Trump’s peace plan will polarise Arabs, Europe
Mar 12,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Only a few weeks separate us from two significant events for the region: the April 9 Israeli Knesset elections and following that, […]
Fox News condemns Jeanine Pirro after TV host says Ilhan Omar hijab ‘antithetical to constitution’
Source: The National Fox News on Monday denounced comments made by the channel’s own Jeanine Pirro after the host said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s headscarf was “antithetical to the United States Constitution”. […]
The Fight Over Ilhan Omar Is a Fight Over the Identity of the Democratic Party
Source: The Atlantic BY Emma Green The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to condemn anti-Semitism, along with a litany of bigotries against Muslims, immigrants, Asian Americans and Pacific […]
‘This is a sham’: Why did 23 Republicans vote against condemning hatred and bigotry?
Source: The Washington Post By Antonia Noori Farzan March 8 After a week of brutal infighting over how to best respond to allegations of anti-Semitism, Democrats on Thursday presented a compromise that seemed […]
House Votes to Condemn All Hate as Anti-Semitism Debate Overshadows Congress
Source: The New York Times By Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — It started as a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. Then, anti-Muslim bias was added in. After that came white supremacy. And […]
Most churches are losing members fast — but not the Mormons. Here’s why.
Source: Vox By Daniel Cox Jennifer, a young mother and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in northern Virginia, is honest about the challenges of being Mormon […]
The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life
Source: The New Yorker By Jeffrey Toobin Donald Trump may be imperilled by the ever-growing number of investigations into various avenues of his conduct, but his agenda continues apace at the Supreme Court. […]
Cambridge: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait-ul-Kareem Mosque opens its doors to public post renovations
Source: http://www.therecord.com The Bai’tul Kareem Mosque is the only mosque for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the region, and its members have found a warm welcome in Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE — For more than a decade, the mosque has been a gathering place for the local Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. But the […]
Don’t let America turn North Korea into another Iraq
William M Arkin The news has taken on a theme: North Korea is only stringing the US along, and the controlled leaks feel very similar to what unfolded with Iraq […]
Megaphones and more – Mueller details Russian U.S. election meddling
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 7, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Robert Mueller (R) , serving as Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is seen on a TV monitor at the […]
Imam sheds light on Islam
Imam sheds light on Islam ‘Everyone should know the Islam is a religion of peace and love’ JULIEN GIGNAC Mar. 8, 2019 Those who did not come equipped with an […]
Islamic Views and Practices Regarding Adoption
PRINT by Huda Updated February 19, 2019 The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said that a person who cares for an orphaned child will be close beside him […]
International Women’s Day – Muslim Ladies
by: Sairah Yassir-Deane and Cem Nizamoglu To celebrate Women’s Day on 8th March, no way is better than reproducing a collection of articles written by FSTC scholars and associates on the […]
The Supreme Court’s Peace Cross case highlights a deeper question about religion
Source: The Washington Post By Charles Lane Opinion writer March 5 In the case of the Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Md., the ostensible issue for the Supreme Court is whether the […]
Want to combat hate? Stop the hazing of Ilhan Omar and start listening.
Source: The Washington Post By Wajahat Ali and Rabia Chaudry The firestorm around Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent tweets about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and criticism of Israel has drawn attention to what […]
The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained
Source: Vox By Zack Beauchamp The long-simmering controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)’s heated language on Israel has reached a boiling point — with House Democrats weighing a plan to vote […]
Trump is trying to pay his way to an annihilation of Palestinian statehood, and an erasure of Israel’s crimes
Donald Trump and Jared Kushner This was the first time in modern Arab history that America has offered the bribes before anyone has agreed to the terms Robert Fisk @indyvoices “Palestine” […]
Most churches are losing members fast — but not the Mormons. Here’s why.
In an era of declining faith, Mormon membership is holding steady. By Daniel Cox Mar 6, 2019, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performs during the twice-annual conference of […]
What Turks say: The S-400 story and the end of US influence
MELIH ALTINOK@melihaltinok Published06.03.201923:54 President Erdoğan meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Jan. 23, 2019. If the U.S. does not want to lose Turkey’s […]
Faith and polygamy: which religions permit plural marriage?
Polygamy is taboo in Western society and Christianity but other cultures and faiths permit plural marriage. By Nicola Heath Polygamy usually refers to a man taking multiple wives. Polyandry, where […]