Source: Pew Research Center BY CARY FUNK AND BRIAN KENNEDY Food has become a flashpoint in American culture and politics. In the past generation, Americans have witnessed the introduction of […]
Source: The Guardian Almost a year after her father was killed in the San Bernardino terror attack last December, Kate Bowman etched the word “love” in yellow chalk on the […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Associate Editor, The Huffington Post The Women’s March On Washington is happening come hell or high water, march leaders say, and it’s largely thanks to […]
Source: BBC On 18 November 2016 at 13:31 local time, the sun set forever on America’s northernmost city of Barrow, Alaska. That is because on Thursday the town officially changed […]
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken directly with the president of Taiwan – breaking with US policy set in 1979, when formal relations were cut. Mr Trump’s transition team said he and Tsai Ing-wen noted “close economic, political, and security ties” between the US and Taiwan in a […]
Source: NPR By STEVE INSKEEP When you walk into the Smithsonian’s “Art of the Qur’an” exhibition, you’re met with a book that weighs 150 pounds. The tome, which dates back to […]
Source: The New York Times By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA A year after a terrorist’s bullets ripped through her, after so many operations and infections she has lost count, Valerie Kallis-Weber has […]
Source: The New York Times By JONATHAN MARTIN DENVER — Representative Keith Ellison is facing increasingly vocal resistance to his bid to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee, with […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY KATAYOUN KISHI is a research associate focusing on global restrictions on religion at Pew Research Center. The number of physical assaults against Muslims in the […]
Source: http://www.meridianbooster.com/2016/11/30/ahmadiyya-baitul-amman-mosque-hosts-open-house By Tyler Marr, Lloydminster Meridian Booster Imam Tariq Azeem is seen during the Mosque Open House held Sunday. Tyler Marr/Lloydminster Meridian Booster/Postmedia Network After the visitation of his Holiness Hazrat Mizra Masroor Ahmad to Lloydminster earlier this month, a peak in interest as per what the Islamic faith is […]
Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-12-01/a-year-after-attack-in-san-bernardino-faithful-seek-unity A year after attack in San Bernardino, faithful seek unity In the aftermath of the attack in San Bernardino, Muslims in this Southern California community feared a prolonged, hate-filled backlash Dec. 1, 2016, at 4:17 p.m. In this Nov. 18, 2016 photo, a faded photo collage showing images of […]
Source: The Washington Post By Dennis Ross November 30 at 6:59 PM Dennis Ross, a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was a special assistant to President […]
Source: Dallas News A man who held a sign reading “You belong” in front of the Islamic Center of Irving is being lauded on Facebook after photos of his act went viral. Courtesy of Justin Normand and Gary Cathey Justin Normand, a 53-year-old man who lives and works in Dallas, identified […]
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several more mosques nationwide have reported receiving a hate-filled letter from California that warns Muslims to leave the country or face genocide. The identical letters postmarked from the Los Angeles area have now shown up at mosques throughout California and […]
Source: Texas Tribune BY ALEXA URA Texas’ proposed rules requiring the cremation or burial of fetal remains will take effect Dec. 19, according to state health officials. Despite intense outcry […]
Source: The New York Times By CHRISTINE HAUSER A Tennessee woman who is accused of trying to abort her fetus at 24 weeks with a coat hanger last year is […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Art Sisneros considers his pledge to cast an electoral ballot for Donald Trump a sin. The Texas Republican said he should never have promised to support a candidate “biblically” unfit to serve as president. “I believe voting for Trump would bring dishonor to God,” he […]
Source: NPR By ESTHER HONIG Crime scene investigators collect evidence following an attack on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus. John Minchillo/AP At an off-campus coffee shop […]
Source: The Washington Post By Moriah Balingit November 29 In Sarasota, Fla., someone pulled a 75-year-old gay man from his car and beat him, saying: “You know my new president […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ayan Omar Ayan Omar is a language arts teacher in St. Cloud, Minnesota. “Do you want to kill us?” It’s a question I get a […]