Source: Religion News Service By Sharon Samber | November 29, 2017 Muslim American and other activists gathered on Capitol Hill on Nov. 29, 2017, to condemn President Trump’s retweets hours earlier of videos […]
Source: CNN Donald J. Trump is not abiding by a central tenet of international diplomacy — choose your friends wisely, particularly in the Middle East. For decades, American leaders have steered carefully between the Scylla and Charybdis of ancestral enemies — Saudi Arabia and Iran — in hopes of maintaining […]
Report by Dr. Hameed A. Mirza, National Secretary Talim (Education) Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada By the Grace of Allah 4th Annual Holy Qur’an Science was held on November 19, 2017 at the Tahir Hall, Maple, Canada. This conference was attended by over 500 members and guests from Canada and USA. […]
Source: Time By Tessa Berenson November 29, 2017 Former Sen. Barbara Boxer predicted that if elected, Alabama candidate Roy Moore will eventually be expelled from the Senate. The California Democrat, who served in the House […]
Source: The Washington Post By Martine Powers November 28 at 7:00 PM The Archdiocese of Washington is suing Metro after the transit agency rejected an ad for the organization’s annual “Find the […]
Source: BBC News By Owen Amos BBC News, Washington DC Muslims who leave the faith often face abuse and violence – but a grassroots group that’s touring American colleges is […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Challengers to the Trump administration’s latest travel ban on visitors from six mostly Muslim countries are urging the Supreme Court to reject the administration’s […]
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — The church covenant makes it clear: The congregation is to be “a safe haven, free from the fear of judgment, where wounds are […]
Source: Associated Press By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL LAWLESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Barbara Sadick November 26 Many older adults have sleep problems that can be caused by aging. But other issues also contribute to the prevalence of sleep complaints, […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump has retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group. The first tweet from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, claims to show a Muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches. This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey November 28 at 10:11 AM Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) SÃO PAULO — Corruption scandals that have landed several of Brazil’s leading politicians […]
Source: THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER* Mark Curnutte, mcurnutte@enquirer.com A local mosque is donating $1 million to the University of Cincinnati to increase understanding of the Islamic religion amid concerns about Islamophobia. UC is adding […]
Source: Charlotte Observer BY JIM MORRILL AND AND TIM FUNK NOVEMBER 27, 2017 04:01 PM UPDATED NOVEMBER 27, 2017 07:44 PM Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, who faces a Baptist […]
Nov 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud On November 18, just days before the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Resolution 242, the US State Department took its first step towards severing ties with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. The timing of this decision could not be any more profound. The […]
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz November 27, 2017 America is in the midst of a cultural reckoning, as women call out inappropriate behavior they have endured in workplaces from coast to […]
Source: USA Today By Joel Shannon, York (Pa.) Daily Record YORK, Pa. — It’s 2:00 on a Thursday afternoon in November — a school day. Right on schedule,18 elementary school students come running: They’re […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a court ruling that a Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein November 27 Longtime Americans United for Separation of Church and State executive director, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, poses for a portrait outside the Supreme Court of […]
Source: The New York Times BY Ross Douthat About 20 years ago, the eminent sociologist of religion Christian Smith coined a useful and resonant phrase, describing evangelical Christianity in the post-1960s […]