Source: The Washington Post By Susan Svrluga November 16 A Fairfax County Public Schools teacher was placed on leave this week while the district investigates a complaint that he pulled the hijab […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | November 16, 2017 WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before a crowded ballroom at the Watergate Hotel, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan called on President Trump to repent for what Farrakhan called America’s mistreatment of black people over the centuries. “America is a great nation but […]
Source: The Washington Post By Marc Fisher November 16 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event at the Walker Springs Road Baptist Church on Nov. 14 in Jackson, […]
Fast approaching is a very important American tradition and holiday – “Thanksgiving”. Without going into much of its historical background and details, I must say that we always need to be thankful and grateful for the bounties that God, the Almighty has Graciously bestowed on us. We must also be […]
Source: The Guardian BY Poppy McPhersonin Yangon Year-long report into atrocities accuses security forces of ‘unprecedented and systematic’ campaign of violence against Muslim population Rohingya Muslim children wait to receive food […]
Source: THE TENNESSEAN By Holly Meyer After a more than 140-year relationship, First Baptist Church of Jefferson City and the Tennessee Baptist Convention are breaking up over the church’s decision to hire […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett and Francis X. Rocca Updated Nov. 14, 2017 5:59 p.m. ET BALTIMORE—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chose a conservative archbishop for a key post Tuesday, […]
HILAL KAPLAN @hilal_kaplan Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (C, in brown and white) welcomes President Trump with a military honor cordon after they arrived the King Khalid International Airport in […]
SERDAR KARAGÖZ @serdarkaragoz DOHA President Erdoğan (L) said U.S. forces have been involved in the fight against Daesh on the ground alongside YPG forces in Raqqa. The U.S. denying […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY KATAYOUN KISHI The number of assaults against Muslims in the United States rose significantly between 2015 and 2016, easily surpassing the modern peak reached in 2001, […]
Source: CNN By Susan Scutti (CNN)A man may soon be forever free of the previously incurable disease he was born with 44 years ago. On Monday, in a medical first, […]
Source: CNN On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite. The “nanosat” — it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread — undertook a two-day journey from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station […]
Source: The New Yorker By Christina Binkley November 13, 2017 Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel In 1959, the […]
Source: CNN By Julia Horowitz For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel (MAT), which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its “Shero” collection will be […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sean Sullivan, Robert Costa and Jenna Johnson November 13 Senate Republican leaders on Monday waged an urgent campaign to pressure GOP nominee Roy Moore to withdraw from the Alabama Senate […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I bet you that even the most informed Muslims, including the majority of the Muslim […]
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — On the same day a federal appeals court allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to […]
Source: NPR By RYAN LUCAS Twitter The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau’s headquarters. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The number of hate crimes reported last […]
Experts are evenly split on whether the coming decade will see a reduction in false and misleading narratives online. Those forecasting improvement place their hopes in technological fixes and in societal solutions. Others think the dark side of human nature is aided more than stifled by technology. By Janna Anderson […]
Refugees are resettled throughout the United States. This interactive tool displays the top nationality of refugees resettled across each state between fiscal 2002 and 2017. Top arriving refugee nationality, by state In fiscal 2002, 27,110 refugees were admitted to the U.S. Here is the top nationality of refugee arrivals in […]