10 Weird Things That Can Affect Your Heart Disease Risk
Source: Time Health.com /Amanda MacMillan Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States, and more than 610,000 Americans die of it annually. […]
White House Weighs Terrorist Designation for Muslim Brotherhood
Source: The New York Times By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON — President Trump’s advisers are debating an order intended to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, targeting the […]
What happened when a black and white church merged in Florida
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer February 7 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The topic of the public lecture at the seminary was “The Bible and Race,” and the discussion had […]
Is President Trump just another dumb blonde?
Source: Dawn Is the tweet-happy President Trump perhaps another Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon’s attorney general? Many would have forgotten her obsessive addiction to making telephone calls to the press during the Watergate crisis. Eventually (according to her), Nixon’s people sedated her to prevent her from using the telephone. […]
Fire that destroyed South Texas mosque ruled arson
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A fire that destroyed a South Texas mosque has been ruled arson, but there’s no evidence of a hate crime at this time, federal investigators said Wednesday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Houston did not reveal the nature of the evidence that […]
Trump fears terrorists, but more Americans are shot dead by toddlers
Gary Younge Gun deaths – intentional, accidental and self-inflicted – dwarf those related to terror. The talk is of secure borders but within the US many live in a state of fear ‘An American is at least twice as likely to be shot dead by a toddler than killed by […]
UK mosques open their doors as Jeremy Corbyn sends message to Trump
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, Helen Pidd, Steven Morris, Henry McDonald and Dani Garavelli Sunday 5 February 2017 19.18 GMTLast modified on Monday 6 February 2017 09.03 GMT Jeremy Corbyn has challenged […]
The sanctuary movement: how religious groups are sheltering the undocumented
Source: The Guardian By Dwyer Gunn On a frigid Saturday night in January, Ingrid Latorre, a 33-year-old woman with dark eyes and long dark hair, kept a careful eye on her […]
How Trump changed Americans’ view of Islam – for the better
Source: The Washington Post By Shibley Telhami President Trump is expected to announce a ban on Muslim immigrants into the United States. However, polls conducted in the last year show […]
What Trump team has said about Islam
Source: BBC By Anthony Zurcher North America reporter Does Donald Trump believe Islam is a religion? It was a straightforward question, asked of Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president, during […]
Tough questions in US appeals court over Trump travel ban
Source: BBC A US appeals court has posed tough questions at those challenging and defending President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The order banned entry for all refugees and visitors […]
Inside the Appeals Court Battle Over Trump’s Travel Ban
Source: The Daily Beast On Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco, a Justice Department lawyer argued hard that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should reinstate President Trump’s travel ban—or, barring that, just reinstate most of it.It was the latest court skirmish over Trump’s most controversial move yet: an executive order […]
Trump’s actions ‘leading himself’ to impeachment
Source:CNN “I have not called for the impeachment yet. He’s doing it himself,” Waters said when asked about the statement at a news conference. “Let me just say that the statement I made is a statement in response to questions and pleas that I’m getting from many citizens across this […]
Editorial: Church endorsement of candidates? Fine, pay taxes like rest of us
WRAL.com A CBC Editorial: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017; Editorial# 8121 The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company President Donald Trump’s promise to “totally destroy” a 60-year-old ban on […]
Canada: 30 communities across Canada took part in #IslamUnderstood – A campaign by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://www.ckwstv.com/2017/02/05/kingston-welcomes-islamunderstood/ Kingston Welcomes #IslamUnderstood Kingston, ON, Canada / CKWS TV | CKWS Newswatch | February 05, 2017 09:54 am On Saturday, 30 communities across Canada took part in #IslamUnderstood, a campaign by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Kingston was one of those 30 locations, holding an event at the Isabel Turner Public Library in […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community organizes “I am a Muslim. Ask me Anything”, event for locals in Fitchburg
Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_30776901/i-am-muslim-ask-me-anything By Peter Jasinski, pjasinski@sentinelandenterprise.com UPDATED: 02/06/2017 06:52:39 AM EST Ahmadiyya Muslim Community member Nasir Ahmad Soodhun stands ready to answer the questions of local residents in downtown Fitchburg on Saturday morning. SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / PETER JASINSKI Sentinel and Enterprise staff photos can be ordered by visiting our […]
Thirty more tech firms oppose Trump ban
Source: BBC Thirty more US technology firms have signed a brief opposing President Trump’s immigration ban, bringing the total number involved to 127. The new signatories include Tesla, Adobe, HP […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s new mosque under construction in Philadelphia
New mosque rises in North Philadelphia SAM NEW As Islam faces hostilities from the White House, the religion is growing in Philly. Turn onto North Broad Street around the corner from Joe Frazier’s old gym, and emerging on the skyline is a new architectural feature: the dome of a mosque. […]
Report: Islamophobia is a multimillion-dollar industry
Source: Aljazeera from 2016 By Ryan Rifai More than $200m was spent towards promoting “fear and hatred” of Muslims in the United States by various organisations between 2008 and 2013, according […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to participate in R.A.C.E. in Muncie
Source: http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2017/02/05/race-strengthen-local-partnerships/97529348/ MUNCIE, Ind. – R.A.C.E. (Reconciliation Achieved through Community Engagement) Muncie will have its next regular meeting 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Minnetrista. This month’s meeting will focus on strengthening the group’s partnerships with other organizations and groups in the community that are dedicated to social justice and […]