Source: Associated Press By JILL COLVIN Clergy leaders with PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing) Action Fund and their… Read more NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Donald Trump appeared to […]
Source: The Washington Post By Jenna Johnson June 21 at 6:00 AM In the weeks between last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., Donald Trump and his closest aides began discussing an idea far outside the bounds of normal political debate: banning all foreign Muslims from entering […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON Most Donald Trump events kick off with music from Elton John or the Rolling Stones at deafening volumes. But praise choruses ruled the day Tuesday as […]
Source: CNN By Deirdre Walsh, Stephen Collinson and Eugene Scott Washington (CNN) – John Lewis revived Wednesday one of the most evocative forms of protest from the civil rights movement — the sit-in — to demand House Republicans move on gun control. In a move rich with historic symbolism, the […]
Source: Boston Globe By Matt Rocheleau Anti-Muslim incidents at mosques in the United States surged last year, according to a new report that blames the trend on backlash from terrorist attacks and the rhetoric of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. There were nearly 80 incidents — including vandalism, property […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Quran, revered by Muslims, is the centerpiece of a first-of-its-kind exhibition in the United States as the Smithsonian displays exquisitely decorated manuscripts from one of the top Quran collections. The Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery announced Tuesday that “The Art of the Qur’an: […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ellen Nakashima President Obama suggested that extremist information spread online inspired a Florida man to commit the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at a […]
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman Contact Reporter There might not be a budget, but Illinois could become the first state with a law on the books that gives Muslims […]
Source: BBC A video has surfaced online showing staff at a Chinese bank being publicly spanked for poor performance during a training session, sparking outrage. The video, first posted by the People’s Daily, shows a trainer asking eight employees why they did not “exceed themselves” at training. He then spanks […]
Source: BBC Congolese ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has been jailed for 18 years following a landmark conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and sexual violence. Bemba, […]
Source: Religion News Service By Ruma Paul/REUTERS DHAKA (Reuters) Police in Bangladesh on Sunday (June 19) shot dead an Islamist militant wanted for the killings of several liberal bloggers and gay rights activists, a senior official said. The militant, identified as Sharif, one of the leaders of the banned group Ansar Ullah […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) A Muslim civil rights organization says that a record number of groups are spreading hatred of Muslims and have raised more than $200 million in funding […]
Source: Religion News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to military leaders, asking them to apologize for assaulting Oscar Rodriguez, a decorated Air Force […]
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin 20 June 2016 CHINA SPENDS MORE ON INFRASTRUCTURE each year than North America and Western Europe combined. That’s according to a new study published last […]
Source: BBC By Emma Young From Mosaic 20 June 2016 At the age of six, Jack Craven started telling his mother he wanted to die. “God made a mistake when […]
Source: BBC By Matt Walker Ancient humans dined out by eating the massive heads of now extinct elephants. According to new research, people living in Palaeolithic times, commonly known as […]
Source: BBC The US Senate has rejected plans to tighten gun controls, including the restriction of weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists. Four proposals were brought before the […]
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — The Israeli government on Sunday approved about $20 million in additional financing for Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, […]
Source: Reuters ISLAMABAD | BY ASAD HASHIM Pakistani police arrested a man under the majority-Muslim country’s strict blasphemy laws on Monday for selling shoes with a sacred Hindu symbol, police and Hindu leaders said. The shopkeeper, Jahanzaib Khaskhili, was arrested in the southern town of Tando Adam and the shoes, […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown The General Synod in London in February. Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images At next month’s General Synod, the Church of England will try a new […]