USA: CT Valley Views Interview with Zahir Mannan, Ted Hakey Jr. & Jeff Cohen
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Canadian Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns Hospital Attack in Quetta, Pakistan
Source: ahmadiyya.ca Press Release Date: August 8, 2016 For Immediate Release: August 08, 2016 Spokesperson: Safwan Choudhry – 647 248 0191 mediarelations@ahmadiyya.ca @AMJCanadaPress Canadian Muslim Community Condemns Hospital Attack in Quetta, Pakistan Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at mourns the loss of innocent lives in Quetta The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada denounces the senseless attack […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Chicago holds an interfaith dialogue with Holy Qur’an Exhibition at Sycamore Public Library
Source: midweeknews.com Local Muslims reach out to neighbors By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton @shawmedia.com Emad Malick of DeKalb is Muslim. You might be able to guess that by the traditional clothing he wears, his beard or the way he talks. But he would prefer if his actions spoke louder than stereotypes […]
US election: Trump blames media for ‘gun threat’ row
Source: BBC Republican Donald Trump has blamed the media after being accused of urging supporters to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton. He told Fox News […]
Former Secret Service Official: Donald Trump Is ‘Pretty Close to the Edge’
Source: Time BY Will Drabold Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday about “Second Amendment people” could be considered a “veiled threat” against Hillary Clinton, a former top Secret Service official told TIME. The official said that if they were still working at the U.S. Secret Service, they would contact someone on Trump’s campaign […]
FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs reorganizing sect from prison, feds say
Source: CNN By Ann O’Neill, CNN (CNN)From inside a Texas prison cell, polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs is orchestrating a shakeup of his embattled sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, federal prosecutors allege in court documents filed Monday. Jeffs, who is serving a life prison sentence […]
U.S. court revives Ten Commandments monument lawsuit against NK-A School District
Source: Trib Live By Liz Hayes A federal appellate court reinstated a New Kensington-Arnold School District parent’s lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument in front of Valley Junior-Senior High School. […]
Baltimore police have racial bias, Justice Department reports
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg (CNN)A Justice Department investigation found that the Baltimore Police Department engages in unconstitutional practices that led to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests of African-Americans, and excessive use of force against juveniles and people with mental health disabilities. The Department of Justice monitored the […]
Many Americans Hear Politics From the Pulpit
Source: Pew Research Center More say their clergy have spoken out about issues than about specific presidential candidates As the calendar turned from spring to summer and the political season transitioned from the primaries to the general election campaign, many American churchgoers were hearing at least some discussion of social […]
Documentary To Shed Light On Untold Stories Of Muslims In The U.S. Military
Source: Huffington post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the days of George Washington. They have fought and died […]
Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol
Source: The Guardian ExpressJet is a Georgia-based airline that is partnered with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Photograph: slobo/Getty Images Nicole Puglise in New York A Muslim […]
Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of soldier killed in Iraq, to speak at Muslim convention in Rosemont
Source: Chicago Tribune By Marwa Eltagouri Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune Pakistani immigrants Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son died fighting in Iraq, will be featured speakers at the largest assembly of Muslims […]
Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs
Source: The New York Times By ALAN RAPPEPORT SALT LAKE CITY — Donald J. Trump has vowed to turn blue states red in November, but as he continues to rattle Republicans […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s nationwide campaign #MobileMuslims stops in Saskatchewan to end Islamophobia
Mobile exhibition in Regina on Tuesday, then on to Moose Jaw and Saskatoon Source: cbc.ca This van and trailer departed from Halifax on July 10 and arrives in Regina on Tuesday. (Antoni Nerestant/CBC) A mobile exhibition that aims to stop Islamophobia has arrived in Saskatchewan. The travelling display is a campaign […]
Family of boy arrested over homemade clock sues Texas school officials
Source: The Guardian The family of a Muslim boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Texas school officials and […]
USA: Meriden’s annual Puerto Rican festival recognizes the Ahmadiyya Muslim community
Source: myrecordjournal.com Meriden’s annual Puerto Rican festival recognizes and celebrates the community August 8, 2016 12:21PM | By John Pettit Special to the Record-Journal MERIDEN — The city’s 49th annual Puerto Rican Festival was not only a celebration of food, music and culture, but a day of recognition. Platt’s state championship girls […]
Fareed’s Take: Why I called Trump a BS artist
Source: CNN By Christina Manduley, CNN)Fareed Zakaria says he wasn’t using the label “bullsh** artist” lightly when he used it to describe Donald Trump. Zakaria, host of GPS on CNN, received both flak and praise earlier in the week when he said Trump continuously tries to clarify his positions with […]
In ‘Scopes monkey trial’ home, an evolution debate rages on
Source: Associated Press DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — In 1925, two of America’s most renowned figures faced off in the southeast Tennessee town of Dayton to debate a burning issue — […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada’s nationwide campaign #MobileMuslims stops in Winnipeg to change misconceptions of Islam
Source: cbc.ca Exhibition travelling coast-to-coast to answer questions about Islam CBC News Posted: Aug 06, 2016 6:06 PM CT Last Updated: Aug 06, 2016 7:27 PM CT The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada has launched a nationwide campaign called #MobileMuslims where the exhibition on wheels stops in more than 25 towns and […]
Donald Trump Is Proposing The Biggest Tax Cuts Since Ronald Reagan’s Presidency
Source: Fortune By Madeline Farber And hopes to change the subject from his comments last week. In a new economic blueprint that is set to unveil next week, Donald Trump will […]