Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JOSCHKA FISCHER There is an alarming political shift to the right occurring on both sides of the Atlantic, linked to the growing force of openly chauvinist political parties and figures: Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France. Other names could […]
Source: Advocate A handful of Baton Rouge Muslims took the stage in a Methodist church hall Sunday afternoon to explain their faith, answer questions and dispel a host of misconceptions […]
Source: The Week Iowa’s Republican caucus looks to be a battle between Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), and both areheavily courting the evangelical Christian voters who helped Rick […]
Source: RNS (RNS) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — a political independent, a socialist and possibly the most liberal member of Congress — may be a cultural Jew but he’s campaigned […]
Source: Gulf News Washington: President Obama will make the first visit during his presidency to a US mosque, the White House announced on Saturday, part of the administration’s push to promote religious tolerance at a time when rhetoric linking Islam with terrorism is growing. On Wednesday, the president will visit […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sam Levine; Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post The visit comes after he called for Muslim Americans to help fight extremism. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to […]
Source: Time “I’m an atheist voter. I’m not planted here, I’m born and raised in Iowa.” From the moment the questioner stood up and pointed his camera phone at Ben […]
Source: The Gazette Religion is one of the most confusing areas in employment law and also one of the fastest-growing areas of employee complaints and concerns. According to the […]
Source: Christian Today Republican U.S. presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rick Santorum pray at the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa November 20, 2015. A growing number […]
Source: ABC News Ted Cruz sometimes sounds more like a preacher than a presidential candidate. But one biblical tenet he rarely evokes is tithing, a mandate that 10 percent of possessions be donated to God. That’s because tax records Cruz released between 2006 and 2010 show he and his […]
Swastika, anti-Islamic slogans graffiti found on Richmond Hill learning centre Source: CBC York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect, or suspects, responsible for spray painting […]
Police captured Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from his hideout in a boat in a dramatic hail of bullets, but that was just the beginning of their work. Less exciting, […]
“Islam means peace, Islam teaches respect to all, The Messiah who was to come, already has come”, said Imam Shamshad Report by Dr Iftekhar Ahmad One hundred ten students from […]
The Daily Beast From China and Afghanistan to Turkey and Britain, human beings watching the U.S. appear to finally agree on one single issue: The GOP frontrunner is a frightening, loathsome candidate. LONDON — No doubt Donald Trump will be thrilled that the entire world is mesmerized as he steamrolls […]
Source: Huffington Post By Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens; Musician, Artist, Writer, Producer and Philanthropist As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further […]
The need for information about possible internal threats creates some predictably twisted incentives. Scott Shackford|Jan. 29, 2016 11:50 am Those who have followed the frustrating stories about the secretive operations of the federally controlled “no-fly” lists may have read about the accusations that some individuals who were on the list […]
Source: BBC The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the same quarter a year ago, official figures show. The […]
Source: Crux With just days left before Iowa casts the first votes in the presidential nominating contests, Republican candidates have been crisscrossing the state touting their Christian bona fides, appealing to […]
Source: RNS (RNS) A lawsuit brought by American Atheists seeking the erection of an “atheist monument” near a Ten Commandments monument at a Florida county courthouse has gotten the go-ahead from a federal court judge. American Atheists, a national advocacy organization based in Cranford, N.J., has tried to put a […]
Source: NPR As the Islamic State uses social media and the Internet to recruit followers, a group of American Muslim millennials are also using the same tools to clear up […]