The rare bird that screams and growls
Source: BBC By Shannon Wianecki 12 August 2016 Paul Banko has an enviable commute: he rides his bike through cooled lava flows and dense fern forests to reach his office […]
Trump Campaign Looks to Evangelicals to Mobilize Hispanic Outreach
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Donald Trump’s campaign is preparing to announce an Hispanic advisory board of evangelical pastors to help mobilize support for the GOP nominee. Several evangelical Hispanic pastors […]
Why Donald Trump Should Not Be the President!
By Saeed Qureshi Donald Trump the Republican Party nominee for the 2016 presidential elections should not be the president because he doesn’t speak for the whole American nation but for […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Nationwide Campaign #MobileMuslims reaches Battlefords dispelling Islamophobia
Source: newsoptimist.ca MobileMuslims campaign goes through Battlefords JOHN CAIRNS , STAFF REPORTER / BATTLEFORDS NEWS-OPTIMIST AUGUST 14, 2016 03:23 PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community brought their #MobileMuslims to the Battlefords briefly, stopping to meet with the News-Optimist Friday morning. Photo by John Cairns A group of Ahmadiyya Muslims were […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Philadelphia’s new mosque aims for “unification of all humanity”
Source: phillytrib.com No specific date has been announced for the opening of a new 21,000-square-foot mosque currently being constructed in North Philadelphia. — TRIBUNE PHOTO BY SAMARIA BAILEY Even as they face a nation that has nominated presidential candidate prejudiced against Muslims, and a community that has mixed emotions about its […]
Jewish woman who asked to end workweek early for Sabbath says sheriff’s office yanked job offer
Source: the Dallas Morning News By Caleb Downs Follow @calebjdowns cdowns@dallasnews.com Breaking News reporter A woman is suing Dallas County after she says her job offer with the sheriff’s office […]
Clerk killed at south Phoenix 7-Eleven was a Sikh immigrant
Adrian Hedden, The Republic | azcentral.com At 36 years old, it was as if life was just beginning for Amanjeet Singh “Sonny” Toor. His wife, Kamaldeep Kaur, had finally made the move four months ago to Phoenix from India, six years after his own immigration journey. Toor was friendly, happy and hard-working. Even his […]
Muslim woman sues Chicago, police, alleging excessive force, false arrest
Source: Chicago Tribune By Marion Renault A woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers after she said the officers profiled her based on her religious garb and assaulted her outside a CTA train station last year. On July […]
In hourlong sermon, Tim Kaine appeals to black voters with his faith story and a plea to vote
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein In perhaps the most extensive religious speech of the campaign season, which doubled as a plea to black voters, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Thursday described his faith identity and values as shaped largely by his experiences living and worshiping among Latino […]
Muslims sue Sterling Heights after city rejected mosque
Source: Detroit Free Press Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Department of Justice are investigating whether a proposed mosque was […]
Republican letter urges party to cut Trump’s funding
Source: BBC More than 70 Republicans have signed a letter to the party’s National Committee head urging him to stop helping Donald Trump’s campaign. They said Mr Trump’s “divisiveness” and […]
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan stopped at US airport
Source: BBC Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has expressed his disappointment at being “detained” by US authorities at Los Angeles International Airport. It is not clear why Khan was detained, […]
Trump and Clinton battle over ISIS
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN)Donald Trump on Wednesday and Thursday repeatedly called President Barack Obama the “founder” of ISIS and labeled Hillary Clinton the “co-founder” — after which Clinton used his comments to say they show he is not fit to be president. At a rally in Fort […]
Hillary Clinton Pitches Mormon Voters In Utah Newspaper Op-Ed
Source: Buzz Feed News By McKay Coppins BuzzFeed News Reporter Hillary Clinton will pitch her candidacy to Mormon voters in Utah with an op-ed Wednesday in the church-owned Deseret News. “I’ve […]
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Twitter provided support to Islamic State
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins American security contractors Lloyd Fields and James Creach were working at a police training facility in Amman, Jordan, in November 2015 when a trainee shot and […]
Lara drops key parts of bill on religious colleges
Source: The Sacramento Bee BY ANSHU SIRIPURAPU asiripurapu@sacbee.com After intense opposition from the state’s religious schools, the author of a controversial bill that would have exposed private religious colleges in California to anti-discrimination lawsuits has agreed to remove a key provision. Pushed by gay rights organizations, Senate Bill 1146 would […]
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 […]