Guam leader Oks bill ending time limits in child sex cases
Source: Associated Press By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo said Friday he signed a bill that would lift the statute of limitations on child […]
Israeli Chief Rabbinate nixes 4 conversions approved by top US Orthodox rabbi
Source: JTA (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate of Israel rejected four conversions approved by a prominent Orthodox American rabbi without providing explanations. The haredi Orthodox-dominated rabbinate rejected the conversions approved by Rabbi Gedalia […]
Creation of Amish history museum in Illinois underway
Source: Associated Press ARTHUR, Ill. (AP) — Efforts to open an Amish history museum in Illinois are underway after the oldest-known Amish house in the state was moved to the […]
Donald Trump’s rhetoric energizes Muslim voters
Source: Boston Globe By Lisa Wangsness In a different election year, Bilal Durrani, a busy electrical engineering student at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, might have ignored the background noise […]
Converting churches to condos brings logistical, social challenges
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Abrams It looks ancient, but the formidable stone church at 609 Maryland Ave. NE has, in its own way, kept up with the times. […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host an open house at the Waverley Resource Public Library at Thunder Bay
Source: http://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/local/islamic-group-looks-to-dispel-myths/article_04f35cac-813b-11e6-ad8f-23a4dc50a210.html Islamic group looks to dispel myths Posted: Friday, September 23, 2016 6:00 am | Updated: 6:01 am, Fri Sep 23, 2016. By Jeff Labine, CJ Staff | 6 comments An imam who is visiting Thunder Bay next week sees a similarity between some U.S. politicians and extremists in the Middle […]
Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation: “Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Abode of Kindness Mosque invited us for 9/11”
Source: http://euuc.org/congregation/ahmadiyya-muslim-community.php Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Abode of Kindness Mosque invited us for 9/11 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Monroe invited the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation to conduct our Sunday morning service within their sacred space on Sept. 11, 2016. Together our two communities have a long relationship of joining efforts for […]
MKA USA: 2nd Annual Nasir T20 Cricket Tournament 2016
Source: https://www.mkausa.org/2nd-annual-nasir-t20-cricket-tournament-2016/ 21 SEP 2ND ANNUAL NASIR T20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2016 Posted at 11:02h in Sehat-e-Jismani by web team The 2nd Annual Nasir T20 Cricket Tournament was held in Collegeville, PA on Sep 3rd and 4th. 4 teams including Headquarters, Southeast, Northeast, and Gulf participated. Headquarters and Northeast met each other […]
Canadian MP Iqra Khalid Congratulates Ahmadiyya Muslims on 50 years in Canada
Source: http://ahmadiyyaarchive.org/video/xEOq6LBKVr4/canadian-mp-iqra-khalid-congratulates-ahmadiyya-muslims-on-50-years-in-canada
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invites people to a weekly “Coffee, Cake & True Islam” initiative at Al-Nur Mosque
Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2016/09/24/Let-s-work-together-to-counter-hatred-paranoia-and-extremism/stories/201609240100 Let’s work together to counter hatred, paranoia and extremism September 24, 2016 12:00 AM While I watched the horrid news of bomb explosions in Manhattan and New Jersey, as a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I feared the worst and prayed for the affected. To my utter dismay, […]
Preview the Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Source: Time The museum opened on Sept. 24 On Saturday, the doors of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture will open to the public, achieving a […]
Obama vetoes Sept. 11 Saudi bill, sets up showdown with Congress
Reuters International SEP 24, 2016 – The Tribute in Light shines on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 11, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (reuters_tickers) By Patricia Zengerle and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation allowing families of […]
‘Sister Wives’ family is asking U.S. Supreme Court to legalize polygamy
BYNICOLE BITETTE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Happy wife (or wives), happy life.The family featured on the TLC series “Sister Wives” is asking the U.S. Supreme […]
Charlotte Imposes Curfew as Protests Continue for a Third Night
Source: Time By Tom Foreman and Jonathan Drew / AP (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets early Friday after the city’s mayor enacted a curfew and rifle-toting members of the National Guard arrived to guard the city’s […]
Police Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Charged with First-Degree Manslaughter
Source: Time By Justin Juozapavicius and Sean Murphy / AP (TULSA, Okla.) — Less than a week after an unarmed black man was shot dead by a white police officer on a Tulsa street, prosecutors charged the officer with first-degree manslaughter, a decision that may prevent unrest in a city with […]
Religious Voters May Lean Republican, But Feel Conflicted About The Candidates
Source: NPR By MARISA PEÑALOZA Researchers seeking to predict how Americans will vote have for years identified an important clue: The more religious you are, the more likely you are […]
New Jersey Muslim leaders gather in Elizabeth to condemn recent bombings
Source: Yahoo News By Caitlin Dickson ELIZABETH, N.J. — Nawaz Sheikh, president of the Muslim Community Center of Union County, says he never knew bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami, though his […]
America, the threatened?
Sep 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER The French ambassador to the US from 1902 to 1924, Jean-Jules Jusserand, observed that distant powers could not easily threaten the US because “on the north, she has a weak neighbour; on the south, another weak neighbour; on the east fish and […]
Good intentions turned into dreadful mistakes
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Barack Obama should give back the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded a few months after taking office in 2009. Instead of making peace, he has waged war in this region and the Indian subcontinent, and sold more arms to […]
‘Why US aid to Israel endangers us all’
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Many dramatic, significant, even historic events have occurred in the world in the last few days, including barbaric wars, broken ceasefires, terrorism in several American and Middle Eastern cities, global summits on refugees and migrants, and other such scourges. So why […]