I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) was hospitalized today for unspecified reasons, according to reports from multiple outlets. The 82-year old representative from Dearborn was admitted after he complained of discomfort, although he was reported to be joking with staffers while using a cell phone. Dingell is expected to remain in the hospital for a day or [...]
Arab residents we spoke to support Obama, but with some skepticism On a Tuesday evening in Dearborn Heights, Mich., I asked people on the street their opinion on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East. The Dearborn area has one of the largest Arab-American populations in the country, according to the U.S. [...]
Controversy has erupted in Dearborn over the decision to fire veteran wrestling coach Jerry Marszalek at Fordson High School. Marszalek has coached wrestling at Fordson for 35 years and he is considered something of a legend in the high school wrestling community in the state, but the school recently decided not to renew his contract. [...]
Three years ago three friends couldn’t find fashionable yet modest clothing for hijab-clad women.They figured they must not be alone. The three Muslim-American women, Hanan Mirza, Haji Linda Bazzi and Haji Mariam Murad decided to open up a clothing shop catering to women who experienced the same dilemma. “There are a lot of Arab (women) [...]
While non-Muslims might see the wearing of the hijab, or veil-like head covering, by Muslim woman as strange or exotic, it is part of a “code of modesty asked of all people, not just Muslims,” said Imam Mohamad Mardini of the Muslim Center in Dearborn. Mardini a prominent Sunni Imam pointed out that most Jews [...]
Friday, Oct. 12 marked the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which lasts for three days, and marks the end of the fasting period of the month of Ramadan for Muslims. The first things Muslims do on the morning of Eid al-Fitr is to attend morning prayers at the local mosque and Friday morning, Dearborn’s many [...]
Once a year, every year, Muslims celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by fasting, which is mainly abstaining from both food and drink from dawn (fajr) until sunset. This year, Ramadan started on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Since the Muslim calendar (based on the hejira) is lunar, The month of Ramadan can last anywhere from [...]
With his slicked back hair and optimistic grin, Joe Bazzi looks like the typical Dearborn businessman. Bazzi, who is the general manager of Byblos Banquet Hall, owns the hall with his four brothers and the family has many other business ventures in Dearborn. On Sept. 11, 2007, Bazzi a Lebanese-American and Muslim-American decided to hold [...]
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