September 23rd, 20210This article also appears in Metro Times Detroit through a partnership with the Race and Justice Reporting Initiative and the Detroit Equity Action Lab at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. It has been edited for style.
DEARBORN — Dave Serio, a third-generation Sicilian Lebanese American, came to better understand his Arab...
April 23rd, 20200DEARBORN — To kick off 2020’s first Ramadan weekend, The Arab American News spoke to local Muslim leaders representing some of the most frequented and well-know houses of worship, to find out how they plan to adapt their Ramadan plans in light of the continuing state-imposed COVID-19 related restrictions.
Unsurprisingly, mosques...
January 10th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Faith leaders from across Metro Detroit gathered Thursday in the Islamic House of Wisdom to call for calm in the face of escalating tensions between Iran and the United States following a drone attack that killed an Iranian general and a missile attack on an Iraqi air base housing American troops. The Christian and...
August 26th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Collaboration and discussion on drug abuse was the message Tuesday at a town hall in the Islamic House of Wisdom.
Detroit City Councilman Roy McCalister Jr. and the Mental Health Task Force held a public meeting where community members and professionals expressed ideas of raising awareness on drug abuse and...
April 26th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Islamic House of Wisdom hosted its 2019 semi-annual fundraiser on Thursday, April 25, at the Bellagio Banquet & Conference Center in Dearborn Heights in the presence of many leaders and members of the community.
Part of the message the center aims at bringing forth is fighting Islamophobia.
"We in the...
March 29th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Sunday, March 31, Who is Hussain — Michigan (WIH) will partner with healthcare professionals across Wayne County to host a completely free medical camp at the Islamic House of Wisdom from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Who is Hussain is a global movement founded in 2012 and it currently leads more than 60...
November 2nd, 20180DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Leaders of various faiths gathered in Dearborn Heights on Thursday, Nov. 1 to pray for peace and stand with the victims of the mass shooting carried out at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27.
Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, Rev. Robert Schoenhals and Rabbi Nate DeGroot led this call for tolerance at the...
February 16th, 20181By Farah Harb
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Pew Research Center issued a report in January stating there are as many Muslims leaving Islam as there are Muslims converting to it, leading two of Dearborn's Muslim leaders to question the report's validity.
The Pew Research Center stated in its report that 23 percent of adults who were...
November 17th, 20173DEARBORN — Amid a recent spike in threats against places of worship, officials and mosques in Metro Detroit are tightening security and bashing a new gun legislation that passed in the Michigan Senate last week.
It was tense at the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 8, when the Senate passed in a 25-12 vote a bill allowing the...
