The Headscarf, Fear, And Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post By Zainab Salbi Founder of Women for Women International, Media Host of The Zainab Salbi Project and Nida’a Show If you want to understand the rise of Islamophobia […]
Hijab: Quran is to be Understood in the Context of Time – Every One Knows It But Does Not Say It
Also read the commentary on this article by ALIX CULBERTSON in the Daily and Sunday Express of UK: “A LEADING Muslim religious commentator has said he “abhors” the Burka for […]
Remembering Dr Abdus Salam, father of science in Pakistan
Dr Abdus Salam, Muslim World’s first Nobel Prize winner January 29, 1926 – 21 November 1996 90th birthday celebration of Dr Abdus Salam, held in Islamabad 2016, under the auspices of Dr. Anwar Nasim, President Pakistan Academy of Sciences. ==================================== Scientist of the East, read the entire book online […]
Obama says he may comment as citizen on Trump’s presidency
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former […]
New Breaking News coming from Pakistan?
Reliable sources confirming: General Ishfaq Nadeem New boss (Chief of Army Staff) General Zubair, Comd SPD General Bajwa CJ COS Now 3 x 4 star generals in Pakistan Army. Current COAS starts farewell visits.
Reince Priebus Voices Support For Altered Muslim Ban
Source: Huffington Post BY Eliot Nelson HuffPost Hill Editor, The Huffington Post DON EMMERT/GETTY IMAGESIncoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus arrives for a day of meetings at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday. GOP chairman and incoming White House chief of staff Reince […]
Judge Tells New Citizens They Can Leave The U.S. If They Don’t Like Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post BY Sam Levine Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post A federal judge presiding over a naturalization ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday told new U.S. citizens if they didn’t like President-elect Donald Trump, they could leave the United States. “I can assure you that whether you voted […]
America’s Schools Have Been Hit With Bigotry And Anti-Semitism Since Election Day
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days since Donald Trump became President-elect Trump. These incidents are hitting not only colleges and universities, but high schools, middle schools and even […]
The Most Influential Images of All Time
Source: Time EXPLORE THE STORIES BEHIND 100 IMAGES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, SELECTED BY TIME AND AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF CURATORS. Milk Drop Coronet Harold Edgerton 1957 Before Harold Edgerton […]
Here’s What President Obama Told His Daughters After Trump’s Victory
Source: Motto By Suyin Haynes President Barack Obama told his teenage daughters to “constantly affirm and lift up and fight” following the election of Donald Trump to the presidency last […]
10 Interesting Facts About Crucifixion
By Cristian Violatti; for Listverse Crucifixion is arguably the cruelest form of execution. When we read ancient sources, it is hard to distinguish the practice of crucifixion from other similar […]
Size of U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Workforce Stable After the Great Recession
Source: Pew Research Center Declines in eight states and increases in seven since 2009 BY JEFFREY S. PASSEL AND D’VERA COHN There were 8 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. […]
President Obama: Don’t Assume the Worst About Donald Trump’s Trade Policies
Source: Time By Darlene Superville / AP (LIMA, Peru) — Warning against a rush to judgment, President Barack Obama sought Saturday to ease concerns in Latin America that President-elect Donald Trump will wipe out trade deals and create other international problems. “Don’t just assume the worst,” he said. “Wait until the […]
Can the Muslim American family survive Trump?
Aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion 2016/11/17 Huda Al-Marashi is an Iraqi-American writer specialising in Muslim women’s issues and the Muslim experience in the US. The day after the presidential election, my 14-year-old son left a message in the shower. With his little brother’s foam alphabet letters, he spelled out, “Haters gonna hate us.” It […]
Muslim prayer call ban blasted as ‘an attempt to erase the religion’
Source: Sunday Express By ZOE EFSTATHIOU The draft law, proposed by the Israeli government, has sparked outrage among Muslims who claim they are being discriminated against. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Pakistan Bans All 11 Christian TV Stations, Arrests Cable Operators in Crackdown
Source: Christian Post BY ANUGRAH KUMAR Pakistan’s television regulatory body has banned all 11 Christian TV channels airing in the country and arrested at least six cable operators for defying the order, according to reports. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, or PEMRA, does not grant landing rights for religious […]
An Agnostic Jew: Lesley Hazleton: On reading the Koran
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about the Holy Quran Islam: A Totalitarian Philosophy or One Teaching at a Time?
Merkel expected to announce bid for fourth term Sunday
Source: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to announce her bid for re-election on Sunday in a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following shock poll triumphs for Brexit and Donald Trump. More:
Ted Talks: 7 fascinating talks on better understanding Islam
Source: Ted Talks When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, […]
Pence Booed, Called Out at Broadway Hit ‘Hamilton’
Source: The Daily Beast. Vice President-elect Mike Pence was singled out by a cast member at a Friday night showing of Broadway’s hit play “Hamilton.” After being met by boos from the crowd upon arriving, Pence got a talking to from Actor Brandon Victor Dixon as the show finished. Dixon, […]