Trump to wade into Middle East politics on first foreign trip
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House […]
Abdul Latif Bennett, Esq. from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to be a panelist at President Trump’s – Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable: “100 Day Report Card”
Source: http://wset.com/news/nation-world/your-voice-your-future-roundtable-100-day-report-card Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable: “100 Day Report Card” by Greg Massoni – Sinclair Broadcast Group | Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 DAY 92 – In this April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington after an interview with The Associated […]
Quran Exhibition & Book Stall at Port Augusta – News by Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA)
Source: http://www.tahireen.com/2016/quran-exhibition-and-book-stall-port-augusta-news-muslim-television-ahmadiyyamta_a68d7faed.html Quran Exhibition and Book Stall – Port Augusta News-Muslim Television Ahmadiyya(MTA)
Ahmadi Muslim Women in America: Changing the Conversation
Source: https://kcts9.org/programs/whats-good-206/muslim-in-america-changing-conversation BY JEN GERMAIN | May 3, 2017 Maleeha Choudhry’s idea of America comes from the Woody Guthrie song that she grew up listening to, which proclaims, “This land was made for you and me.” But the rise in hate crimes and anti-Islamic rhetoric in recent months has altered her view. […]
U.S. Senators Held A Hearing About Religious Hate Crimes, And Not One Muslim Was Included
We can’t tackle Islamophobia without Muslims. By Rowaida Abdelaziz, Social Media Editor, HuffPost The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to address the rise in hate crimes against minorities, […]
Preemptive hate and the Arab-American relationship
Dr. Amal Mudallali | Published — Wednesday 3 May 2017 Upon reviewing the results of the Arab News/YouGov poll “The Arab Image in the US” in which 2,057 US citizens were surveyed, I recalled something that happened to me when I was a student taking a public transportation bus to […]
Will Abbas’ efforts pay off?
May 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Politics is defined as the art of the possible. And in the case of the Palestinian president’s political activities, he tries to maximise […]
Woman found guilty and faces year in jail for laughing at Jeff Sessions
She laughed at the idea that Sessions treats all Americans equally Clark Mindock New York 0:00 / 0:45 The woman was arrested after laughing during the hearing SOURCE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeff-sessions-woman-guilty-laughing-year-jail-sentence-code-pink-protester-a7716456.html
Black People Still Aren’t Living As Long as Whites: Study
Source: Time BY Alice Park People in the U.S. and beyond are living longer thanks to better health care, but gaps between whites and other groups, including African-Americans, persist, according to […]
A man who is tragically unfit to be president
Source: CNN When President Donald Trump revealed that he doesn’t know why the Civil War was fought, or at least figures it could have been averted by the kind of deal-making he supposedly excels at, it was revealing in ways beyond the ones easy to glean. The ignorance is, as usual, […]
Muslims on Capitol Hill learn how to lobby
By Aysha Khan and Lauren Markoe Al-Sharif Nassef, far right, a participant in the third annual Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, takes an elevator to an appointment on May […]
US military ending role in hunt for elusive African warlord Joseph Kony
By Ryan Browne, CNN Updated 1810 GMT (0210 HKT) May 2, 2017 Story highlights The number of fighters in Kony’s forces have dropped from nearly 2,000 to under 100 Outside […]
Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers Seeking Harsher Penalties
Source: The New York Times By AUDRA D.S. BURCHAPRIL 30, 2017 The Victoria Islamic Center mosque in Victoria, Tex., was gutted by an arson attack in January.CreditMohammad Khursheed/Reuters The anonymous […]
Meet the activist who calls Trump an anti-Semite using Anne Frank’s name
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk Steven Goldstein couldn’t stop watching himself, but who could blame him? He says CNN wouldn’t stop running the clip. CNN commentator: “You think the president does […]
U.S. top court rejects ‘gay conversion’ therapy ban challenge
Source: Reuters By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact California’s ban on “gay conversion” therapy aimed at turning youths under age 18 away from homosexuality, rejecting […]
Ups and downs in Far East foreshadowing another world war
BERIL DEDEOĞLU According to a British newspaper, people are increasingly interested in acquiring nuclear bomb shelters to install in their homes. If ordinary people are interested in spending money on such a thing, they are probably thinking that a war is approaching. They must imagine that even a nuclear war […]
FBI agent married Daesh terrorist she was assigned to investigate, CNN says in report
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Daesh militant Cuspert (L) and Greene Daniela Greene, a translator working for the U.S. domestic security agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), married a Daesh terrorist […]
Poll: 81% of Americans cannot identify Arab world on map
Ben Flanagan | Published — Tuesday 2 May 2017 DUBAI: Most Americans have scant knowledge of the Arab world, with eight in 10 unable to point out the region on a map, a wide-ranging Arab News/YouGov poll has found. The survey of 2,057 people in the US revealed an alarmingly […]
Acts of Faith Meet Hasan Minhaj: The Muslim comedian who roasted Trump in front of reporters
Source: The Washington Post By Kate Shellnutt Hasan Minhaj asked the question himself when he hosted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night: “Who would have thought, with everything […]
For Muslim women, a home to call their own
Source: Boston Globe By Lisa Wangsness The shingled Victorian house on Intervale Street has a purple door, a symbol of hope. The Basmala — a phrase recited when reading the […]