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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS SALEEM SHARIFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, and KHALID ALI ALWARD, ABDUL MOHAMED and SALEH MOHAMED OMAR, Plaintiffs, V No. 286390 Wayne Circuit Court UNPUBLISHED December 22, 2009 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, LC No. 07-710923-CD Defendant-Appellee. Before: Donofrio, P.J., and Sawyer and Owens, JJ. PER CURIAM. Plaintiff 1 appeals as of right the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. We affirm. Plaintiff was a temporary employee at defendant’s engine plant on September 11, 2001, and was perceived, along with a coworker also of Arabic descent, as exhibiting signs of celebration when the World Trade Center was...

ISLAM CASTS SHADOW OVER 9/11 ****************************************************** NEW YORK – Hundreds of family members of Sept. 11 victims recited loved ones' names through tears on the ninth anniversary of the attacks Saturday, avoiding direct mention of the political furor over plans for a mosque that later drew thousands of protesters on both sides.After the ceremony, around 1,000 activists rallied about five blocks from the site of the 2001 attacks to support the proposed Islamic community center. Several hundred others rallied nearby, chanting "USA, USA" and "No mosque here."Speaking at the Pentagon, President Barack Obama alluded to the controversy over the mosque...

It's a bit late, I know. But I should post this. On September 9, 2007, a pre-9/11 celebration of sorts will be taking place in New York City, as Islamists from across the Tri-State area will congregate there for the 22nd Annual Muslim Day Parade. If past parades are any indication, law enforcement will need to be on high alert, as the participants have been amongst the most radical in the nation. Will the city allow this denigration of a very somber day to take place, or will it remember its many victims of terrorism and shut it down? The...