Parade, numerous celebrations to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Source: Los Angeles Times By Cindy Carcamo; Contact Reporter A replica of the Montgomery, Ala., bus that Rosa Parks was riding in when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give […]
US seeks three Americans missing in Iraq
. View photo A general view taken from a helicopter shows the Baghdad clock tower in Harthiya Sqaure in the west of the Iraqi capital on September 10, 2014 (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski) Baghdad (AFP) – US and local authorities are searching for three American citizens who were reportedly kidnapped in […]
Anglicans suspend Episcopal Church over same-sex marriage
Source: CNN (CNN)The Episcopal Church, long the church of the establishment in the United States, has been punished by the international Anglican Communion over its acceptance of same-sex marriage. The decision was made Thursday at a meeting in Canterbury, England, where leaders of the Anglican Communion’s 38 provinces are gathered. […]
THE BIGGER PICTURE: I am a Muslim
Source: Finger Lakes Times By SPENCER TULIS Take a moment to reflect on your initial thoughts after reading the headline on this story and the man in the photo that […]
Sanctions lifted after Iran found in compliance on nuclear deal
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) By Don Melvin and Michael Martinez (CNN) Iran has completed the necessary steps in a deal […]
What Pope Benedict knew about abuse in the Catholic Church
Source: The New Yorker The election of Pope Francis, in 2013, had the effect, among other things, of displacing the painful story of priestly sexual abuse that had dominated public […]
Scholars offer Muslims and police a new roadmap for better relations
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. police departments must look beyond the Muslim American community if they want to effectively counter violent extremism, a new report from Duke University finds. […]
Md. school system keeps Jewish holidays, adds days off for Diwali, Lunar New Year and Eid al-Adha
Source: The Washington Post Howard County’s school board voted unanimously this week to markedly expand its schedule of religious and cultural holidays, a decision members said recognized the growing diversity […]
War against outlaws of Islam a global struggle — King
Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in Washington this week (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, which was broadcast late on Wednesday. Question: As we speak, 10 American […]
George W. Bush page most edited on Wikipedia
Source: Gulf News SAN FRANCISCO: Former US president George W. Bush may no longer be able to change the course of history — but it has not stopped others trying […]
Add a Muslim holiday? Remove a Jewish one? Schools debate calendars as diversity increases
Source: The Washington Post It came as a victory to many in the Muslim community when a Maryland school district decided to shift its calendar so that students would be […]
Chicago lockup claims: Handcuffed to walls, abused and kept from lawyers
Source: CNN Chicago (CNN)Kory Wright dreamed of being a Chicago police officer. But his image of police was shattered when he was arrested on his 20th birthday as he was […]
How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic
Source: Huffington Post By Asma Afsaruddin Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Indiana University On Sept. 29, 2015, President Obama addressed the United Nations summit on violent extremism. He stated that […]
US navy sailors released unharmed by Iran in less than a day
By AP – Jan 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this October 30, 2015, photo provided by the US navy, Riverine Command Boat 805, along with its crew members, is shown transiting through rough seas during patrol operations in the Arabian Gulf. Iran was holding 10 US navy sailors and their […]
Muslim journalists no longer as rare in US newsrooms
(RNS) Rummana Hussain was one of those children whose Muslim parents envisioned her in a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck. Instead, she became a metro editor and reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times, where she covers criminal courts and remains the only Muslim member of the editorial staff. […]
Christians, Muslims and monotheism
The disciplining of a professor raises an old philosophical question Jan 13th 2016 BY ERASMUS EVERY so often a question that seems purely abstract and philosophical passes into the realm of hard reality where people’s lives and destinies are determined. One such conundrum is whether or not Christians and Muslims can […]
Powerball lottery – and the Islamic view
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Muslim journalists no longer as rare in US newsrooms
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Rummana Hussain was one of those children whose Muslim parents envisioned her in a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck. Instead, […]
Religious voices respond to State of the Union
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) In his last State of the Union address, President Obama made an impassioned case against religious bigotry and cast other key issues in moral terms. He rejected “any […]
Video: Obama: When politicians insult Muslims, when a mosque is vandalized, or a kid bullied, that doesn’t make us safe
Obama: (This is around minute 44:30 of video) We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s […]