My Muslim Vote rally in Dearborn motivates potential voters

August 3rd, 20180 DEARBORN — Organizers at Sunday’s My Muslim Vote rally held outside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn encouraged the Muslim community to participate in local and state elections. Nada Al-Hanooti, executive director of the Michigan chapter of Emgage, an organization that encourages Muslims to vote and was a...

Texas man convicted of hate crime in 2017 mosque burning

July 21st, 20181 VICTORIA, Texas — A Texas man was found guilty this week of a hate crime in the burning of a local mosque in January 2017, an attack that a rights group connected to an increase in anti-Muslim incidents in the United States, on Wednesday. Marq Vincent Perez, 26, was also found guilty on Monday by the jury in Victoria, Texas, of...

CAIR-MI hosts unveils annual civil rights report: Rise in hostility against Muslims

April 27th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab Americans News   FARMINGTON HILLS – On Monday, April 23, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations hosted a press conference at its Farmington Hills offices and released its 2018 civil rights report. CAIR is the largest advocacy and civil liberties organization for American...

People ask: Is strike against Syria justified?

April 23rd, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News "Assad either didn't carry out the chemical attack or he "is the dumbest dictator on the planet Earth." -Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) DEARBORN — The U.S. and its European allies carried out airstrikes on Friday, April 13, in retaliation for a suspected but unconfirmed chemical attack on April 7 in...

Activists reject repackaged Muslim ban

March 10th, 20170 DETROIT— In a frantic attempt to salvage any attempt at positive PR following the chaotic and complicated fallout of President Trump's January 27 executive order, the president issued a revised travel ban, "Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States", omitting Iraq from the list and...