Read George W. Bush’s “Islam is peace” speech, delivered days after 9/11
Source: Quartz It has been 16 years since New York City woke up to a terror attack that changed America and the world. Less than a week after the attacks […]
For Some, Domestic Violence Shelters Are A Last Resort. Harvey Took That Too.
Source: Huffington Post By Melissa Jeltsen ANDY CAMPBELL/HUFFPOST Mary Woods holds her head in her hands as she shows off some of the damage Harvey left at the domestic violence shelter she […]
How Ahmadiyya Houston Mosque Became A Harvey Disaster Relief Command Center
Source: Hufington Post As we keep our eyes peeled on the latest track of Hurricane Irma and hope for the best, I want to take you back to what played out in a sleepy neighborhood north of Houston immediately in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey. Even before the floodwaters started […]
Kirk Cameron: Hurricanes Are Sent By God For ‘Humility, Awe And Repentance’
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza “When he puts his power on display, it’s never without reason.” Kirk Cameron has some interesting views on weather. The former child actor and current […]
Hurricane Irma: Massive storm bears down on Florida
Source: BBC News Parts of the city of Miami are under water as Hurricane Irma heads for mainland Florida, triggering storm surges across the south of the state. The category […]
Hillary Clinton is set to dish the dirt in her new book – and we can be sure that everyone is going to want a piece of it
Clinton’s honesty – two words which when combined will make some of her haters choke – liberates her not just to critique herself, but also anyone else she thinks contributed to her loss David Usborne New York @dusborne 58 comments There is little point writing a tell-all if you are not […]
Hurricane Irma Sucked The Ocean Away From Beaches In The Bahamas
Source: Huffington Post This natural phenomenon occurs after extremely powerful storms. By Carla Herreria Hurricane Irma is so powerful, it sucked the ocean away from beaches in the Bahamas on […]
Cardinal Dolan Calls DACA Termination ‘Not Christian’ And ‘Not American’
Source: Huffington Post By David Hinckley , Contributor “[Ending DACA] turns our beloved immigrants into political hockey pucks, and they shouldn’t be.” 09/05/2017 05:29 pm ET Updated 4 days ago BRENDAN MCDERMID / […]
White Christians Are Now A Minority In The U.S.
Source: Huffington Post A new study reveals major changes to the American religious landscape in recent decades. By Antonia Blumberg CHIP SOMODEVILLA VIA GETTY IMAGES Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump […]
Tampa Is Now Hurricane Irma’s Prime Target — Not Miami
Source: Time BY Jay Reeves, Tamara Lush / AP Updated: 7:04 PM ET (NAPLES, Fla.) — Hurricane Irma’s leading edges whipped palm trees and kicked up the surf as the […]
Canada: Supreme Court orders extradition of mother and uncle of murdered Jessi Sidhu
By JIM BRONSKILLThe Canadian Press Fri., Sept. 8, 2017 OTTAWA—The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the path for extradition of two B.C. residents to India to face murder charges in a so-called honour killing. A mother and uncle accused in the so-called “honour” killing of Jaswinder Sidhu (left), from […]
USA: God will stop tropical storm Irma if……………..
God is offended, but He will stop Hurricane Irma if the Supreme Court bans abortion and gay marriage, according to controversial Pastor Kevin Swanson. Swanson, a darling of the right-wing who hosts a popular radio program for conservative Christians, says we can stop Hurricane Irma if we can convince the […]
Donald Trump’s Daca decision, not Hurricane Harvey, could tear Houston apart
As many as 80,000 ‘Dreamers’ in the greater Houston area alone could be deported to countries where they have no relationships, where they do not even speak the language. There […]
Video: The face of Muslims in small town America
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute Islamophobia Video: The face of Muslims in small town America The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles […]
‘Pen’ identifies cancer in 10 seconds
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists […]
Hurricane Irma will be ‘devastating’ to US – Fema head
Source: BBC News Media caption: Florida governor’s Irma warning: ‘Do not put your family at risk.’ Hurricane Irma will “devastate” either Florida or neighbouring states, the head of the US federal […]
Trump judicial nominee denies she’d put her faith above the law
Source: The Hill BY LYDIA WHEELER President Trump’s nominee to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals fought back Wednesday against a liberal group’s claims that she would put her religious beliefs above the […]
Washington National Cathedral to remove stained glass windows honoring Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein September 6 Craftsmen at Washington National Cathedral work Wednesday to replace symbols of the Confederacy from a stained-glass window. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) Leaders […]
Bannon breaks with Trump on DACA: Conservatives ‘are not happy with this’
Source: Politico By LOUIS NELSON 09/07/2017 08:18 AM EDT Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program and […]
Chicago mayor declares city ‘Trump-free zone’ after US President declares he will scrap DACA immigration programme
‘This is your home and you have nothing to worry about,’ says Rahm Emmanuel Harriet Agerholm @HarrietAgerholm a day ago https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndependentUS%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent US Pause 0:00 / 0:00 Share Fullscreen Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel tells ‘dreamers’ they are welcome in his city VIEW HERE: http:/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chicago-mayor-trump-free-zone-rahm-emanuel-daca-dreamers-programme-us-president-sanctuary-city-a7931646.html