not vengeance and retribution."As I've said time and again, neither I nor......
Letter to the editor: Complacency or solidarity: Where do we stand?
The Presbyterian Church of the USA convened its General Assembly in Detroit last month and made history. The Church voted to divest more than $20 million from three U.S. corporations that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The divestment recommendations came from the Church’s own official committee responsible for...Israelis excel at vengeance, not Palestinians
Shock and anger have engulfed Israeli and Palestinian societies since they learned last week of the barbarous murder of children from their communities. Hours after three Israeli teenagers’ bodies were located, long after their abduction, a Palestinian youth, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was kidnapped, beaten and burned to death, apparently as...Our phones should be protected from Customs and Border Protection agents, too
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that police officers cannot search the cell phones of suspects they arrest, without a warrant.Prior to the ruling, the police could search everything carried by the arrested suspect. But as Chief Justice John Roberts noted, "modern cell phones, as a category,...Why Bush and Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently stated that air strikes and drones should be used once again on Iraq to stem recent gains by extremists in that country. Blair is oblivious of the responsibility he shares with former U.S. president George W. Bush on account of one of the most serious breaches of international law......
Stalling immigration reform is politically motivated racism
June 26th, 20140 Comprehensive immigration reform benefits the economy, strengthens our bond as a nation and — most importantly— eases the suffering of millions who live on U.S. soil and aspire to be Americans.A bipartisan immigration reform bill that would give the country's more than 11 million undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship passed...Kerry’s Cairo remarks further downgrade human rights in U.S. policy
On Sunday, June 22, Secretary of State John Kerry spoke in Cairo following his meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry and Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.Although bilateral ties had been strained by the military removal of the former elected President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and by the widespread violations of......
Hillary’s haughty hyperbole!
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets people as she signs copies of her book "Hard Choices" at a Costco store in Arlington, Virginia June 14. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review section featured a one page interview with Hillary Clinton, author of the just released Hard Choices,...Dealing with the onslaught of radical Islam in Iraq
It is not easy to find an immediate solution to the onslaught of radical Islam. A regional approach must be found; Washington can help, but not much. As long as Saudi Arabia and Iran are working as adversaries it will be hard to resolve the crises in the extremely vulnerable Arab states.The relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will......
