April 12th, 20190WASHINGTON D.C. — Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) cosponsors of the National Origin-Based Anti-discrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act. The bill, introduced on April 10, repeals the three versions of President Trump’s Muslim ban and intends to clarify and strengthen the Immigrant and Nationality...
December 26th, 20170CAIRO — Amro Hamroush, head of the Egyptian parliament’s committee on religion, said he was drafting a bill that plans to make atheism a crime in Egypt to fall under the category of ‘contempt of religion’.
Hamroush said that the“phenomenon” -referring to atheism- is widely spreading among youth claiming that it falls under...
July 14th, 20170It is a known fact that Dearborn has the highest concentration of Americans of Arab descent, some thriving more than others, in part due to their long history in this nation. For many reasons, internal segregation, which tends to stem from religious separation, politics and tribalism, has truly become a community concern.
Last week,...
July 7th, 20171DEARBORN — The daughter of Yemeni immigrants who'd fled war and poverty a couple decades ago and found home in Metro Detroit grew up feeling like she always had to prove herself more than others.
Hanan Yahya, a 23-year-old recent college graduate and current administrator at a Dearborn-based education organization, said as long as...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that allows tax-exempt centers of worship to participate actively in politics, freeing religious institutions to deny their employees insurance for birth-control pills.
The order fulfills an oft-repeated campaign promise by Trump, who appealed to far-right...
