Why Trump will not attack Hillary over Bill’s affairs
Source: BBC Filmed and edited by David Botti. Researcher Soraya Auer Donald Trump has said he will not bring up stories about Bill Clinton’s infidelities in this Sunday’s US presidential […]
U.S. admits record number of Muslim refugees in 2016
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s […]
Americans are divided over which public bathrooms transgender people should use
Source: Pew Research Center BY Michael Lipka A senior editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. As the visibility of transgender Americans has increased in recent years, it has been […]
The Muslim refugee who saved an American soldier
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER Janis Shinwari, an Afghan interpreter for the US military, sought refuge in America after the Taliban put him on a hit list. His story turns the debate on Muslim refugees on its head. By Anna Mulrine Grobe, Staff writer OCTOBER 5, 2016 Courtesy of Matt Zeller View […]
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY ADDRESSES VOLUNTEERS OF 40TH JALSA SALANA CANADA
3-day Annual Convention begins later today in Mississauga. On 6 October 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addressed the thousands of volunteer workers tasked with organising the 40th Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Minnesota Mall Stabbing Suspect May Have Become Radicalized Recently, FBI Says
Source: Time By Amy Forliti / AP (ST. CLOUD, Minn.) — The man who stabbed 10 people at Minnesota mall had become interested in Islam in the last several months, withdrew from his friends and encouraged female relatives to be more religious, the FBI said Thursday. “We were told (he) had […]
US: Millions flee as they brace for Hurricane Matthew
Source: Aljazeera Hurricane which has already killed at least 65 people in Haiti could have “catastrophic” impact, Florida governor says. The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday, intensifying as it barrelled towards the southeast US coast where millions of residents heeded warnings […]
Meet the first hijab-wearing Muslim to pose for Playboy
Source: BBC Playboy has for the first time featured a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. The BBC’s Hanan Razek met Libyan-American journalist Noor Tagouri to find out why she wanted […]
Complaint to feds says Southwest Airlines profiled Muslim
Source: Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A religious rights organization has filed a complaint with federal authorities against Southwest Airlines for what the group says was racial and […]
Yalla, Vote: Registering Muslim and Arab Americans
Source: Philly.com By Michael Matza, Staff Writer Ez-Zohra Baidouri, 73, emigrated from Morocco in 1986, settled with her family in Northeast Philadelphia, and embraced U.S. citizenship 15 years ago. On […]
Here’s the Bible verse Tim Kaine used to condemn Donald Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Using just nine words from the Bible, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments that he wanted to […]
On Abortion, A Surprising Number Of Catholics Side With Tim Kaine
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Despite the Catholic Church’s clear and consistent teaching that having an abortion ― and in fact, using all forms of artificial contraception ― […]
With Kaine and Pence, religion finally takes center stage in Election 2016
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe RNS) Religion hasn’t played much of a role in the presidential campaign. Sure, Donald Trump made a faux pas when he placed cash on the Communion plate.And Hillary Clinton has occasionally invoked a phrase popular among members of her Methodist faith to discuss how her religious […]
Exclusive: 4 Breakthrough Uterus Transplants Performed in the U.S.
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin The surgeries could ultimately allow thousands of women without a uterus to give birth in the future Four American women have received womb transplants from living […]
Women Are More Scared About the Election Than Men
Source: Time By Ryan Teague Beckwith Women are much more likely to say they are scared about the presidential election, according to a TIME/SurveyMonkey poll. In an online tracking poll of […]
US election: Trump ‘fool’ and Clinton ‘weak’, say VPs
Source: BBC Donald Trump was likened to a “fool or maniac” while Hillary Clinton was dismissed as “weak and feckless” in a punchy vice-presidential debate. Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence clashed on a series of topics ranging from abortion to Russia. Even as they […]
US Defense chief: 9/11 bill could be devastating to US military
By RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press | Published: September 27, 2016 WASHINGTON — Legislation that would allow the families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for allegedly backing the terrorists who carried out the attacks could be devastating to the U.S. military, according to Defense […]
Muslims in Toronto wonder what needs to change as Canadian poll calls for assimilation
Ahmadiyya Muslims at event to welcome spiritual leader say they’re working hard to fit in By John Rieti, CBC News Posted: Oct 04, 2016 A young Ahmadiyya Muslim girl welcomes the caliph, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, with a sign that means ‘Welcome, present one.’ The spiritual leader arrived in Toronto on Monday […]
Immigrants fill the pews: Calgary churches enjoy resurgence thanks to newcomers
‘Immigration’s just a phenomenally important source as far as the vitality of religion in Canada’ By Judy Aldous, CBC News Posted: Oct 04, 2016 2:00 AM MT Last Updated: Oct 04, 2016 2:00 AM MT Father Ephrem Kardouh serves communion to a young girl at St. Basil’s Melkite Greek Catholic Church. […]
There’s A Really Good Reason Why Obama Doesn’t Call ISIS ‘Islamic Terrorists’
Source: Huffington Post Conservatives frequently criticize President Barack Obama for not referring to the Islamic State, and other terrorist groups and sympathizers, as “Islamist.” Turns out, there’s a good reason he doesn’t. At […]