ATF: Houston mosque fire ‘appears suspicious’
Source: CNN A Friday fire at a Houston mosque had “multiple points of origin” and “appears suspicious,” according to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokeswoman. The Islamic […]
Arson at Central Valley mosque investigated as possible hate crime
Source: LA times An arson attack that took place over the weekend at a Central Valley mosque is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a law enforcement official said Sunday. Debris from what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail was found outside the Tracy Islamic Center on Saturday morning, said […]
Fresno police investigate beating of Sikh man as hate crime
Source: The Fresno Bee A Sikh man was attacked Saturday morning west of Highway 99 in what Fresno police are investigating as a hate crime – the latest such attack […]
Stop asking me to condemn terrorists just because I’m Muslim
Source: The Washington Post By By Rana Elmir The deputy director of the ACLU of Michigan and lectures on issues related to Islamophobia, free speech and the intersection of race, faith […]
Muslim Americans Are More Likely to Reject Violence, Intolerance Than Many Other Americans
Source: Huffington Post By David Bier; Director of Immigration Policy, Niskanen Center and Matthew La Corte; Research Associate at the Niskanen Center Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down […]
Tucson Muslims travel to San Bernardino Islamic conference
Written By Sam Salzwedel CONNECT TUCSON – Representatives from the local Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are in San Bernardino County for an Islamic conference. Umer Shahid is from Pakistan and now lives in Tucson. He said he has noticed more discrimination since the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. “Ahmadiyya […]
If Islam Is Un-American, so Are Christianity and Judaism
Source: Huffington Post By Warren J. Blumenfeld Independent Writer “[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our representatives can figure out what’s […]
ISIS, Fear, and the Freedom of Speech
Source: Huffington Post By Geoffrey R. Stone Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago In recent weeks, two of the legal scholars I most admire — Cass Sunstein and Eric Posner — have independently called for possible limitations on the scope of First Amendment protection in […]
The Religious Right Is Right to Be Scared: Christianity Is Dying in America
Source: The Daily Beast By Jay Michaelson Why try to understand complicated things like demographics for the decline of your faith when you can blame gays and liberals for waging a […]
Texas tornadoes: ‘Eight killed’ in Dallas suburbs
Source: BBC Eight people are reported to have been killed in Texas in new tornadoes, raising the death toll to 26 in a week of storms in several US states. […]
On Muslims, Democrats Turn To An Unlikely Ally: George W. Bush
Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Taunted by Republicans to declare war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” Democrats are turning to an unlikely ally: George W. Bush. President Barack Obama, under […]
Churches offer refuge for Central Americans facing U.S. deportation
Reuters International DEC 26, 2015 – 00:24 By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Leaders of the church-based Sanctuary Movement vowed on Friday to offer their places of worship as refuge for immigrants facing deportation under an Obama administration crackdown on Central American families who entered the United States illegally. […]
IS ISLAM INHERENTLY MISOGYNISTIC?
AN INTERVIEW WITH LALEH BAKHTIAR LALEH BAKHTIAR, USA As the first American woman to translate the Quran into English, Laleh Bakhtiar corrects often misinterpreted verses on women’s treatment by re-infusing the translation with a feminine perspective. In this interview with Muslima curator Samina Ali, Laleh discusses her experience interpreting the […]
The polio heroes
Dec 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – BILL GATES The world’s progress in fighting polio might be one of the best-kept secrets in global health. Indeed, my heroes for 2015 are […]
Humans take note: Artificial intelligence just got a lot smarter
Humans take note: Artificial intelligence just got a lot smarter By Los Angeles Times (TNS) – Dec 13,2015 – VIA JORDAN TIMES Photo courtesy of pymesyautonomos.com Today’s artificial intelligence may not be that clever, but it just got much quicker on the uptake. A learning programme designed by a trio […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry Not As A Muslim, But As An American CNN’s Fareed Zakaria gave his take on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s hateful and […]
Franklin Graham quits the GOP over Planned Parenthood funding
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) Evangelist Franklin Graham has announced he is abandoning the Republican Party in disgust over the move by the GOP-led Congress last week to pass a […]
My Hijab is both Islamic and Unforced
December 26, 2015 by Qasim Rashid 1 Comment By Mansura Minhas Richard Dawkins recently called upon Muslim women to shun their Hijabs as a show of solidarity with the victims of Paris attacks. Dawkins is an anti-theist, wholly ignorant to Islam. Thus, his case against the Hijab fits perfectly well […]
Chicago professor suspended over Islam comments has no plans to resign
Source: The Guardian A tenured professor at a Christian college in suburban Chicago who was suspended for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God has said she has no plans […]
24,000 Sign Letter Of ‘Radical Love’ In Support Of American Muslims
Source: Huffington Post More than 24,000 people have signed a letter of support for America’s Muslim communities, promising to build a “circle of protection” to defend them from hate and […]