Author Archives: Arab America

ADC Michigan is pleased to announce that David Cole, renowned Law Professor and Attorney at the Georgetown Law Center will be addressing the ADC Annual Gala this Friday, December 12, at 6:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn. Professor Cole is a prominent Constitutional and Civil Rights Scholar and author of the book … Continued

The top religious leader of the Chaldean community said during a visit Tuesday to Southfield that Iraqis need better security from U.S. and coalition forces. Advertisement “The powers occupying could do a lot more to help bring about peace, reconciliation and security,” Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly, the Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, said at the … Continued

Reports that President-elect Barack Obama will deliver a speech in a major Muslim city during his early months in office were greeted enthusiastically Thursday in Metro Detroit, among one of the largest Muslim populations in the country. “I would be euphoric,” said Chuck Khalil Alawan, one of the founders of the Islamic Center of America … Continued

Today, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) released the 2003-2007 edition of its “Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans.” This definitive report on the condition of the Arab-American community was made possible by The Ford Foundation and The Carnegie Corporation of New York, and can be read at: http://www.adc.org/PDF/hcr07.pdf In simply announcing the … Continued

On Monday, December 8, American Muslims will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations at locations around the country. The prayers, and the holiday that follows, are called Eid ul-Adha (EED-al-ODD-ha), or “festival of the sacrifice.” Eid ul-Adha commemorates the Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his … Continued

A broad spectrum of American Christian leaders – from Catholic and Orthodox traditions to mainline Protestant, Evangelical and historic African American churches and institutions – have appealed to President-elect Barack Obama to make Israeli-Palestinian peace an immediate priority during his first year in office. In a December 1 letter sent to President-elect Obama as well … Continued

The Uncultured Wars is a powerful indictment of dominant American liberal-left discourse. Through twelve stylish essays Steven Salaita returns again and again to his core themes of anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia and the inadequacy of critical thought amongst the ‘chattering classes’, showing how racism continues to exist in the places where we would least expect … Continued

Beginning Monday, the FBI will get increased power to investigate suspected terrorists under revised administrative guidelines that some Muslim Americans and civil rights advocates in metro Detroit are concerned may target innocent people. The new Justice Department guidelines will allow FBI agents, for the first time in terrorism-related cases, to use undercover sources to gather … Continued

Many of metro Detroit’ Chaldean Americans trace their roots to Telkaif, an ancient village in northern Iraq. Chaldeans are Catholic Iraqis. They began arriving in Detroit more than a century ago, but numbers increased dramatically in the mid-1960s as U.S. immigration policy allowed more to leave the country just coming under the rule of Saddam … Continued

The American Arab Chamber of Commerce’s 16th Annual Building Economic Bridges Banquet was a success thanks to the members, sponsors, and the more than 800 people in attendance. A highlight of the evening was the keynote address, given by Senior Vice President of DTE Energy Ron May, who spoke about alternative energy and its role … Continued

American Muslim groups responded with uncustomary silence on Tuesday to the news that leaders of a Muslim charity shut down by the federal government had been convicted in a retrial of money laundering, tax fraud and supporting terrorism. The case against the charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, had long revealed a … Continued

Now that the season of electoral expediency is over, Barack Obama owes Jimmy Carter an apology. At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the Party denied Jimmy Carter the traditional invitation to speak that is accorded its former presidents. According to The Jewish Daily Forward, “Carter’s controversial views on Israel cost him a place on … Continued