Michigan may soon allow driverless cars
LANSING - A state Senate committee approved a package of four bills that loosen existing rules for autonomous vehicles. The state created rules for driverless cars just a few years ago. But evolving technology has apparently made those rules obsolete.“The laws we put on the books before are now antiquated,” says Sen. Mike Kowall,...
Keith Ellison urges engagement, encourages community to back Clinton
August 31st, 20160 Keith Ellison speaking at the DNC (Reuters)DEARBORN — Six months ago, Keith Ellison, America’s first Muslim member of Congress, came to Michigan to campaign for Bernie Sanders. Now he is trying to convince the community to support the senator’s once-rival, Hillary Clinton.Ellison met with political activists and community leaders...
Judge allows government mental exam of Odeh
August 31st, 20160 Rasmea Odeh with her supportersDETROIT - U.S. Judge Gershwin Drain allowed prosecutors’ request for psychological evaluation of Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh by a government expert.In 2014, Odeh was found guilty of lying on her naturalization application because she was failed to disclose that she was convicted in 1969 by...Dearborn officer arraigned on sex charge, suspended without pay
DEARBORN - A Dearborn police officer has been arraigned on a sex charge after he allegedly groped a female acquaintance during a traffic stop in May, according to the police department.Officer Justin Smith, 36, faces a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge and common law offenses, officials said in a...
Dearborn Police: Young man drove recklessly in fatal motorcycle crash
August 28th, 20160 Mohamad Hazimi.DEARBORN — A 19-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident near Warren and Schaefer around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 28.Mohamad Hazimi was riding his bike westbound on Warren Ave. when he struck a Jeep that made a sudden U-turn. The incident occurred between Jonathan Street and Bingham Street. Surveliance...Dingell facilitates grants for Dearborn, Trenton fire departments
DEARBORN — Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced that the Dearborn and Trenton Fire Departments will receive funding for fire prevention and safety through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The Dearborn Fire Department has already installed 2,000 smoke alarms for...Six candidates vie for three seats on Dearborn School Board
DEARBORN — Six candidates, including five Arab Americans, are competing for three vacant seats on the Dearborn Board of Education. Four are running for two full-term spots and two are looking to fill the vacancy left by former trustee Aimee Schoelles, who resigned from the board and moved to Ohio last year. The terms of trustees...Arab Americans slam Trump, promote cooperation at town hall
DEARBORN — The rise of Donald Trump is permitting bigoted individuals to turn violent, like the "goof" who fatally shot Khaled Jabara in Tulsa, Arab American Vietnam veteran Ron Amen said at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. Arab American leaders slammed the Republican presidential nominee at the event, which was hosted and...
Arab, Muslim and brown: Complex identities in the age of Trump
August 26th, 20160 Family members of victims on the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Aug. 5, 2013DEARBORN— For Millions of Arab Americans, ethnic and religious backgrounds are not at odds with American values. An inseparable myriad of cultures and traditions form their identities.Vandalized homes, unjust terrorist...Khan’s parents to speak at ACRL gala
The Khan family. DEARBORN — The Muslim American parents of fallen Capt. Humayun Khan will speak at the Arab American Civil Rights League banquet in Dearborn next month. Ghazala Khan and her husband, Khizr Khan, engaged in a highly publicized feud with Donald Trump after the couple questioned the Republican nominee's sacrifices at the...
Arab American woman shares Palestinian refugee camp experiences
August 26th, 20160 Rachelle (c) at her high school's PCRF gala. DEARBORN — Arab Americans living thousands of miles away from their relatives and culture are instilled with love and reverence for Palestine from a young age, whatever their Arab nationality is. While visiting relatives back home, many eventually understand what happens...Michigan State Police cited for thousands of inaccurate alcohol related cases
LANSING — A calibration error in 4,001 alcohol cases resulted in inaccurate records in some of them, drawing criticism from defense attorneys and forcing prosecutors to take a second look. An examination of the cases, where testing was done at Michigan State Police labs, showed some...Midwest Recycling leads backpack donations across metro Detroit
INKSTER — Midwest Recycling donated hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to the "We Got Your Back" campaign, just days ahead of the start of the new school year. Midwest Recycling donated 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to the “We Got Your Back” campaign.“We are always looking for local companies...
