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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Shalin Shah died of cancer at the age of 22, but before his death he made sure to send […]
Source: Huffington Post By Manjot Singh Fellow in Public Affairs at Coro Pittsburgh I don’t like the idea of reflection pieces. It makes me think that there is a prescribed time in which we must reflect. Mourning should not be reserved just for anniversaries. We can try to intellectualize hate as […]
Source: Independent By Rachael Revesz New York A Muslim woman said she was fired as she refused to remove her hijab at work. On the third day at her new job […]
Source: The Guardian After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest […]