Donald Trump: The End of the Islamic State ‘Is in Sight’
Source: Time (STERLING, Va.) — President Donald Trump says the end of the Islamic State “is in sight” after the militant group was driven out of Raqqa, its self-declared capital […]
Five former US presidents unite for hurricane relief concert
Source: BBC News Jimmy Carter, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama appear together at a concert to raise funds for hurricane-hit areas. The past leaders […]
Russia accuses U.S.-led coalition of ‘barbaric’ bombing of Syria’s Raqqa
Reuters International This content was published on October 22, 2017 FILE PHOTO: A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in […]
Antigua and Barbuda PM seeks Saudi investment after hurricane
ALICIA BULLER | Published — Saturday 21 October 2017 SVETI STEFAN: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants Saudis to visit and invest in his hurricane-battered country. He is considering bringing halal standards to the islands for the first time in a bid to attract more Arabs visitors. In […]
Feds secure rare hate crime conviction for mosque threat
Source: Associated Press By CURT ANDERSON MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors secured a relatively rare federal hate crime conviction punishable by a tough sentence on Thursday as a Florida man pleaded guilty to leaving a voicemail that threatened to shoot people at a mosque. Legal experts and Islamic advocates said it […]
Two months after explosion, Bloomington mosque leaders desperate for justice
Source: Star Tribune By By Miguel Otárola Star Tribune Leaders of an Islamic center in Bloomington remain concerned about their safety and desperate for justice, more than two months after an explosion destroyed […]
An Alternative to Burial and Cremation Gains Popularity
Source: The New York Times By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH OCT. 19, 2017 Photo An alkaline hydrolysis unit at a funeral home in Windom, Minn. This week, California became the 15th state to outline commercial regulations for the disposal of human remains using the method. CreditJoe Wilson What do you want done with your […]
I Am A Proud American Muslim Woman, And Arizona Is Ready To Send Me To The Senate
Source: Huffington Post By Deedra Abboud, who is an attorney and expert on the art and science of finding solutions, not fault – at work, at home, and in the […]
Obama and Bush decry deep US divisions without naming Trump
Source: BBC News Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of […]
Towering cross-shaped monument on public land is unconstitutional, court rules
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow October 18 A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a towering cross-shaped monument that has marked a major intersection in Prince George’s County […]
Hamas must disarm to join Palestinian unity government – US
Source: BBC News The United States says the militant Islamist movement Hamas must lay down its weapons if it is to play a part in a new Palestinian government. Hamas, […]
Family Of Muslim Marine Recruit Sues U.S. Government $100 Million For Son’s Death
Source: Huffington Post Raheel Siddiqui died during boot camp after allegedly being hazed. By Antonia Blumberg The family of a Muslim Marine recruit who died during boot camp at Parris Island last […]
We Just Fully Blocked Muslim Ban 3.0!
Source: Huffington Post BY Shayan Modarres, Contributor Legal Counsel at the National Iranian American Council We just blocked Muslim Ban 3.0! Overnight, Judge Theodore D. Chuang, the federal judge who issued […]
U.S. Resettles Fewer Refugees, Even as Global Number of Displaced People Grows
Source: Pew Research Center Break with past responses to global refugee surges BY PHILLIP CONNOR Mohammad Mobin smiles on Feb. 1 after greeting his sister’s family, who had arrived as refugees […]
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH Most U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values (56%), up from about half […]
Muslims try to break impasse over housing project
Source: ABC2 News BY Jeff Hager JOPPATOWNE, Md – The heavy equipment now sits idle on the Ansar housing development in Joppatowne, but Muslim leaders are now trying to build […]
As a former US marine, I see Trump’s phone call with a widow being used as a political football and feel like everyone’s missed the point
Civilians in the US don’t seem to understand that we are fighting what we’ve termed the Forever War Peter Lucier Thursday 19 October 2017 We call it the “Forever War”. Waged for 16 years, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, to Iraq, Syria, Yemen, North Africa and beyond, it’s been going on […]
Staying the Course in Afghanistan – How to Fight the Longest War
By Kosh Sadat and Stan McChrystal The cigarette glowed red as he took a drag, and the smoke rose rapidly as he exhaled. It had been a long afternoon. It had been a long war. It was February 2010, and after months establishing a relationship, Pakistan’s chief of army staff, […]
Daesh Syria stronghold Raqqa falls, but where are its fighters?
By AFP – Oct 18,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by US special forces, celebrate at the frontline in the Daesh group’s crumbling stronghold of Raqqa on Monday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — The Daesh terror group has lost its Syrian stronghold Raqqa, but the fate […]
Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky October 18 at 8:01 AM A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban, […]