Why Robert Mueller’s Grand Jury Isn’t a Big Deal—Yet
Source: Time BY Emma Talkoff Legal experts warn not to read too much into a report that special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury as part of his probe into Russian […]
USA: Jews and Muslims need to build bridges, rather than burn them for we share a common origin
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community locally in Southern California always seeks to build bridges with our Jewish friends Source: http://www.pe.com/2017/08/02/letters-more-that-unites-jews-and-muslims-than-divides-us/ By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | letters@pe.com | Press-Enterprise Re: “Riverside imam accused of anti-Semitic sermon that called Jews ‘tyrants’” [News, Aug. 1]: As an Ahmadi Muslim, I was dismayed to learn of the anti-Semitic remarks made […]
Human embryos edited to stop disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightOHSUImage captionPictures of the genetically modified embryos Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos […]
High-speed passenger pod tested in US desert
Source: BBC News Hyperloop One has carried out its latest test of a futuristic high-speed transport system in the Nevada desert. The creators hope to carry passengers at speeds of […]
US sanctions are ‘trade war’ on Russia, says PM Medvedev
Source: BBC News Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said new sanctions imposed by the US are tantamount to declaring a “full-scale trade war” against Moscow. He said the measures, […]
Trump Can’t Save American Christianity
Source: The New York Times By ROD DREHERAUG. According to Genesis 1, in four days, God made the heavens, the earth and all the vegetation upon it. But four days after […]
Moral Acceptance of Polygamy at Record High — But Why?
Source: Gallup By Andrew Dugan Polygamy, a practice that President James Garfield once said “offends the moral sense,” is now seen by 17% of Americans as “morally acceptable,” up from […]
Islamic cemetery in suburban Minneapolis is vandalized
Source: Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Islamic cemetery that was initially denied a permit in suburban Minneapolis has now been vandalized. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Uneasy Welcome as Ultra-Orthodox Jews Extend Beyond New York
Source: The New York Times By JOSEPH BERGER Photo A woman and boy in the Greenville neighborhood in Jersey City, where several dozen Hasidic families from Brooklyn have settled. They are […]
Bitter Feud Divides New York’s Orthodox Jewish Politicians
Source: The New York Times By SHANE GOLDMACHER Photo Councilman David G. Greenfield, center, with the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Councilman Donovan Richards Jr., at City Hall in March […]
Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Source: Religion & Politics By Jenna Weissman Joselit Freedom!” cried the man as he drove his car into a six-foot monument of the Ten Commandments in Little Rock, Arkansas, toppling the […]
Muslim Democrat running for US Senate seeks civil dialogue
Source: Associated Press By CLARICE SILBER PHOENIX (AP) — Deedra Abboud is pushing back against expectations that she will be labeled the “Muslim candidate” as she tries to unseat incumbent Sen. Jeff Flake in 2018. Comments regarding her candidacy are always linked to her faith, she said, adding that “my […]
USA: “Quran upholds religious freedom, tolerance”, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
By Hassan Mirza Member, Muslim Writers Guild of America, Worthington Below I am giving my response to the article “Letter writer should back up tolerance claim” which was a response to my original letter regarding the ideal of freedom of speech to Muslims. This response asked for verses from the Quran […]
‘I WILL FOREVER BE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER’
Source: Time TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS RESPOND TO TRUMP’S BAN BY KARA MILSTEIN, KATY STEINMETZ AND KIM BUBELLO No one knows for sure how many transgender people have served in America’s armed forces, or […]
‘Love Thy Neighbor?’
Source: The Washington Post When a Muslim doctor arrived in a rural Midwestern town, “it felt right.” But that feeling began to change after the election of Donald Trump. By Stephanie McCrummen Ayaz Virji walks home from work with his wife, Musarrat Virji, in Dawson, Minn. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) DAWSON, […]
Is a President Above the Law in Islamic Tradition?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It should not surprise those who have been following US politics, what Ryan J. Reilly recently wrote in […]
Hundreds of Dallas Catholics join the Pope’s worldwide effort to engage millennials
Source: Dallas News By Claire Ballor, Breaking news reporter Earlier this year, Pope Francis wrote a letter to young Catholics around the world and asked them to share “your voice, your sensitivities and […]
An evangelical leader’s suggestion to Trump: Wash Scaramucci’s potty mouth and fire him
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Anthony Scaramucci’s extraordinary first week at the White House, remembered Leaks, threats and insults. Here’s a look back at Anthony Scaramucci’s first […]
Riverside imam stirs criticism after sermon calling Jews ‘unjust tyrants’ and praying to ‘destroy them’
Source: Los Angeles Times By Kate Mather Contact Reporter Another California imam has drawn criticism after delivering a sermon laced with inflammatory remarks about Jews, calling them “unjust tyrants” and […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Jamaica | Islam teaches messages of peace, love, patience & humility
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170730/muslim-blessings-uk-religious-and-cultural-diversity-good-jamaica | Corey Robinson Umair Khan, missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Jamaica, is convinced that the island stands to benefit from cultural and religious diversity, and that is what his group is trying to bring to the island. “When we came into Jamaica and our mosque was […]