November 23rd, 20220TROY — The city of Troy and the city’s first Jamiah masjid, or congregational mosque, have come to a settlement after years of legal disputes.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), which represents Troy’s Adam Community Center mosque, said this week that a resolution has been reached...
September 16th, 20220TROY — After years of legal battles, the first mosque in the city of Troy is now set to open.
An inauguration for the Adam Community Center's mosque is scheduled for this Saturday at 5 p.m. at 3635 Rochester Road.
The large, ethnically and religiously diverse Metro Detroit city of more than 80,000 residents has churches, temples...
August 5th, 20220STERLING HEIGHTS - In the primary election on Aug. 2, Aisha Farooqi won the Democratic nomination for the newly-drawn District 57 of the Michigan House of Representatives, prevailing over Marcia Squier.
According to the unofficial vote totals from Oakland County, Farooqi received 2,051 votes to Squire's 1,215. Unofficial results...
March 29th, 20220TROY — A developer has a plan to repurpose the 2 million square foot Oakland Mall in Troy.
Mario Kiezi, a 31-year-old, self-described young visionary and real estate developer, just purchased the mall last week and already has ideas.
“We feel like this is one of the sleepiest sites in Metro Detroit,” he said. “And we are...
September 16th, 20200
LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured an agreement to obtain almost $19 million in debt relief for former ITT Tech (ITT) students in Michigan as part of a settlement with 47 other attorneys general and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
ITT previously operated campuses in Canton,...
August 8th, 20200
BEIRUT — Aug. 4, 2020 was meant to be the happiest day of Israa Al Seblani’s life, but it quickly turned to be the most terrifying.
Al Seblani is the bride from the now viral video shoot taken during the explosion in Beirut that has killed more than 150 people and injured more than 5,000 more.
“The first thought that...
February 6th, 20201DETROIT — News recently broke that the burger brand Burgerim had fallen into financial ruin, after signing up an unprecedented number of franchisees across the country to a bad business model and unmet promises of success. An investigation by a restaurant publication tells the story of a company with unrealistic sales pitches and an...
November 11th, 20180TROY — The city of Troy discriminated against a Muslim community group by rejecting plans to build an Islamic center, according to a federal court lawsuit filed Thursday.
The nonprofit Adam Community Center sued the City Council, Planning Commission and members of Troy's Zoning Board of Appeals. The group has tried unsuccessfully to...
April 29th, 20170TROY — While many associate a successful Arab American population with Dearborn, Troy is another city with a large and thriving immigrant community. Michigan was the fourth largest recipient of refugee cases and individuals in 2016, with the majority of their cases coming from Iraq.
Troy recently surpassed Dearborn as the...
