10 Questions With Trayvon Martin’s Parents
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Five years after their son’s death, the parents of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, reflect on grief, faith and their commitment to justice Why […]
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Fudging the Truth Makes People Like You Less
Source: Time Amanda MacMillan / Health.com Distorting the truth without actually lying has a name: paltering. We all do it, and according to a new Harvard University study, most of […]
EU To Take Up With Pakistan The Issue Of Human Rights Violation Of The Ahmadiyya Community
Source: Huffington Post BRUSSELS — Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from various countries have decided to approach the Government of Pakistan on the issue of alleged violation of human […]
Why Koran readings in Anglican churches preoccupy the mighty
Source: The Economist BY ERASMUS It started on January 6th at an Episcopal cathedral in Glasgow when a Muslim student was invited to read from her faith’s sacred text, and duly […]
Netanyahu thinks a ‘state-minus’ is enough for the Palestinians
Source: The Washington Post By William Booth and Ruth Eglash January 26 JERUSALEM — A few hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone with President Trump on Sunday, […]
PROSECUTOR: MAN ATTACKS MUSLIM AIRLINE EMPLOYEE AT JFK
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Massachusetts man is accused of attacking a Muslim airline employee at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, allegedly kicking and shouting […]
Texas Muslims Voice Concerns After Inflammatory Survey and Forum
Source: The New York Times By DAVID MONTGOMERY and MANNY FERNANDEZ AUSTIN, Tex. — Just over a week ago, white envelopes marked “URGENT REPLY ASAP” began arriving in the mailboxes […]
Muslims, Latinos unify over Trump’s immigration, border plan
Source: Associated Press By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and JEFF KAROUB ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have joined forces in opposing changes to immigration rules by President Donald […]
The hidden danger of euphemisms
Source: BBC By Mark Peters Euphemisms! They’re the worst. Or I should I say they’re a negative outcome benchmark? Euphemistic language is the timeless enemy of anyone concerned with clarity. […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War’
Source: Time Mikhail Gorbachev was the president of the Soviet Union and is the author of The New Russia. The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be […]
Mexicans Launch Boycotts of U.S. Companies in Fury at Donald Trump
Source: Time By Ioan Grillo / Mexico City The digital image shows a clenched fist bathed in the red, white and green of Mexico’s flag and decorated with the nation’s emblematic […]
Perhaps the Largest Protest in U.S. History Was Brought to You by Trump
Source: Time By Karl Vick We could talk all day about numbers. Were 250,000 people on hand to see Donald Trump take the oath, or more like the 1.5 million […]
Growing up a prisoner in a cult
Source: BBC By Vanessa Engle At exactly 11:15, the front door of a council flat in Brixton opened. Two women stepped out on to a quiet residential street. The younger […]
Deconstructing the LHC verdict in Aasia Bibi’s case
By Asad Jamal When a high court upholds the conviction and death sentence of a woman from a poor as well as politically and socially marginalised religious minority in a highly […]
Acts of faith: Why people get killed over blasphemy in Pakistan
Source: Herald By Alizeh Kohari Even though the rally had ended late, even though the night sky over Gangapur was turning translucent, Falak Sher’s wife insisted we stop by her house […]
God Is Back – in France
Source: The New York Times By Sylvie Kauffmann PARIS — Much to our surprise in Europe, religion wasn’t a big theme in the 2016 presidential election in the United States, a country that proclaims its trust in God even on its bank notes. It may therefore be puzzling to some Americans […]
Pakistan bans famed religious TV host for hurling blasphemy allegations
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed and Kay Johnson | ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s television regulator on Thursday banned a well-known talk show host for hate speech, after he hosted shows accusing liberal […]
Madeleine Albright and Big Bang actress ‘ready to join Muslim registry’
Source: BBC A former US Secretary of State and a Big Bang Theory actress have both vowed to register as Muslim if Donald Trump creates a database of Muslim Americans. […]
What Could Trump’s Muslim Immigration Order Do?
Source: The Atlantic By MATT FORD For all his campaign-trail bombast about Muslim immigration to the United States and bluster about its supposed mortal perils, President Trump’s draft executive order to […]
Trump says immigration block ‘not the Muslim ban’
Source: Politico By CRISTIANO LIMA President Donald Trump said his plans to temporarily halt the entry of refugees and citizens of several Muslim-majority countries into the U.S. was “not the […]