(Detroit News) Residents and nonresidents packed council chambers as well as the hallway at Hamtramck City Council Tuesday night as city officials approved a proposed neutrality flag resolution that would effectively ban LGBTQ+, religious, ethnic, racial and political flags from being flown […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck may ban the display of LGBTQ Pride flags on government buildings and city property such as sidewalks. A resolution on the agenda for Tuesday night’s city council meeting, introduced by Hamtramck Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Mohammed Hassan, […]
(MLive) Kent County sheriff’s leaders dispute a Muslim woman’s claim that jail staff violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove a hijab, a traditional Islamic head scarf. They also say video and audio evidence exists to back up their claim. […]
(MLive) A woman is threatening a lawsuit after she says she was forced to remove her hijab, a traditional Islamic head scarf, for a booking photo at Kent County Correctional Facility. The 22-year-old Grand Rapids woman on Tuesday, May 30, filed notice […]
(Washington Times) Muslim parents and Moms for Liberty have at least one thing in common: Both are alarmed about the infusion of LGBTQ books and other materials in school classrooms and libraries. Muslim families are raising their political profiles as they join […]
(MLive) Ayilah Yaseen walked into an interview last month hoping to land an internship, but she left embarrassed and shaken, according to a federal religious discrimination complaint submitted Wednesday. The Oakland University student was to interview with Naji Gebara, the CEO of […]
(Al-Jazeera) Growing up in the United States, Selaedin Maksut would skip school on Eid to go to the mosque, attend festivities with his family and celebrate one of the most joyous days for Muslims across the world. While he said he never […]
(Time) When Abdullah Hammoud was elected mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, last year, he became the city’s first ever Muslim and Arab American leader. This week, he is making history once again — this time, by making Dearborn the first U.S. city to […]
(Detroit Free Press) After 10 p.m. on a recent Saturday night in Dearborn, crowds started to form around the downtown area in the western part of the city near Michigan Avenue. Organized by city officials for the Islamic month of Ramadan, a […]
(WDET) The National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) is working to get the Middle Eastern and North African designation added to the federal Office of Management and Budget. NNAAC is an advocacy arm of Arab Community Center for Economic and Social […]
(Detroit Free Press) Hamtramck city council this week approved a proclamation expressing support for Palestinians and opposing military aid to “all repressive governments.” The proclamation did not mention Israel, but appeared to criticize the country, drawing criticism from some residents and support […]
(Detroit News) An Islamic State soldier from Dearborn captured on a Syrian battlefield five years ago faces at least 10 years in federal prison after a jury Monday convicted him of providing material support to a terrorist group. Jurors spent about four […]
(Algemeiner) Pro-Palestinian student protestors at University of Michigan accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “genocide” for supporting Israel on Thursday. “Kamala, Kamala, you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide,” the students, members of the pro-Palestinian campus group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality […]
(Detroit Free Press) After several months of contentious debate and pressure from Muslim residents, Hamtramck City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the religious sacrifice of animals on residential property. Muslims often slaughter animals during the holiday of Eid al-Adha and Hamtramck […]
(Detroit Free Press) The suspect charged in an antisemitic attack in Bloomfield Township last week mooned a Wayne County judge Tuesday during a hearing in a separate case involving a charge of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer two years ago. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man charged in an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue in Bloomfield Township remained in custody Monday afternoon after a magistrate set a bond of $1 million at an arraignment where the suspect shouted derogatory and anti-Jewish […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man has been charged with two counts of ethnic intimidation in what officials said was an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue and preschool for Jewish students in Bloomfield Township. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, was arrested by […]
(Detroit News) The local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations say[s] it has reached a settlement agreement with the city of Troy that will resolve a lengthy zoning dispute and lawsuit over a mosque. The settlement clears the way for the […]
(Detroit Free Press) Federal officials charged a former metro Detroit man with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device. The indictment, which […]
(Middle East Eye) Abdullah Khan attended public school his entire life. The truth is, his parents had wanted to send their kids to a private Islamic school, but they just couldn’t afford it — and Abdullah believes he suffered because of it. […]
(Daily Caller) The Republican Party continued to gain more support from Muslim Americans in the 2022 midterm election as members of the community have rallied around parental rights and removing sexually explicit content from schools. In the 2022 midterm election, Muslims shifted […]
(Religion News) Nabeela Syed made history in this year’s midterms when she defeated a Republican incumbent in Illinois’ 51st District, making her the youngest member of the Illinois General Assembly and among the first Muslims elected to the state Legislature. “It is […]
(VOA) One of the largest and rapidly growing Muslim and Arab American communities in the United States lives and works in Dearborn, Michigan. “Arabs are almost half of the city,” said Osama Siblani about his adopted hometown, a Detroit suburb of about […]
(Arab News) For President Joe Biden, a Democrat, the midterm elections are crucial and challenging. Traditionally, the party that controls the White House at this stage usually loses control of the House and the Senate. Now the Republicans are perched to take […]
(Religion News) Community organizer Nada Al-Hanooti insists local city council politics hold just as much power as elections on the national and federal levels. As proof, she cites voter outreach efforts in southeast Michigan that in 2021 helped elect the city of […]
