17 Muslim American Women Who Made America Great In 2016
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post If there was ever a year that needed Muslim women to show the world just how great America already […]
Low Approval of Trump’s Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves
Source: Pew Research Center Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts Nearly a month after Donald Trump’s election as president, the public views his transition to the White House […]
42% Fewer U.S. Women Are Dying of Breast Cancer
Source: Time BY Alice Park Breast cancer deaths are down in many countries worldwide—but some still have major work to do In the latest analysis of worldwide data from the […]
Maryland Muslim doctor offers free clinics
Source: The Eagle By VICKIE CONNOR SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — For the past 10 years, Dr. Ashraf Meelu has paid out-of-pocket to offer basic health care in clinics open […]
Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking
Source: The New York Times By DAVID E. SANGER President Obama giving a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Washington — […]
Michael Flynn once claimed Arabic signs on southern border guide ‘radicalized Muslims’ into US
Source: CNN By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick to be his national security adviser, claimed in an August radio interview that Arabic signs were […]
APNewsBreak: Effort to stem homegrown US extremism launches
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP MARCELO FILE – In this March 31, 2015 file photo, Muslim, Christian, minority and government leaders fix… Read more BOSTON (AP) — A federally backed […]
Seminaries start Black Lives Matter courses
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Veora Layton-Robinson, a student in her final year at New York Theological Seminary, had signed up for a full load of courses when she […]
The Book of Mormon touted as fourth most influential work in American literature
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By THOMAS BURR Washington • The Book of Mormon was highlighted Wednesday as one of America’s treasured tomes at the Library of Congress, which displayed […]
She became the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker. A month later, she was harassed in a D.C. cab for being Muslim.
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt After Ilhan Omar moved to the United States in the mid-1990s — fleeing war in her native Somalia and a childhood spent in a […]
Heart-Rending Testimony as Dylann Roof Trial Opens
Source: The New York Times By KEVIN SACK and ALAN BLINDER CHARLESTON, S.C. — She recalled watching the young white man stroll into Bible study, thinking he just wanted to […]
How to stand up against hate
Source: CNN By Emily May and Kio Stark Emily May is the co-founder and executive director ofHollaback!, a nonprofit that works to fight harassment and offers bystander training webinars and […]
Book Review: Straight Talk – by Falah Shams
Top Customer Reviews A spiritual gift for the entire family By mobashir ahmed on July 28, 2016 The insights and lessons described in this highly informative book are breathtakingly simple […]
In New York, attacks on women with headscarves raise alarms
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Barbara Demick One woman is a decorated officer of the New York Police Department, commended two years ago for running into a burning building to […]
Ohio lawmakers pass ‘heartbeat’ abortion legislation
Source: Reuters By Kim Palmer | CLEVELAND Ohio lawmakers approved a bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception, clearing […]
‘Leah Remini: Scientology’ accuses church of harassment
Source: USA Today BY Erin Jensen, USA TODAY This week, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath took us to Clearwater, Fla., where a former Scientologist claimed to be on the receiving end […]
Historic Bridgeport Church to Become Mosque
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JOSEPH DE AVILA BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—One of the oldest Christian congregations in this community said it would sell its historic church to a regional Islamic […]
How Obama changed America
Source: CNN By Fareed Zakaria, Host Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” This article is adapted from the conclusion to “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” which airs […]
Obama’s candid reflections on race
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Fareed Zakaria examines the triumphs and struggles during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House. Watch “The Legacy of Barack […]
Both Feeling Threatened, American Muslims and Jews Join Hands
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Jolted into action by a wave of hate crimesthat followed the election victory of Donald J. Trump, American […]