I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s Still Legal in 41 States.
Source: The New York Times By SAM BRINTON In the early 2000s, when I was a middle schooler in Florida, I was subjected to a trauma that was meant to erase […]
Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct In Their Own Churches
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Tennessee pastor Andy Savage confessed before his congregation to what he called “a sexual incident” in 1998 with a 17-year-old girl, Jules Woodson. Highpoint Church/Screenshot […]
Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
Source: The New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK Photo Protester at a rally against President Trump’s travel ban at Foley Square in Manhattan last month.CreditVictor J. Blue for The New York […]
Michigan man accused of threatening to attack CNN identified with Hitler, former classmate says
Source: The Washington Post By Trevor Bach, Mark Berman and Kyle Swenson January 23 The CNN Center in Atlanta (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) NOVI, Mich. — The man who federal authorities say threatened to kill CNN employees had declared in high school that he identified with Adolf Hitler and suggested “the Holocaust was exaggerated,” according to a former […]
Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches
Source: Associated Press By ALAN SUDERMAN RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in response to a deadly church shooting in […]
Jews Feast On Forbidden Foods To Remember Rabbis’ Radical Banquet
Source: NPR By ASHLEY GOLDSMITH When a journalist and chef made the decision to host a dinner party and invite members of the Illuminoshi (a not-so-secret society of San Francisco Bay […]
They spoke out against immigrants. So she unearthed their own immigrant ancestors
Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)If you think the ongoing immigration debates don’t apply to you, Jennifer Mendelsohnhas some news: They probably do. Mendelsohn, a journalist, author and passionate genealogist, has […]
Palestinians reject ‘biblical messianic message of Pence’
By Reuters – Jan 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians walk outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City at Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED […]
Americans are slowly warming up to self-driving cars
Source: CNN by Matt McFarland The fear factor surrounding self-driving cars appears to be slowly receding. AAA released a study Wednesday showing that 63% of Americans are afraid of riding in […]
Franklin Graham Praises Trump As Staunch Defender Of Christianity
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A little over a year ago, the Rev. Franklin Graham offered a Bible reading at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. He took the rain that fell that […]
Today’s Oscar Nominations Prove the Academy Can Still Surprise Us — in a Good Way
Source: Time By ELIZA BERMAN January 23, 2018 The 2018 awards season started out wide open. Way back in December, even as initial screenings of The Post had some ready to call the […]
Fake News that Everyone Loves
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Trump’s voters love the “fake news” that suits their agenda. It was in fact during the […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community attends Detroit’s Regional Interfaith Retreat held at Metropolitan United Methodist Church
“Ahmadiyya Muslim community is a progressive, peaceful and inclusive community which believes in the freedom of religion as per the teachings of Holy Quran“, said Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills. Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit Detroit Regional Interfaith Voice for Equity Leadership Retreat was […]
Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
Source: The New York Times By ADAM LIPTAK Protester at a rally against President Trump’s travel ban at Foley Square in Manhattan last month.CreditVictor J. Blue for The New York Times […]
U.S. Embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019: Pence
Source: Reuters By Jeff Mason, Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in […]
Alaska Native group slams planned shamanism event
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL D’ORO ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native group spoke out Friday against a shamanism retreat, saying the event commercializes and exploits the spiritual healing […]
Pence and the two-state solution
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In remarks during his talks with King Abdullah, US Vice President Mike Pence said that his country […]
Most American Catholic Women Want The Church To Have Female Deacons, Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post American Catholic women are ready to see female deacons preaching from the pulpit. But it’s not up to them to decide. By Carol Kuruvilla BOSTON GLOBE VIA […]
Trump’s New Ambassador Finally Tells Dutch He Was Wrong About Muslim ‘No-Go’ Zones
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Hoekstra, has finally admitted that his 2015 comments claiming there were “no go” violent zones in […]
New office will help medical providers deny treatment on religious grounds
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Glenza in New York The Trump administration is creating an office to protect the religious rights of medical providers, including those who may oppose abortion or transgender rights, in […]