Source: Voice Of America More than one-third of U.S. innovators are foreign born which suggests highly educated immigrants just might be one of America’s most valuable resources. Despite only making […]
Source: Voice of America GENEVA—The special U.N. investigator on freedom of religion or belief is calling for the universal repeal of blasphemy laws, saying they restrict freedom of expression and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Islamophobia has become frighteningly commonplace in the U.S. There’s a lot of hatred, misinformation and misplaced fear being directed at Muslims […]
Source: Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A leading Muslim civil rights group is calling on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to apologize for his claim that “Islam hates us.” […]
Source: NPR The religion of Islam was founded by Muhammad, the 7th century prophet whom Muslims call “the messenger of God.” They don’t consider him divine, but they follow his […]
Source: The New York Times In a prosperous New Jersey suburb about an hour west of Manhattan, a retired AT&T executive decided with some friends to open a mosque in the […]
Source: The Washington Post Marco Rubio has taken a lot of heat in the press for allowing Donald Trump to drag him into the gutter — a mistake even he has said he regrets — so journalists naturally applauded the Florida senator’s tonal reversal in Thursday’s Republican presidential debate […]
Source: Haartez Haredi men are being forced into a labor market with little work for people without a higher education. A new study shows how seriously deficient the community is. In 2011, a suit filed in the High Court of Justice asserted that the rights of young ultra-Orthodox Jews were […]
Source: BBC Most animals hate the cold. When winter comes around many species burrow underground to hibernate or migrate to lower latitudes where conditions are warmer. But a few strange […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has attacked Donald Trump for saying that Islam hates America, in a televised debate in Miami. Mr Rubio, who faces a do-or-die contest […]
Source: Huffington Post When Afghanistan’s national women’s soccer team takes the field in the near future, the players will be decked in a uniform that marks both their country’s deep-seated […]
Source: BBC European stock markets have fallen and the euro has soared following the economic stimulus measures announced by the European Central Bank. After initially rising following the broader than […]
Source: The Washington Post For so long, Ryan Hoffman, a former college football player I wrote about last year, had the same explanation for his inability to get his life […]
Source: Huffington Post One of the most prevalent talking points in the 2016 election cycle is the role of religion, and the in-grouping and outgrouping that political figures are using to describe America. While Donald Trump’s comments about banning Muslims from entering the country have drawn the most criticism, the […]
Source: Time Hillary Clinton may have been facing Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s debate, but in reality she was shadowboxing Donald Trump. The Republican frontrunner, who was the only GOP candidate […]
Source: Religion and Politics As efforts are made to assess the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, pundits have avoided discussing the one decision that stands as […]
Source: NPR For Muslim-Americans, there was a world before Sept. 11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and one after. Now, their community faces the dual threats of extremism […]
Source: The Washington Post President Obama has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to about six names, our colleagues on The Post politics staff report. One jurist in […]
Source: BBC The European Central Bank is expected to announce further measures to stimulate the eurozone economy when its governing council meets on Thursday. Inflation has continued to fall, putting […]
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