TED Talks Daily | What we can do about the culture of hate | Sally Kohn
Source: TED Talks BY Sally Kohn We’re all against hate, right? We agree it’s a problem — their problem, not our problem, that is. But as Sally Kohn discovered, we […]
Baghdad’s infrastructure in ruins 15 years after Saddam fell
By AFP – Apr 09,2018 A US soldier watches as a statue of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003 (Reuters file […]
UK: ‘Hello, I am Muslim’
International event aims to encourage mutual understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims. 7 Apr 2018 The “Hello I am Muslim” event has been launched in London’s King’s Cross station [Anadolu] more […]
Facebook data: How it was used by Cambridge Analytica
Source: BBC News Facebook has said it believes that up to 87 million users’ data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica claims its data and research helped Donald […]
Kim Jong-Un Has Offered to Talk Denuclearization With President Trump, U.S. Official Says
Source: Time By NICK WADHAMS / BLOOMBERG April 8, 2018 The U.S. has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to talk to President Donald Trump about getting rid of his […]
Geneva talks: What’s to be done about killer robots?
By Simon Bradley This content was published on April 9, 2018 An example of a Lethal Autonomous Weapons System (LAWS) – better known as a “killer robot” (darpa.mil) Activists seeking […]
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
Source: RNS NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops […]
Deep down, what does Donald Trump want in Syria?
YAHYA BOSTAN @yahyabostan The new U.S. military bases in northern Syria indicate Washington does not want to pull out of the country, and instead is planning to do something […]
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to […]
At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
Source: Religion News Service By Aziza Kasumov LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Stephen Han’s sermon has the cadence of a TED Talk. Wearing jeans and a loose button-up shirt, he paces energetically […]
You Might Be Eating Halal Meat And Not Even Know It
Source: NPR BY ESTHER HONIG Wearing a heavy smock and rubber boots, Amadedin Eganwa stands over a large conveyor belt that’s carrying unconscious lambs. He faces east, toward Mecca, gently lifts […]
With Millennials less likely to believe in God, churches work hard to buck trends
Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES BY John Boyle, jboyle@citizen-times.com The statistics are daunting, particularly when it comes to the “nones.” Fewer younger people, particularly Millennials, attend church or believe in God, and they’re less likely […]
Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people
Source: Science Daily Date:April 5, 2018 Source:Cell Press Summary:Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger […]
The Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Overdose Antidote to Prevent Opioid Deaths
Source: Time By R.J. RICO / AP April 5, 2018 (ATLANTA) — The nation’s chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation’s […]
New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King
Source: Religion And Politics By Lerone A. Martin | April 3, 2018 In 2017, the National Archives released a new trove of FBI files in response to a Freedom of Information Act […]
USA: “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event attended by students of Local University of Dayton, Ohio
“Islam is a religion of Peace and Tolerance” said Imam Shamshad. Report by Abdul Qudoos Ahmad Dayton The very popular “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event happens very regularly on […]
These Painfully Hilarious Comics Capture Life As A Muslim Woman In America
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_6wJSBsY2/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=8&wp=1316#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3292.500000000018%7D 450 Huda Fahmy, an American Muslim artist, often gets questions from non-Muslims about her hijab, the headscarf she chooses to wear as part […]
Trump, the White House, and the den of Islamophobes
HATEM BAZIAN @hatembazian While growing up, reading the adventures of Ali Baba provided steady stimuli for my imagination and a unique conduit to contemplate virtue, chivalry and the criteria […]
How the American media provides cover for Israeli violence
Source: Arab News By Ray Hanania, who is a Palestinian American columnist and author of several books. Twitter: @rayhanania The US news media is stoking the violence in the Middle East […]
Alabama To Put Ten Commandments Displays On November Ballot
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla GARY TRAMONTINA VIA GETTY IMAGES Workers pause before removing a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state judicial building in Montgomery on Aug. 27, 2003. Federal […]