Bangladesh offers reward for top missing Islamists
Source: Yahoo News Bangladesh police offered a reward on Tuesday for two top Islamists accused of spearheading the rise of extremism in the country, which is reeling from a mass […]
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UN panel says Yazidi genocide ‘ongoing,’ appeals for help
Source: Associated Press By BALINT SZLANKOIRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Islamic State group is still committing genocide and other crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a United Nations commission […]
French Muslims step out of invisibility after attacks
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — French Muslims have been officially invisible, expected to blend in with the rest of the citizenry in secular France. But now […]
Muslims in the Military: The Few, the Proud, the Welcome
Source: The New York Times By DAVE PHILIPPS When Donald J. Trump said last fall that he would consider making Muslims in the United States carry special identification cards, Tayyib […]
In A Turbulent Election Year, Mosques Organize En Masse Voting
Source: NPR By CHAS SISK In an election year filled with anti-Muslim vitriol, some mosques are urging their worshipers to vote in an attempt to make their voices heard. To do […]
The Secret of How Hypnosis Really Works
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander The unique effects of hypnosis on the brain suggest that it can be a powerful way to relieve pain—and might even be an alternative to opioids, […]
Nearly 1 in 100 worldwide are now displaced from their homes
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR More than 60 million people are displaced from their homes as of the end of 2015, thehighest number of displaced people since World War II, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This group accounts for 0.8% of the world’s […]
Which countries still outlaw apostasy and blasphemy?
Source: Pew Research Center BY ANGELINA E. THEODOROU74 COMMENTS Apostasy and blasphemy may seem to many like artifacts of history. But in dozens of countries around the world, laws against […]
Number of Refugees to Europe Surges to Record 1.3 Million in 2015
Source: Pew Research Center Recent wave accounts for about one-in-ten asylum applications since 1985 BY PHILLIP CONNOR A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 […]
Aid workers accused of trying to convert Muslim refugees at Greek camp
Source: The Guardian Migrants and refugees inside Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP By Patrick Kingsley in Moria, Lesvos Christians working in Greece’s most notorious asylum detention […]
Trump spokeswoman blames Obama for Captain Khan’s death
Source: USA Today By Natalie DiBlasio The Twitterverse is trying to teach Donald Trump’s spokeswoman Katrina Pierson a sassy history lesson. In an interview with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, Pierson blamed President Obama and Hillary Clinton for the 2004 death of Army Capt. Humayun Khan. However, Khan died while George W. Bush was president — four […]
Report: $400M flown to Iran as U.S. prisoners freed
Source: USA Today By Doug Stanglin The Obama administration secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran in January to settle a decades-old legal dispute just as the Iranians were releasing four Americans detained byTehran, The Wall Street […]
National Institutes of Health Begins Human Zika Vaccine Trial
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin There will be at least 80 volunteers involved The federal government is launching an investigational human trial of a Zika vaccine, health officials announced on Wednesday. The National Institutes of Health announced that at least 80 volunteers will test a new Zika vaccine. The trial, which […]
Meet the Syrian Refugee Swimming for Olympic Glory
Source: Time By Jared Malsin The journey of Rami Anis from war-struck Aleppo to Rio de Janeiro In October of 2011, the popular uprising in Syria was turning from protest to […]
‘We are dead souls in living bodies’: Australia accused of abusing refugees
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Judy Kwon, CNN (CNN)Australia is deliberately abusing refugees in an offshore detention camp to try to stop people seeking asylum in their country by boat, human rights groups claim in a new report. Daily violence, suicide attempts and children left without medical treatment were […]
Emirates plane catches fire in Dubai; hundreds escape, 1 firefighter killed
Source: CNN By Paul Armstrong, Schams Elwazer and Holly Yan, CNN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN)Hundreds of passengers miraculously escaped after an Emirates flight skidded on a runway and […]
Frank Luntz: The Myth of the Undecided Voter
Source: Time By Frank Luntz A news analyst and contributor to CBS News and the Fox News Channel America’s most coveted voting bloc: the infamous “undecided” voter. If you listen carefully to […]
American Muslims Demand an Apology From Donald Trump
Source: Time By Roula Allouch Allouch is the national board chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Joe Raedle—Getty ImagesKhizr Khan, father of deceased U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, delivers remarks as he is joined by his wife Ghazala Khan at the Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2016. Republican presidential […]
US election: Donald Trump warns vote could be ‘rigged’
Source: BBC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that the November election could be “rigged”. He told a rally in Columbus, Ohio, that he had heard “more and more” that the contest would be unfair. He offered no immediate evidence. At another event he called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton […]
Our weird lack of hair may be the key to our success
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Look closely at your friends, family and even strangers. Spot anything strange? Ignore any large noses or unusually-shaped brows. Instead, look at their hair – […]