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Standing up and breaking fast: Taking Ramadan Iftar into the streets
Most of the time, iftars are family gatherings, held in homes or mosques during the holy month of Ramadan as people sit down to break the daily fast. But for the second year in a row, an online Muslim organization, MPower Change, is taking iftar...
Crime
Man pleads guilty in Dearborn day care shooting
DETROIT — A Dearborn man whose home-based day care center was the scene of a shooting that wounded two young children pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of second-degree child abuse the day he was to go on trial. Timothy Eubanks, 33, was...
Crime
Tips for scam-free travel or summer vacation
WASHINGTON - Planning a summer vacation? beware of travel scam. You may be looking for deals on cheap flights or discounts at hotels and resorts — but some promotions may come with strings attached, and others can be downright scams. Before you...
Local
Sears to close 4 Mich locations by end of summer, including Dearborn store
DEARBORN — The Sears store inside Fairlane Town Center is among the four Michigan locations that will close by the end of summer. The Dearborn store was one of 72 nationwide that are slated for closure after a May 31 announcement made by Sears...
In Our Opinion
While tragedy engulf homelands this Eid, there are things to celebrate here
As the Arab and Muslim worlds were ending a month of blessed fasting, observing the most holy month in Islam and getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, there isn’t much to celebrate there— a region engulfed in bloodshed and complicated...
COMMUNITY
Detroit’s Frontier International Academy students improve school’s success
DETROIT — The number of Frontier International Academy (FIA) students applying to universities is increasing every year and the class of 2018 has brought the school to its peak in college and university acceptances. Frontier International...
Other Voices
The anti-Semitism Awareness Act is back: Free speech is at risk
Back in 2016, without debate or an actual vote, the U.S. Senate stealthily passed a disturbing and dangerous piece of legislation called “The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (AAA). The bill would have required the Department of Education...
Local
Protesters gather in Detroit against separation of families
Detroit —Protesters against separation of families gather at the Families Belong Together rally outside the ICE Enforcement center at 333 Mt. Elliott, on June 14 at 5 p.m. A partnership between Women’s March, Equality Michigan, African Bureau...
National Election
Somali American seeks Keith Ellison’s seat in Congress
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Ilhan Omar is a Somali American politician who escaped from Somalia as a child, grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp and later immigrated to Minnesota. Years after immigrating, she became the nation’s first and only...Health
Low-income workers protest Bill Schuette’s opposition to Medicaid
DETROIT— On Thursday afternoon, a group of more than 100 low-income...
June 9th, 2018
Little girl’s gift to Beaumont Children’s Hospital helps local kids
DEARBORN — Lara Nasr Eddin, aged 6, loves to help people.
“She’s...
June 5th, 2018
Florida’s Muslim free clinic a ‘blessing’ to uninsured, low-income patients of all faiths
David Gagner was having seizures.
But he did not have nor can afford...
June 3rd, 2018
Survey: 80 percent of American Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting
The Pew Research Center has found that 80 percent of U.S. Muslims say they...
June 2nd, 2018
World
Israeli killing darken Eid al-Fitr holiday in Gaza
GAZA ― Israel’s killing of at least 125 Palestinians during protests...
June 14th, 2018
Egypt hopeful on Salah as fans remain in suspense
CAIRO/YEKATERINBURG ― Egypt coach Hector Cuper said Mohamed Salah had a...
June 14th, 2018
Palestinian hit in face by tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldier in Gaza protests
GAZA - A Palestinian hit in the face by a tear-gas canister fired...
June 12th, 2018
U.N. refugee agency hopes Lebanon will reverse residency freeze
GENEVA/BEIRUT ― The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR hopes the Lebanese foreign...
June 12th, 2018