Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
Source: Reuters BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that […]
Obama, Dalai Lama anger China with White House meeting
Source: Associated Press By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass […]
Muslim leaders push back against Trump for incendiary speech in wake of massacre
Source: Washington Post By Joel Achenbach and Lateshia Beachum The Council on American-Islamic Relations had planned to hold a news conference Tuesday unveiling a report on Islamophobia, including the rise […]
‘Not the America we want’: Obama blasts Trump’s Muslim plans
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as […]
U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats
BY KRISTINA COOKE AND JOSEPH AX FBI Director James Comey delivers a speech at the Master of Science in Foreign Service CyberProject’s sixth annual conference at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., U.S. April 26, 2016. REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning […]
Portrayal of ISIL as Devout Muslims Leads to the Rapid Rise of Islamophobia in the US
Dr. Kashif Chaudhry: Portrayal of ISIL as Devout Muslims Leads to the Rapid Rise of Islamophobia in the US TEHRAN (FNA)- The death squad ISIL has been ramping up its terror operations recently, and finding a solution to eliminate this hazard from the Middle East is high on the agenda […]
Here Are 4 Concepts In Islam Muslims Wish You’d Talk About More
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor For years, Islam has been misunderstood and politicized by American pundits and politicians. The consequences of this climate are evident in the growing number of anti-Muslim incidents that are occurring across the country. Although it’s a ridiculously unfair burden to put on American Muslim […]
The Orlando Shooting Is a Haunting Reminder of Just How Many Guns Are in America
Source: Time By Jacob Davidson The U.S. has more firearms than any other country in the world. At least 50 people died and more than 50 were injured after a gunman identified by police as Omar Mateen opened fire in a crowded Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, the worst mass shooting […]
UN urges US to introduce arms controls
AFP | Published — Wednesday 15 June 2016 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, of Jordan, addresses his statement during the opening of the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (AP) GENEVA: […]
Not Islamic terror
Jun 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF It has been described as the worst mass shooting in America’s history. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured when an armed assailant opened fire early Sunday in a crowded nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando. The […]
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to Meet as Democrats Head for Truce
Source: Time By Sam Frizell How the two rival campaigns are finally talking to each other In the bright lights of the political revolution, Bernie Sanders does not sound like a […]
Orlando shooting: Vigils held around world to honour victims
Source: BBC Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday’s deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub. A Muslim cleric told those […]
White House: Obama will not call it ‘radical Islamism’
Source: Politico By NICK GASS When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s pronouncement earlier Monday that “radical Islamism” and “radical jihadism” are “the same thing” in discussing the Orlando, Florida, terrorist […]
Omar Mateen, Twice Scrutinized by F.B.I., Shows Threat of Lone Terrorists
Source: The New York Times By MARK MAZZETTI, ERIC LICHTBLAU and ALAN BLINDER WASHINGTON — When a young American man from coastal Florida drove a truck packed with explosives into […]
America’s first major Muslim clothing store says Islamic fashion isn’t just for Muslims
By Alaa Basatneh ORLANDO, Florida—It wasn’t a typical weekend scene at the Fashion Square Mall in central Florida. A DJ blasted loud belly dance music as fashionably dressed Muslim women […]
All of Islam must condemn attack
Source:Sentinel & Enterprise Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the largest Muslim organization united under a single imam, recently stated, “We can all see how satanic influences are leading to brutality and murder. Innocent people are being slaughtered, and the perpetrators claim they will be rewarded […]
Sheriff: Army Reserve officer threatens members of mosque
Source: Associated Press By ANNA GRONEWOLD and JONATHAN DREW In this June 2016 photo released by the Hoke County (N.C.) Sheriff’s Office, Thomas Russell… Read more RAEFORD N.C. (AP) — A […]
Religious roots of hatred resurface in Orlando
Source: RNS By Yonat Shimron (RNS) One year after the Supreme Court ruled that gays can legally marry across the country, and at a time when most polls show a majority […]
Orlando shootings highlight debate about acceptance of LGBT people in Islam
Source: Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein The horrific killings at a gay club in Orlando by a Muslim man who reportedly swore loyalty to the Islamic State set off immediate […]
‘I’m gonna die’: Orlando victim’s texts to mother as gunman came
Source: BBC Eddie Justice sent a series of terrified texts to his mother from a bathroom as the gunman made his way through gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando. His mother […]