Ilhan Omar reveals racist threat to shoot her at state fair
Source: BBC News US Democratic lawmaker has publicised a racist threat that she would be killed at the state fair by “a very capable person with a very big ‘Gun’”. […]
Clergy Abuse Victims Take New Route to Challenge Church in Court
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Pennsylvania’s legislature hasn’t decided if it will join the growing number of states to lift the statute of limitations on victims of childhood sexual […]
Santa Clara family waits for answers after Air Canada forces 12-year-old to remove her hijab at SFO
Source: The Mercury News SANTA CLARA — As the first player on the U.S. Squash national team to compete in a hijab, 12-year-old Fatima Abdelrahman is aware that her presence […]
Muslim officers sue over beard suspensions, are reinstated
Source: Associated Press By RYAN TARINELLI ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two Muslim correctional officers in New York were reinstated Tuesday after being suspended for refusing to shave their beards because […]
Lawsuit claims DMV rule about head coverings violates religious, civil liberties
Source: Chicago Sun Times BY David Struett A civil rights group is suing Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White over a rule it claims violates people’s religious rights at driver’s […]
Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer
Source: Reuters BY Aram Roston, Joshua Schneyer LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) – Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that […]
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
Source: Associated Press By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and ruled Friday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy of […]
As U.S. Jews Cool To Israel, Evangelicals Flock There As Tourists
Source: NPR By Tom Gjelten President Trump’s evident desire to identify who’s most “loyal” to Israel has a clear winner: U.S. evangelicals. Not only do they outpace U.S. Jews in […]
‘Millennial nuns’ are a myth as Catholic women’s religious orders still face uncertain future
Source: The Columbus Dispatch By Danae King The Columbus Dispatch The popular notion that more and more women in their 20s and 30s are flocking to the cloistered life does […]
In Trump’s team, misgivings emerge over any deal with Taliban in Afghanistan – U.S. officials
Aug 31. 2019 By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As negotiators work to nail down an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, […]
Taliban say near agreement on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2019 – By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban said on Wednesday they were close to an agreement with U.S. officials on a deal that would […]
Armed protests expected at US Muslim convention amid rising Islamophobia
Source: TRT World Top Democrat politicians are due to attend a conference organised by Muslim-American groups, but far-right activists are also planning to turn up. Presidential hopefuls Julian Castro and […]
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It’s News. When a Republican Smears Muslims, There’s Silence.
Mehdi Hasan August 28 2019, “It’s all about the Benjamins, baby.” That is, of course, what Rep. Ilhan Omar famously tweeted on February 10, in response to a tweet […]
Virginia GOP Senator Smears Muslim Opponent As A ‘Radical’ Sympathetic To Terrorists
Source: Huffington Post State Sen. Richard Stuart is out with a new ad against Qasim Rashid claiming he “doesn’t believe Islamic terrorism exists.” By Amanda Terkel Virginia GOP Senator Smears […]
US State Department under fire for removing ‘Palestinian Territories’ from website
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP Washington, DC 28.08.2019 Palestinian leaders are in uproar after the US State Department’s website removed the territories from its list of countries and areas, following […]
GZERO VIDEO: Will Trump keep his promise of ‘no new wars’?
PublishedAug 8, 2019 NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – One of US President Donald Trump’s most consistent electoral promises, after building the wall, was “no new wars”. He’s had opportunities […]
What do you get when you invite bikers to a Vaughan mosque? A unique fundraiser
250 motorcycles at event marking 1-year anniversary of Danforth Shooting Community Aug 25, 2019 by Simone Joseph Vaughan Citizen Mirza Muhammad Afzal speaks to the gathered after 250 motorcyclists […]
5 Places Where World War III Could Start in 2019
December 22, 2018 by Robert Farley The world has avoided war between major power war since 1945, even if the United States and the Soviet Union came quite close on […]
We want to be able to send our missionaries anywhere, LDS apostle says after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack Several high-ranking Latter-day Saint leaders met Thursday with Vice President Mike Pence about a common concern: religious freedom in the United […]
Yeshiva University hit with sexual abuse lawsuit
Source: Associated Press By VERENA DOBNIK and DAVID KLEPPER NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University sued […]