(Detroit Free Press) Conflict in Dearborn over LGBTQ books in public schools has drawn national attention among Muslims as liberals and conservatives clash over differing views on religion while political candidates in Michigan campaign in the diverse Detroit suburb. Amid concern about […]
(National-UAE) The upcoming US midterm elections serve as a reminder of how far the Arab American demographic has come in gaining political power and influence. In Dearborn, Michigan — the Detroit suburb long considered the heart of America’s Arab American community — […]
(Detroit Free Press) The protest began with a prayer. On a Sunday afternoon last month in Dearborn, Nagi Almudhegi took the stage to address the crowd gathered outside Henry Ford Centennial Library to demonstrate against some LGBTQ books in Dearborn Public Schools’ libraries. […]
(Press and Guide) The Dearborn Public [Schools] Board of Education meeting was shut down Monday night after the fire marshal declared the meeting room too full to continue after hundreds of people gathered in the room and in adjacent hallways to discuss […]
(Detroit News) A federal judge has ruled in favor of a newly opened mosque in Troy that sued the city four years after it was denied a zoning variance request so the facility could be built in 2018. U.S. District Judge Nancy […]
(Detroit Free Press) Told by a judge that the city’s zoning code violated federal law by keeping a mosque from opening, Troy agreed to let Muslims occupy the building that they bought nearly five years ago. But Troy officials have steadfastly refused […]
(Fox) Carl Marlinga, the Democratic nominee to represent Michigan’s 10th Congressional District in the House, made a recent appearance on a Facebook Live program hosted by MD Rabbi Alam, claiming he was “honored” to appear alongside the host who has a history […]
(Arab News) Rashida Tlaib, who won the Democratic primary race for the US House of Representatives in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District by a landslide this week, has praised the introduction of Arabic-language ballots for elections in her district. Tlaib won her race […]
(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s campaign has paid more than $200,000 to an anti-Israel activist and “defund the police” supporter’s firm, filings show. The Michigan Democrat began dishing out campaign cash to Unbought Power LLC, a political consulting and advocacy firm, in March 2020 for fundraising services. […]
(Washington Examiner) Two men who held key positions at nonprofit groups that were found liable in a Hamas terror financing scheme helped organize campaign fundraising events for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) in 2018. The men, who organized events that were paid for […]
(Free Beacon) Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas created a Muslim community outreach position after meeting with an Arab-American activist who has cheered violence against Israel and praised the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas. Mayorkas met on March 18 with Arab American News […]
(Detroit News) A federal judge Wednesday ordered a paroled Islamic State “soldier” from Detroit back to prison for 18 months after he was caught amassing weapons, consuming radical jihadi propaganda and deceiving court officials. The pattern of conduct by Sebastian Gregerson, aka Abdurrahman […]
(Detroit News) The city of Ferndale is set to update how they process booking photos to resolve a complaint from a Muslim woman who sued over the removal of her Islamic headscarf after an arrest last year, an advocacy group announced Thursday. The Oakland […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) spoke at a rally this month with a pro-Hamas newspaper publisher who urged Palestinians to attack Israel. Tlaib shared the stage with Osama Siblani, the publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News, at the second […]
(Arab American News) The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a Michigan woman faced religious discrimination during Ramadan in 2019 when she was fired from her job for asking for reasonable accommodations. The woman had filed a federal complaint against her employer […]
(AP) Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch step of his red-brick St. Louis home and smiles at the bustle of activity around him — his mother and father chatting in the front yard, his two young daughters munching chocolate ice cream […]
(Detroit News) Federal officials seized weapons and destructive devices from a paroled Islamic State “soldier” in Detroit but waited almost a year to alert a judge or try to send him back to prison despite public safety concerns. The materials, including knives, bayonets and […]
(Detroit Free Press) The clerks of Dearborn and Wayne County are raising concerns about Arabic-language ballots in Dearborn, saying that implementing them in time for the August primary may not be possible. The Dearborn City Council voted unanimously March 22 on a resolution that […]
(Detroit Free Press) Dearborn City Council approved a resolution Tuesday night requiring that ballots and other election materials be translated into Arabic. The council voted 7-0 in favor of a resolution introduced by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud that will mandate translation into the […]
(Fox) The campaign of “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has paid out $170,000 to an anti-Israel activist who has called Israel an “apartheid state” and has called for defunding the police multiple times. Tlaib’s campaign has paid $147,000 to Unbought Power LLC, […]
(Free Beacon) As the hostage situation at a Texas synagogue developed on Saturday, Michigan’s attorney general, Democrat Dana Nessel, raised the possibility that white supremacists were behind the attack. Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, about an hour after it had been […]
(Deadline Detroit) Mohamed Abdou came to the U.S. for the freedom to be himself. As a suspected gay man in Egypt, he faced a litany of horrors, including death threats, beatings and anal virginity tests — a practice in which military doctors […]
(Detroit News) Hamtramck made history Sunday afternoon when Amer Ghalib became the city’s first Muslim mayor, sworn in alongside three new council members who are all also Muslim. Some believe the city of 28,000 is the first city in the nation to have a […]
(Detroit Free Press) A veteran of the Dearborn Police Department will be the city’s next police chief, Mayor-elect Abdullah Hammoud announced Monday. Starting Jan. 1, Cmdr. Issa Shahin, who has served with Dearborn Police since 1998, will be the first Muslim to lead the […]
(CNN) For decades, Hamtramck was known as Michigan’s “Little Warsaw,” a city of just two square miles of tightly packed houses and factories, spitting distance from downtown Detroit. The Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla visited once, back in 1969, before he became pope. […]
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