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Washington train crash: Rail carriage falls on US motorway
Source: BBC News A train carriage has plummeted on to a motorway in Washington state and there are reports of casualties. The Amtrak train car fell from an overpass, landing […]
Linda Sarsour Accused Of Enabling Sexual Assault Against Woman Who Worked For Her
Source: MSN news By Benny Johnson The inspiration behind the Women’s March on DC, Linda Sarsour, has been accused of enabling the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a woman who […]
ISIL weapons traced to US and Saudi Arabia
14 Dec 2017 Iraqi security forces display weapons confiscated from ISIL fighters [Wissm Al-Okili/Reuters] Weapons supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to opposition fighters often fell into the […]
The Trump declaration
Dec 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kamel Abu Jaber The Trump declaration should have come as no more than a disappointment to us Arabs, as it was no more than […]
52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues
U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam Source: Pew research center By Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, who is a research associate focusing on religion at Pew […]
Faith leaders say Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets violate constitutional protections
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow December 15 at 6:00 AM Thousands gathered in Lafayette Square in February to protest the first version of the Trump administration’s travel ban on […]
After Trump and Moore, some evangelicals are finding their own label too toxic to use
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey December 14 at 9:08 PM PASADENA, Calif. — They all decided they wanted to become preachers and enrolled in seminary to learn how to […]
Muslim Leaders Declare East Jerusalem the Palestinian Capital
Source: The Washington Post By CARLOTTA GALL ISTANBUL — Leaders and officials of Muslim nations declared East Jerusalem the Palestinian capital on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Istanbul, producing the […]
Counterterror chief: Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric makes job more difficult
Source: CNN By Jim Sciutto and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN)Recent anti-Muslim rhetoric from President Donald Trump and administration policies such as the travel ban are making counterterrorism “more difficult,” according to outgoing National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen. Speaking during an on-the-record interview Wednesday, Rasmussen said, “I don’t think it’s arguable it’s […]
Trump plan to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem angers Middle East Christians
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris December 13 JERUSALEM — Some of the festive cheer was missing last weekend at a public Christmas tree lighting near the site where Christians believe an […]
J.K. Rowling Suggests To Roy Moore That God Is A Black Woman
Source: Huffington Post The author responded to Moore’s claim that “God is always in control.” By Elyse Wanshel Author J.K. Rowling was among the many thrilled by Democrat Doug Jones’ victory […]
Roy Moore, Jerusalem and LGBT rights: Why is religion so divisive?
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Washington (CNN)Religion didn’t come up when Jack Phillips, a Christian baker in Colorado, told a gay couple he wouldn’t make their wedding cake […]
Americans Say Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life
Source: Pew Research Center Shrinking majority believe biblical account of birth of Jesus depicts actual events Representation of Christmas Nativity scene. (Photoillustration by iStock.com/lukbar) As long-simmering debates continue over how […]
Arkansas panel clears way for new Ten Commandments marker
Source: Associated Press By JILL BLEED LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas commission cleared the way Tuesday for the installation of another Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol, […]
Bangladesh: Accused NYC attacker followed radical preacher
Source: Asssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The man accused of carrying out a bomb attack in New York City’s subway system was influenced by the sermons and writings of […]
Democrat Jones wins stunning red-state Alabama Senate upset
Source: Associated Press By KIM CHANDLER and STEVE PEOPLES MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, […]
‘A spiritual battle:’ How Roy Moore tested white evangelical allegiance to the Republican Party
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey December 13 at 6:00 AM U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) leaves the stage after speaking at the RSA activity center in Montgomery, Ala., […]
Forget abortion: What women in Appalachian Kentucky really want
Source: CNN By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Pikeville, Kentucky (CNN)Perhaps it was the abstinence pledge she felt forced to sign or the promise ring she was told to slip on her finger. […]
Former police officer argues FBI pushed him to support terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Weiner December 12 In the years Nicholas Young went to work patrolling Washington’s Metro system, a federal prosecutor said, an FBI agent was lying awake at […]