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☆ Opinion | Arab American Fury Toward Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Monday, at a hip Arab coffee shop in Dearborn, Mich., Nihad Awad, a co-founder and the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, told me that as a Palestinian American Muslim who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, he feels “betrayed bitterly” over the administration’s position on the war in Gaza. So he was in the Detroit area this week to support the campaign to get voters to choose “uncommitted” in Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. But as our conversation progressed, it became clear to me that his objective is not simply to send President Biden a message about the war and make him shift his policy, as is the aim of many I spoke with in Michigan in the past few days. Awad wants more. He doesn’t only want Biden to be politically corrected; he wants him politically crushed.

Persons: Nihad Awad, Joe Biden, “, Biden, Awad, Dawud Walid, Jesus Organizations: Islamic Relations, Palestinian, Palestinian American Muslim, Democratic, CAIR’s Locations: Dearborn, Mich, Palestinian American, Gaza, Detroit, Michigan, CAIR’s Michigan

☆ Biden’s Gaza problems are deeper than just being interrupted in public
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Camila Dechalus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

The administration appears to be struggling with finding Arab American and Muslim leaders who are willing to even meet with White House officials, and no Muslim or Arab American groups have endorsed Biden’s reelection bid. And I think that’s a pretty good descriptor of Arab American voters right now.”The ceasefire calls are coming from a diversity of progressive groups, including those representing Jewish voters, voters of color and young people – key parts of Biden’s winning 2020 coalition. In the last presidential election cycle, Biden received the support of several prominent Muslim American elected officials and community leaders. At least 146,620 of the 200,000 Muslim American voters in Michigan cast a ballot in the 2020 election cycle, according to an analysis by Emgage. Some Arab American and Muslim voters say even if Biden’s campaign ramps up their outreach, it will be too late.

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Funeral services were set Sunday for a Detroit synagogue president found fatally stabbed at her home as authorities investigated a motive and asked the public not to draw quick conclusions. “Sam was as kind a person as I’ve ever known,” Nessel said Saturday on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sam truly used her faith and activism to create a better place for everyone.”Funeral services were to take place Sunday afternoon in suburban Detroit. The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations called her death a “tragic loss," noting interfaith work with Woll's congregation. That included a prayer vigil for the victims of the deadly 2018 attack on a Pennsylvania synagogue.

Persons: Samantha Woll, Isaac, Elissa Slotkin, Dana Nessel, Sam, ” Nessel, James E, White, “, ” Cpl, Dan Donakowski, Woll, ”, Dawud Walid, Slotkin, Woll's, ” Slotkin, ___ Tareen Organizations: Democratic Rep, Detroit . Detroit Police, Police, Authorities, Islamic Relations Locations: Detroit, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Metro Detroit, Chicago

☆ Muslim-led city bans Pride flags on public property, sparking a debate on discrimination and religious expression
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The city of Hamtramck, Michigan, banned LGBTQ+ flags from all publicly owned flagpoles. Detroit City FC described the council's move as "inexcusable" in a Twitter statement. In a letter posted to Twitter, Detroit City FC, a professional soccer team based in Hamtramck, described the council's decision as "inexcusable." —Detroit City FC (@DetroitCityFC) June 14, 2023The club said that "Pride flags send a powerful message that all are welcome and that the community values diversity." Local businesses and residents are reportedly not banned from flying Pride flags on their private property.

Persons: —, Nayeem Choudhury, Choudhury, Karen Majewski, Dawud Walid, Walid Organizations: Detroit City FC, Service, Associated Press, Guardian, Islamic, Twitter Locations: Hamtramck , Michigan, Hamtramck, Michigan

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