Iraq suicide bomb: Shia pilgrims among nearly 80 dead
Source: BBC Nearly 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a security official says. The blast […]
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2 Mississippi churches transcend racial barriers after arson
Source: Fox News GREENVILLE, Miss. – Back in the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. observed that Sunday morning is the most segregated time of the week in America, […]
A Muslim girl wasn’t allowed to box in a hijab, so her opponent shared victory with her
Source: Associated Press By Cindy Boren Sixteen-year-old Amaiya Zafar was about to put on her gloves Sunday at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships inhij, Fla., when officials called off the impending fight. Zafar, a devout Muslim from Oakdale, Minn., wears a hijab under her headgear as well as a […]
Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of the architects of the program, Kris Kobach, to his […]
Malloy Says He Will Fight Attempts To Restrict Refugees
Source: Hartford Courant BY Alaine Griffin Contact Reporter At a gathering that included refugees from Syria and their advocates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that he does not expect federal policies regarding resettlement to change, but promised to fight any attempt by the federal government to restrict refugees based on […]
Town that denied mosque sued by federal government
Source: New Jersey Advance Media NEWARK – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Bernards Township, alleging it violated federal law in its denial of the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge’s plan […]
Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder of British Lawmaker Jo Cox
Source: Time By Suyin Haynes Thomas Mair was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of British politician Jo Cox after a seven-day trial at London’s Old Bailey court. The 53-year-old unemployed gardener attacked the Labour MP in June, one week before the British referendum on leaving the […]
Climate changing ‘too fast’ for species
Source: BBC By Helen Briggs BBC News Image copyrightTHINKSTOCKImage captionTropical species are thought to be particularly vulnerable Many species will not be able to adapt fast enough to survive climate change, say scientists. A study of more than 50 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes in […]
Hopes for new Alzheimer’s drug dashed
Source: BBC By Fergus Walsh A major trial of a drug to treat mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease has ended in failure. Patients on solanezumab did not show any slowing […]
Red Cross Warns of ‘Desperate’ Situation in Yemen’s Taiz
Source: ABC News An international aid group has warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen’s western city of Taiz, saying that corpses litter the streets and civilians are trapped. “Sniper fire and indiscriminate shelling has trapped civilians. Dead bodies are in the streets and people are unable to attend […]
Late-Season Storm Otto Becomes Hurricane; 3 Dead in Panama
Source: ABC News Late-season storm Otto strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday as civil defense officials reported three deaths in Panama amid heavy rain and Costa Rica ordered the evacuation of 4,000 people from its Caribbean coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Otto was moving to the west and expected […]
Suspect in Shooting Death of San Antonio Detective Says He Wants to Apologize
Source: ABC News By JULIA JACOBO MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN A man suspected of fatally shooting a San Antonio, Texas, police detective said he wished to apologize to the slain officer’s family. A SWAT team arrested 31-year-old San Antonio resident Otis Tyrone McKane around 4:30 p.m. local time on Monday, […]
‘Hijab grab’ defense: As reports of hate crimes spike postelection, Muslim women turn to self-defense
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt November 21 Zaineb Abdulla, 24, is organizing self-defense classes particularly for Muslim women. (Courtesy of Zaineb Abdullah) Zaineb Abdulla says she was about 8 years old the first time someone spit on her for being Muslim. The 24-year-old — who wears a hijab, […]
‘Furious’ Jake Tapper calls CNN banner quoting anti-Semitic language ‘unacceptable’
Source: Philly.com By Rob Tornoe, Staff Writer A “furious” Jake Tapper blasted CNN and his own show, The Lead, for displaying a phrase on Monday night’s show that outraged many […]
NYC mayor: We’ll sue if Trump makes Muslim registry
Source: The Hill BY MARK HENSCH New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) says his city will sue President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration if it implements a national registry for […]
U.S. Holocaust museum alarmed over ‘hateful speech’ by white nationalists
Source: Reuters By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself making a Nazi salute. The National Policy […]
UN: Number of Syrians Under Siege Doubled in 6 Months, Now Nearly 1 Million
Source: ABC News By J.J. GALLAGHER The number of Syrians living under siege has doubled in just the past six months and now totals nearly one million, the United Nations‘ humanitarian chief said on Monday. Stephen O’Brien, the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told the United Nations Security Council that […]
Thousands of Green Cards Have ‘Simply Gone Missing,’ IG Says
Source: ABC News By GENEVA SANDS Thousands of Green Cards have been mishandled over the past three years, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General report. Electronic system errors have caused at least 19,000 cards to be issued as duplicates or with incorrect information, such as […]
Americans Who Live Near Border Say Trump’s Wall Is Unwelcome
Source: ABC News By FRANK BAJAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS All along the winding Rio Grande, the people who live in this bustling, fertile region where the U.S. border meets the Gulf of Mexico never quite understood how Donald Trump’s great wall could ever be much more than campaign rhetoric. Erecting a […]
US leaving TPP: A great news day for China
Source: BBC The Chinese government will rejoice to hear Donald Trump promise that the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in the White House. For […]