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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Dearborn Activist's Halal Chicken Lawsuit Gag Order Lifted

Lawyer Majed Moughni had been barred from commenting on a controversial decision regarding McDonald’s and non-Halal chicken.

A Dearborn attorney is loving a Wayne County judge’s decision regarding a lawsuit against McDonald's. Majed Moughni received good news from Judge Kathleen Macdonald, who reversed a decision she had made that prohibited Moughni from talking about a settlement reached between McDonald’s and attorneys over non-halal chicken served at a Dearborn fast-food restaurant, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press. Moughni was reprimanded by the court in February for starting discussion on the 4,821-member page about the lawsuit settlement, and ordered to take the discussions down. The judge’s earlier decision also had effectively shut down a Facebook page run by Moughni, a 42-year-old local activist. But now the Facebook page—Dearborn Area …

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McDonald's to Pay $700K in Dearborn Halal Meat Lawsuit

Lee Jacobsen

8:37 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013

Ok Axxel, why did the chicken cross the road? Because Halal was a better place to be.   more ›

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Dearborn Protest Calls for End to Israeli Attacks on Gaza

The protest was organized by Dearborn Area Community Members, a local social media-based group.

Protesters gathered Saturday afternoon on Warren Avenue at Oakman Boulevard, near the Esper Branch Library, in Dearborn to speak out against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Organized by Dearborn Area Community Members, the protest was put together quickly to publicly call for support from the U.S. federal government in ending the conflict. According to the Washington Post, Israeli missile attacks on Gaza have continued for four days, escalating on Saturday as Hamas political buildings and homes of Hamas leaders were targeted in the air strikes. Conversations have continued in the Middle East and beyond as political leaders struggle to reach an agreement and cease fire. Several protesters in Dearborn on Saturday spoke out specifically …

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Esper Branch Library

So proud to be Muslim

3:43 am on Friday, November 23, 2012

Thank you HD promise i will. Of course we can't say all Jews is evils or bad ,they just like any body else , we all human and no body perfect . Even I know many Jews people they so nice some of them believe in the Palestinian case and they feel shamefully about what Israel doing and some of them believers and supporters for Israel . Anyhow all what I care about as a Palestinian is my country …   more ›

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