Entrapment: Legal experts criticize FBI tactics
August 25th, 20160 Abu-Rayyan/ Hamdan before he was arrested at the airportDETROIT — Over the past two years, the FBI has arrested so many terror suspects that one would think extremists have a foothold on our shores. But a closer look at those cases reveals that the authorities were heavily involved in constructing the plots they pride themselves on...Two sisters killed in Dearborn Heights after colliding with semi
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Dearborn Heights police said two sisters were killed in an accident involving a semi truck on Thursday morning.The accident happened around 9 a.m. near the intersection of Van Born and Beech Daly. Police said 22-year-old Heidi Fox and 19-year-old Samantha Fox were traveling in a Ford Focus on Beech......
New Hajj & Umrah travel medical kit now available
DEARBORN – With thousands of Muslims in the U.S. gearing up to travel to Hajj in coming weeks, Muslim medical professionals have designed a medical travel kit. Created in coordination with a Mayo Clinic physician, the Hajj & Umrah Travel Medical Kit allows Muslim pilgrims to quickly and...
Man allegedly stalks woman, charged with three counts of breaking and entering
August 24th, 20160 21-year-old Ali AlsoweidiDEARBORN –Ali Alsoweidi, 21, was arrested on July 27 on three counts of breaking and entering, after a female resident contacted police and claimed that she found him in her garage, where he allegedly revealed he had been stalking her.The incident occurred on the 6400 block of Coleman Street, in...
Bank of America acquitted of discrimination against Muslim charity
August 19th, 20160 DETROIT — Committed to serving Arabs and other communities in Michigan, countless Arab American charity organizations of varying sizes have popped up since waves of immigrants made Metro Detroit home.Founded by Iraqi Americans in 1992, Life for Relief and Development opened its doors as an international relief association and says it...Michigan unemployment rate lowest since 01
Michigan’s unemployment rate in July dipped slightly by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.5%, according to data released today by the State of Michigan.Despite the reduction in the unemployment rate thanks to 8,000 fewer people on the unemployment rolls, total employment also decreased by 20,000 over the month. State......
‘Nobody is safe anymore’: Arab Americans react to deadly hatred
August 19th, 20160 TULSA — On Friday, August 12, 37-year-old Oklahoma resident Khalid Jabara was brutally murdered by his neighbor who had directed racial slurs at him for years. On Saturday, August 13, Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were killed in Queens, New York by a lone gunman as they were walking home. Both...
Arab Americans lead a cosmetic surgery craze
August 19th, 20160 Farmington Hills resident Mimi, an Assyrian American. DEARBORN — Rhinoplasty. Lipo. Botox. Lip injections. Butt implants. The Kardashians are not the only staples at cosmetic surgery facilities. Arab Americans have made cosmetic surgery a booming industry in the metro Detroit region–and that's evident by the ever-morphing......
Mass transit in Metro Detroit closer to reality
August 19th, 20160 A rendering of the railway system in Pontiac, MI.DEARBORN — Last Thursday, the Southeast Michigan counties affected by a proposed regional mass transit plan ironed out the final kinks, guaranteeing the plan's placement on the November ballot. Voters from Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties will be able to choose whether they...
Planning commissioner made anti-Muslim posts before denying mosque
August 19th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — The city claims it denied a mosque proposal last year because of planning technicalities, but anti-Muslim social media posts by a planning commissioner who voted against the Muslim house of worship painted a different picture. "Oh, no the terrorists are gonna attack, according to the media, this weekend. Come to the......
