May 11th, 20180DETROIT — On Thursday, May 10, the Wayne County Commission approved a resolution introduced by Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak (D-Dearborn) recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins May 16.
Woronchak continued a tradition he established several years ago of commemorating the start of Ramadan each year with a...
October 27th, 20170DEARBORN – In the Southend of Dearborn, across the street from the first mosque constructed in Michigan, a restaurant hangs a United States flag above a red, white and green flag. Although it may surprise some, the flag is not Lebanese, Jordanian or Palestinian.
It’s Italian.
“Our cultures aren’t very different,” Robert...
July 7th, 20170By Afaf Humayun
DETROIT — Since 2013, the Detroit-based company LaunchGood has been providing the international Muslim community with a unique way to reclaim its narrative through charitable online giving.
"There is so much misinformation about Muslims and Arabs out there that it's a way for us to take things into our own hands,"...
June 30th, 20170LANSING — On election night last November, Dearbornites celebrated a triumph. Abdullah Hammoud, 27, became the first Arab Muslim male to represent the city in the state legislature.
He told The AANews he felt relieved to win the race, but knew that struggle still lay ahead because "Trump might win Michigan."
Donald Trump not only...
June 19th, 20170
LONDON ― A van plowed into worshipers near a London mosque in the early hours of Monday, injuring 10 people, two of them seriously, in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims.
The vehicle swerved into a group of mainly North and West African people shortly after midnight as they left...
June 19th, 20171HERNDON, VA-A body found Sunday afternoon in a pond in the 21500 block of Ridgetop Circle in Sterling, Virginia, is 17-year-old girl Nabra Hussein from Reston, Virginia, who was reported missing in the area hours earlier.
Police discovered a female body in the pond about 3 p.m. The pond is 2 to 3 miles away from the original...
June 18th, 20170DETROIT — Each Ramadan, many non-Muslims admire their friends, neighbors and co-workers' willingness to fast.
The communal effect fasting has on Muslim populations is another dimension of Ramadan to which many have become attuned.
Even Hyundai CEO Mong Hyun Yoon, amazed at his Muslim workers' ability to abstain from food and...
June 18th, 20170DEARBORN — The practice of fasting may differ across the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but these faiths share a bond at their spiritual core— their efforts to grow closer to God.
A few months before the holy month of Ramadan started this year, Christians of various denominations observed their own season...
June 11th, 20171In 2015, British Muslim stand-up comedian Bilal Zafar wrote an article for The Independent called “Six things you shouldn’t say to someone fasting for Ramadan.”
“I have been fasting during the month of Ramadan every year since I was about 8-years-old and the experience has been changing for me in many ways, teaching me a lot...
June 2nd, 20170DEARBORN — With more than 17 hours until sunset each day during Ramadan, it may seem impossible for children to complete their fast, but that's not the case.
Many children have chosen to observe the holy month, which began on May 27 this year, with their parents and teenage siblings. Some adults, on the other hand, struggle to...
May 28th, 20170 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.
Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted...
