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Stressful relationships may raise risk of death
NEW YORK — Worries, conflicts and demands in relationships with friends, family and neighbors may contribute to an earlier death, suggests a new Danish study.“Conflicts, especially, were associated with higher mortality risk regardless of whom was the source of the conflict,” the authors write. “Worries and demands were...Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan marks 10 years of grants to strengthen safety net programs
DETROIT — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan continues its efforts in supporting free health clinics throughout the state of Michigan by announcing the opening of its 2014 grant funding program. Through its Strengthening the Safety Net grant program, free clinics through Michigan are encouraged to apply for a grant of up to $15,000...
Anti-Muslim pastor plans a return to Dearborn with gang of motorcyclists
May 30th, 20140 Jones.DEARBORN — Qur’an-burning Florida pastor Terry Jones announced that he will be returning to the city on June 14, but this time he's bringing a gang of motorcyclists with him.Stand Up America Now, an anti-Islamic group led by Jones that has protested in front of the Islamic Center of America (ICA) and at Edsel Ford High School...
Thousands attend Muslim conference in Dearborn
May 30th, 20140 DEARBORN — Thousands of visitors from around the country attended the 12th Annual Conference of the Holy Prophet Muhammad at the Adoba Hotel over the Memorial Day weekend. Hosted by the Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA), the convention has attracted more than 3,000 individuals each year as it reaches out to Muslim...
Gov. Snyder signs bipartisan minimum wage increase legislation into law
May 30th, 20140 LANSING— On Tuesday, May 27, Gov. Rick Snyder signed bipartisan legislation that raises Michigan's minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018, a move he said will help hard-working residents without hindering the state's improving economy.Senate Bill 934 increases the minimum wage from $7.40 an hour to $9.25 over the next four years and...
Eliminating blight could cost bankrupt Detroit more than $850 million
May 30th, 20140 DETROIT — Wiping out the abandoned and decrepit buildings that are the hallmark of bankrupt Detroit could cost nearly $1 billion, and more over time, according to a report released on Tuesday by a special task force appointed by President Obama.The report estimates that the city, which filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in...
Santana commits to promote understanding of region’s Arabs and Muslims
May 30th, 20140 Santana.DETROIT — Over the years, Harvey Santana has shown steadfast commitment to defending the region’s Arab and Muslim communities against hate. He has also been a champion for promoting diversity and understanding about immigrants, and other various ethnic groups. Santana, a democratic state representative for the 9th...
Edsel Ford High School allows Friday prayer in empty classrooms for Muslim students
May 30th, 20140 A student prays at Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn.DEARBORN — The call to prayer has sounded and the Friday prayer lecture has started. Muslim students are gathered in an empty classroom in Edsel Ford High School (EFHS) to observe their Friday service and pray. On Fridays, when the bell rings for lunch, about 30 students...Sudanese woman facing execution for apostasy gives birth in jail
KHARTOUM — A Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy has given birth in jail, a Western diplomat said on Tuesday, May 27."She gave birth to a girl today," said the diplomat, who is familiar with the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 27. "The mother and the baby seem to be doing OK. It's a cruel treatment to be in...
Pope Francis prays at the wall of separation in Bethlehem
May 30th, 20140 Pope Francis touches the separation wall on his way to celebrate a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem May 25, 2014. DETROIT — "Bethlehem looks like the Warsaw ghetto." The statement was written above where the head of the Catholic Church, the largest religious institution in the...FBI, in historic policy change, to record interrogations
WASHINGTON — The FBI and several other U.S. federal law enforcement agencies will reverse a policy that has long prohibited the recording of interrogations of people held in custody, a Justice Department memo issued last week said.The new policy, effective July 11, creates a presumption that agents of the Federal Bureau of...American doctor shot dead in Pakistan in suspected sectarian attack
Qamar.ISLAMABAD — An American volunteer cardiologist was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday, a member of his minority Ahmadi community said it is the latest attack on a group that says it’s Muslim but whose religion is rejected by the statet.Mehdi Ali Qamar had taken his wife, young son and a cousin to a graveyard in Punjab...Political groups seek audit of NYPD surveillance tactics
NEW YORK — A coalition of political activists filed a complaint on Tuesday seeking an audit of New York City police surveillance practices, saying law enforcement overstepped privacy protections and spied on political groups and their members.The complaint was filed with the Office of the Inspector General, a watchdog post...Obama argues for a middle ground approach on foreign policy
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Barack Obama fought back against critics of his foreign policy on Wednesday, May 28, by insisting U.S. reliance on diplomacy over military intervention was working to resolve global crises like the sanctions in Ukraine and Iran; and he pledged to ramp up support for Syria's opposition.In the commencement...
Dearborn Heights’ Arabs strengthen businesses, increase property values
May 30th, 20140 Lava Lounge in Dearborn Heights.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — At one point considered a “sleepy little town,” the city of Dearborn Heights has experienced an awakening in the last few years, as an influx of Arab American residents have established a large presence there.Soaring property values and new vibrant businesses have turned the city......
Stop the mass school killings
I sold Grit newspapers when I was 9- years-old. It was always a great day when I had sold my last Grit for the week. The profit was five cents per paper. Some weeks I made as much as two dollars! I lived in a very rural area, so bicycling up and down the road and knocking on doors took time and was a workout. However, it was...The pope’s visit to the two walls
The trip by Pope Francis to the Holy Land, billed in advance as solely religious, made some eye-catching intrusions into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Comments minimizing the significance of this aspect of the trip were quick to follow.Palestinian legislation Hanan Ashrawi seemed to go out of her way to pooh-pooh the coming prayer...Naturalization – Do it for your family
It’s hard to imagine that we as individuals can do anything about the broken immigration system that is tearing many of our families apart. But we can.There is one step that, if taken together, could have the power to protect our families and move our communities forward. More than eight million immigrants in the United...The Arab American News exhibit at the Newseum in Washington an achievement for the entire community
Since its inception, The Arab American News has been telling the stories of the community. Now, the Newseum, a museum for media outlets in Washington D.C., is telling our story. For three decades, we have been trying to provide Arab Americans with their own platform to voice their opinions and raise their concerns. The......
Tunisia’s Jews torn between protecting traditions and assimilation
DJERBA, Tunisia — Jews and Muslims have coexisted for hundreds of years on Tunisia's Djerba island, but while relations between the two religions are good, some members of the tiny Jewish community say the atmosphere is stifling."We, the Jews, have been living here for more than 2,000 years," said Claudine Saghroun, who lives in the...Women journalists seize initiative in Gaza
GAZA CITY — “We let the men participate in the workshop discussions, but the training sessions are only for women journalists,” said Mona Khadir, who coordinates the activities of the Filastiniyat Women Journalists’ Club in Gaza. The meeting hall at a hotel in Gaza is full of journalists. What catches the eye is the row of......
Thousands of Syrian expatriates vote in early poll
May 30th, 20140 BEIRUT — Refugees waved flags and held pictures of Bashar al-Assad as they crushed into Damascus' embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday, May 29, to join Syrians worldwide in voting early in an election that looks certain to give him a third seven-year term as president.Expatriates and those who have fled the war were casting...Attacks kill 74 in one day in Iraq
BAGHDAD — A post-election wave of attacks across Iraq, including car bombings in Baghdad and a northern city, killed at least 74 people, officials said Thursday, May 29.The compiled death toll for Wednesday, with the number rising to 74 after late-night attacks, made it the bloodiest single day in Iraq in more than seven months.It was......