Source: Aljazeera By Massoud Hayoun Throughout his 2016 election campaign, PresidentDonald Trump called for the construction of a bigger, more impenetrable border wall along the US border with Mexico. He also […]
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson Mar 31, 2017 As Democrats move closer to filibustering Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, some conservatives are privately cheering the plan. The filibuster will […]
A Pious Soul in the Land of Guatemala Upon the instructions of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I arrived in Guatemala in February 2007. It had only […]
PAST EVENT BROOKINGS INSTITUTION LISTEN TO AUDIODownload the Audio Download the Transcript More Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017 Brookings Institution Saul/Zilkha Rooms 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20036 […]
In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson cast off the political yoke of neutrality and took the United States into World War I. But this is no ordinary centenary: the realization of Wilson’s vision of a US-led international order is raising many of the same questions today that it raised then. […]
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME The Vatican urged U.S. President Donald Trump to listen to “dissenting voices” and reconsider his position on climate change on Thursday, saying the […]
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday appealed the latest court ruling against his revised travel ban to the same court […]
Source: Time By Jo Boaler First Daughter Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured the National Air and Space Museum with a group of middle school students Tuesday, encouraging […]
Reuters International MAR 31, 2017 – FILE PHOTO – Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley presents her credentials to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – The […]
Source: Time BY Frank Furedi / History Today This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. It is unlikely that Martin Luther […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shadi Hamid and Rashid Dar In conservative political circles in the United States, Islamism has become interchangeable with “radical Islamic terrorism,” which President Trump has vowed to […]
Source: Religion News Service By Priyadarshini Sen LOS ANGELES (RNS) The rhythmic chanting of 15 “beloveds,” as they call themselves, ripples across a prayer room in a family home in […]
Source: Orlando Sentinel A Rollins College student who has accused his Muslim professor of religious discrimination has been clashing with his teacher since the semester started, court records show. Areej […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 30 at 6:00 AM Humanist clergy from as far as England and Saskatchewan gathered at Washington Ethical Society. (Julie Zauzmer/The Washington Post) […]
Source: Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The parents of a developmentally disabled boy in Ohio have sued his former court-appointed guardian, a minister and the child’s mentor claiming he was […]
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Published19 hours ago A figuring representing U.S. President Donald Trump as a warrior of the Crusades. The otherization of Muslims and Islam by Trump and his administration has awakened a sleeping civil society giant, a human decency guided by universal ethical and moral imperatives that soon will bring […]
Source: The Intercept By Mehdi Hasan What do you think of when you hear the word “terrorist”? Big beards and brown skins? Turban-wearing Muslim migrants from the Middle East? Refugees maybe? […]
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge in Hawaii who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban planned to hear arguments Wednesday on […]
Source: Associated Press By BOB SALSBERG BOSTON (AP) — A group of lawmakers representing a cross-section of Israel’s political spectrum is reaching out to American Jews at a time when […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By NATE CARLISLE Gov. Gary Herbert on Tuesday signed a bill that keeps polygamy a felony in Utah and increases the penalties for polygamists convicted […]