Dying GOP Senator Apologizes to Muslims for Donald Trump
Source: The Daily Beast By Tim Mak Bob Bennett spent his last days letting Muslims know how sorry he was that an Islamophobe had become his party’s all-but-certain nominee. Former […]
Why Is Washington Supporting Fundamentalist Jihadis in Syria?
Nation: The peace negotiations between the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad and the insurgents seeking to topple him and his one-party Baath state were headed on the rebel side by Mohammad Alloush, leader of the Saudi-backed Army of Islam (Jaysh al-Islam, or JI). Russia and the Syrian government objected to […]
Canada apologizes for century old snub of Sikh migrants
Source: The Express Tribune OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology today for an incident in which a shipload of Indians were refused entry into Canada more than […]
Military Sexual Assault Victims Discharged After Filing Complaints
Source: Time By Mark Thompson Many are booted out with ‘bad paper’ and can’t get upgrades The scariest part of Emily Vorland’s relatively uneventful 2009 deployment to Iraq was that the […]
This is how fascism comes to America
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Kagan May 18 at 7:09 PM Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Post. […]
Iran wants U.S. to pay for 63 years of ‘spiritual and material damage’
Source: CNN By Steve Almasy and Bijan Hosseini, CNN The outgoing Iranian Parliament is demanding unspecified compensation from the United States for its involvement in “spiritual and material damage” for the past 63 years, Iranian state news reported Tuesday. During its Tuesday morning session, the Parliament cited examples such as […]
South Carolina bans abortion after 19 weeks
Source: Reuters CHARLESTON, SC | BY HARRIET MCLEOD The South Carolina legislature on Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother’s life was […]
Anti-Muslim School Bullying: Sometimes, It’s Even the Teachers Doing It
Source: The Daily Beast By DEAN OBEIDALLAH A California high-school girl opened her yearbook to find that her first name had been changed to ‘Isis.’ She was told it was […]
Here’s what happens when a Muslim-Jewish couple walks down the street
by Bethan McKernan New Yorkers Are We Famous Yet made waves last month with a video in which they got two people to dress in traditional Jewish and Muslim clothing and walk down the street together. Now filmmaker Karim Metwaly and friends Al and Moe are back with the ‘Muslim/Jewish Marriage […]
Five anti-Muslim protesters and 400 peace supporters meet at New York rally
Source: The Guardian By Adam Gabbatt in Islamberg, New York American Bikers United Against Jihad spent months calling for people to join the event in Islamberg, but in the end […]
Methodist supporters of Israel-related divestment regroup after setback
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity. and Lauren Markoe Lauren Markoe […]
He Was Caught Trying To Join ISIS, Now He’s In Jihadi Rehab
Source: NPR By DINA TEMPLE-RASTON All eyes were on 20-year-old Abdullahi Yusuf when he stepped on the stand in federal court last week in Minneapolis to testify for the prosecution in […]
Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election
Source: Time If she gets elected president next November Hillary Clinton says she has found a role for her husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her future administration, should she be […]
Prejudice against Muslims aids terrorist ‘who wish to kill us all’: Petraeus
May 17, 2016 In an article in the Washington Post published on May 13 former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus has said that prejudice against Muslim will help terrorists “who wish to kill us all”. In his article headlined “Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists”, Petraeus says those politicians who […]
19 Most Guarded Places on Earth
Vatican Secret Archives Despite the church’s attempt at openness, critics say the contents aren’t accessible enough since only qualified clergy and academics are allowed inside the facility, and even those granted entry cannot view items without advanced approval. Thus, the skeptics remain, with theories ranging from the cavern hiding gospels […]
China killed thousands of Maine jobs. Now it’s eating up the state’s lobsters.
Source:The Washington Post A tiny American town is staking its future on Chinese foodies. By Ylan Q. Mui LITTLE CRANBERRY ISLAND, MAINE — The long journey from this remote island […]
RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women
Source: Time By Melissa Chan The report revealed several alleged unwelcome advances from Trump in the past Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday saidDonald Trump would have to “answer […]
President Obama Targets Donald Trump in Rutgers Graduation Speech
Source: Time By Melissa Chan President Barack Obama on Sunday indirectly slammed Donald Trumpduring his commencement address at Rutgers University in New Jersey. The Commander in Chief did not specifically name the presumptive Republican nominee while speaking before the graduating class, but he did mention many of the mogul’s controversial ideas, […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: My Very Muslim Christmas
Source: Time By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar TIME columnist Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player. He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador whose life and […]
Smithsonian Offers Sneak Peek of Museum of African-American History
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan On the lowest level of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open this September, there is a series of inscriptions on a […]