December 8th, 20170WASHINGTON — 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...
December 8th, 20170INKSTER — Zaman International's Hope for Humanity Center, a humanitarian organization for women and children in extreme poverty, added to its services December 4 with the addition of a culinary arts training program.
The program will offer cooking classes, beginning in January, to the women as well as the community. In addition to...
December 1st, 20170DEARBORN — Preserving heritage as well as cultural and religious practices have been the undertaking of generations of Arab and Muslim Americans.
But as the heat intensifies due to the nation focusing its magnifying lens on the "Arab capital of America", a recent "religious" reenactment held in the city's streets has local Muslim...
October 20th, 20170DEARBORN – It was an unfavorable outcome for some new candidates in Dearborn and neighboring cities' primary elections, but some might have another shot at making it into office on Nov. 7.
After a passionate debate on Tuesday, Oct. 17, The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) endorsed candidates in the general elections...
October 6th, 20170DEARBORN — East coast media outlets have been accused of being out of touch with middle America, so The Huffington Post embarked on a multi-city bus tour on September 12 titled "Listen to America."
In each city, HuffPost partnered with a news organization to host an event so that it could record stories from local residents.
The...
October 4th, 20170With a large population of Muslim and Arab Americans, Dearborn has the most per capita residents on a shadowy and unaccountable watchlist. It is nearly impossible to find out if you’re on it, let alone get your name off.
By Christopher Mathias, Rowaida Abdelaziz, Hassan Khalifeh, and Afaf Humayun
DEARBORN, Mich. — There’s...
August 18th, 20171WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 25, the Pew Research Center released a report on Muslim Americans and their concerns regarding their place in society; despite the data showing high concern from U.S. Muslims, 92 percent of them are proud to be American.
The survey was conducted between January and May. It showed that half of Muslim...
April 4th, 20170DEARBORN HEIGHTS ― As the April 25 filing deadline for municipal elections draws near, dozens of candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to compete for available city positions.
Dearborn Heights is facing shifting demographics, reflecting that of its neighbor, Dearborn, where nearly half of the 22 candidates for city...
March 23rd, 20171Atlantic City, NJ-A New Jersey man went viral earlier this week for stopping a fight between two teens, intervening "because it was the right thing to do."
26-year-old Ibn Ali Miller was lauded this week for settling a quarrel between the two young men engaged in a fist fight through an effort that resulted in a reconciliatory...
March 6th, 20170I had recently been asked to give a talk about "being an American Muslim in the United States." Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I obliged.
Islam is a religion propelled by values, not race. Nor, theoretically, by blind tribal allegiances, I explained.
The "American Muslim" identity which has been under constant...
March 6th, 20170
Los Angeles - Mahershala Ali made history as the first Muslim actor to win an academy award. He won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his role as a drug-dealing mentor to an impoverished Black boy in the intimate independent drama "Moonlight."
Ali, 43, plays Juan, a drug dealer who takes a young Black boy living in...
March 6th, 20170
ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for answers about an increase in immigration enforcement activity.
Dingell said she is following up on concerns she heard from community representatives, state and local elected officials, law enforcement officers and...
