US election 2016: Day one of the Republican civil war
Source: BBC Well, that’s it then. The Republican Party has come unglued. It’s been a long time in the making, but the day of reckoning is finally here. For decades […]
On This Day in History in 1872 Yellowstone Park established in USA
Source: History.com President Grant signs the bill creating the nation’s first national park at Yellowstone. Native Americans had lived and hunted in the region that would become Yellowstone for hundreds […]
Evangelical Christians are so sick of losing that they’re voting for Trump
Source: The Washington Post Donald Trump won the white evangelical Christian vote in the South Carolina primary and the Nevada caucuses. This support has been evident for months, causing evangelical leaders to wring their hands. Last year, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s influential Washington organization, the Ethics […]
Clinton preaches ‘love and kindness’ at Memphis churches
Source: CNN Memphis (CNN) Hillary Clinton took to two pulpits in Memphis on Sunday to preach a message of inclusion and a rejection of divisiveness, in the wake of her […]
Donald Trump blames India again for taking US jobs
Source: India Today Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential frontrunner, today again blamed India for taking away jobs from Americans, pledging to bring them back if elected president even as […]
CNN Videos: Donald Trump stumbles on David Duke, KKK
By Eric Bradner, CNN Washington (CNN) Donald Trump stumbled into a racially charged controversy Sunday, saying in an interview on CNN that he didn’t know enough to disavow former Ku Klux […]
The agony of Hillary Clinton
Feb 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – ELIZABETH DREW Being Hillary Clinton, one of the most celebrated women in the world, holder of some of the highest offices in American politics and possibly the next president of the United States, has had more than its share of agony. Widely regarded a […]
Obama signs law opposing BDS campaign
Feb 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI US President Barack Obama signed this week a law that opposes boycotting Israel. During the signing ceremony, he referred to the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, but named them as “Israeli-controlled territories”. The Israeli government has exerted relentless efforts […]
US Will ‘Destroy’ ISIS: Obama
Source: Outlook Conceding that the fight against Islamic State remains “difficult”, President Barack Obama today said the US will “destroy” the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian […]
Trump Reveals the End of the Religious Right’s Preeminence
Source: The Atlantic Many headlines trumpeting Donald Trump’s victory in the Nevada Republican caucuses credit voters’ anger with the federal government. But the real lesson of Trump’s rise is not […]
3 young Muslim Americans killed in mysterious ‘execution-style’ murders
Early on Wednesday evening, as the sun began to set and the air cooled to just below freezing, police arrived at a unremarkable white home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a few blocks from the campus of Indiana Tech. We do not yet know who called them or what they expected. […]
South Carolina primary: Huge win for Clinton over Sanders
Source: BBC Hillary Clinton has secured a big win over Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary, the latest battleground in the race to be Democratic presidential nominee. Victory for […]
Reflections of a Muslim American
Source: Huffington Post As a Muslim American for the last two decades, my belief in my adopted homeland has grown stronger and stronger with each trial that has tested the […]
“Good” Muslim, “Evil” Islam Dichotomy
Source: Huffington Post Befriending Muslims while attacking Islam is no way to make friends with Muslims. The attitude that “Muslims are good people, but that which makes them Muslim is […]
Syria: US, Russia-brokered ceasefire goes into effect; ISIS, Nusra Front excluded
Source: Indian Express A cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria on Saturday, marking the biggest international push to reduce violence in the country’s […]
Watch A Little Girl’s Heart Break When She Learns Obama Won’t Be President Forever
Source: Huffington Post No one is taking the end of Barack Obama’s presidency harder than this little girl. Caprina D. Harris posted a video of her granddaughter on Facebook on Monday, showing the child sobbing uncontrollably over the news that there is an election coming up, and Obama is not […]
Hollywood needs to end Islamophobic portrayals of Muslims
Islamophobia, ISIS, and Authentic Muslim Narratives: Television’s Potential Role Source: Huffington Post By Cynthia P. Schneider; Cultural Diplomacy Expert; Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Netherlands Recently President Obama and Secretary Kerry each called […]
This Day in History in 1922: US Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
History.com In Washington, D.C., the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for female suffrage, is unanimously declared constitutional by the eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 19th […]
Simon schuster creates imprint for muslim themed childrens books
Source: The New York Times As a young Pakistani-American Muslim girl growing up in Connecticut, Zareen Jaffery used to devour novels by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume, hoping those stories […]
Mosque bacon attack could get Titusville suspect life in prison
Source: Florida Today An attack on a mosque using raw bacon and a machete could potentially garner a Brevard County man up to life in prison as a result of […]