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Muslim Tory peer pelted with eggs for "not being a proper Muslim"
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Mirror.co.uk News
A tory peer was pelted with eggs yesterday for "not being a proper Muslim".
Baroness Warsi was attacked by a group of male protesters while campaigning.
Recently named Britain's most powerful Muslim woman, the shadow Cabinet minister said she had tried to talk to the protesters in Luton, Beds.
A tory peer was pelted with eggs yesterday for "not being a proper Muslim".
Baroness Warsi was attacked by a group of male protesters while campaigning.
Recently named Britain's most powerful Muslim woman, the shadow Cabinet minister said she had tried to talk to the protesters in Luton, Beds.
Iraqi refugees move to Mich. despite poor economy
Sunday, November 22, 2009
By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press Writer Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 57 mins ago
DETROIT – The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.
It wasn't that Alsaqa disliked Worcester, Mass. But he never thought twice about staying. Even though the U.S. government tried to keep him away from the Detroit area and its soaring unemployment, that was the only place Alsaqa wanted to live.
Tens of thousands have fled Michigan's troubled economy in recent years, yet Iraqi refugees continue to move there despite a U.S. government policy trying to limit refugee resettlement in the Detroit area. Family ties and cultural support from the region's large Middle Eastern community appear no match for the U.S. effort, which tries to place refugees in cities where they stand a better chance of financial success.
DETROIT – The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.
It wasn't that Alsaqa disliked Worcester, Mass. But he never thought twice about staying. Even though the U.S. government tried to keep him away from the Detroit area and its soaring unemployment, that was the only place Alsaqa wanted to live.
Tens of thousands have fled Michigan's troubled economy in recent years, yet Iraqi refugees continue to move there despite a U.S. government policy trying to limit refugee resettlement in the Detroit area. Family ties and cultural support from the region's large Middle Eastern community appear no match for the U.S. effort, which tries to place refugees in cities where they stand a better chance of financial success.
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