Sikh Soldier Allowed to Keep Beard in Rare Army Exception
Source: The New York Times On his first day at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Simratpal Singh sat in a barber chair where new cadets get their […]
Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
Source: Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father’s South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by people who […]
How Well Do You Know Religion?
Source: The New York Times Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from America may be a gift to ISIS recruitment and a grotesque echo of the sentiment behind the Chinese […]
Know whose ideas about Muslims are scarier than Trump’s?
By By Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s weekly program “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics blog […]
Does the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Speak for Islam? A Response to Dr. Stephen Kirby’s Implication
By Zahid Mian Patheos.com: Dr. Stephen M. Kirby is a noted bigot whose mission is only to spread hatred of Muslims. He makes no bones about his hatred for Islam or Muslims. His stated goal is to prove that the violence committed by the likes of ISIS is inspired by […]
I’m Muslim: My ID Is Mom, Wife and Doctor
Source: Huffington Post Written by: Nadia El-Hillal I am a doctor. I studied and worked hard my entire life to have a career that would allow me to serve others […]
King: It doesn’t matter if he wins or not — Donald Trump has already awakened the white supremacist beast in America
Source: Daily News By Shaun King For six months I’ve been saying that what Donald Trump is primarily offering America is a brash new form of white supremacy. The most […]
Is Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque in USA being targeted?
Source.Seattlepi.com A bomb squad was called, and the area around the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque was evacuated after the device was discovered around 6:30 a.m., police said in a statement. Investigators determined the device was a plastic replica of a hand grenade. The word “Jesus” was sprayed in white […]
156 years after “On the Origin of Species,” what do Christians think about evolution?
The Un-evolving Relationship between American Christians, Evolution, and Climate Change Source: Huffington Post By Ryan Gear; Founding and lead pastor, One Church; founder, openmindedchurch.org Last week marked 156 years since Charles […]
Twitter warns of government ‘hacking’
Source: BBC Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by “state-sponsored actors”. It is the first time that the social media […]
Syracuse Community Prays for Shooting Victims at Area Mosque
Syracuse Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds a prayer vigil covered by local TV channel 3 and local time warner cable channel 10. Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 06:57 PM EST For Video click here EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — “We are gathered here today to show the world and to show ISIS, […]
John F Kennedy on Separation of Church and State
Listen to John F Kennedy the 35th President of USA, here give his speech in 1960 when he was a Senator running for the Presidency and was getting a lot […]
The Terrorism Double Standard
Source: Huffington Post BY Qasim Rashid Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies “How do you tell someone he’s a racist?” During a recent lecture […]
These People Are Fighting Anti-Muslim Hate After San Bernardino
Source: Huffington Post Following last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which was carried out by Muslims who FBI officials say were Islamic State supporters, American mosques and Muslims […]
White House Says It Won’t Declare Muslim National Holiday
Source: Time The White House has declined to name the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr as a national holiday after more than 100,000 people called for the designation in an […]
Banning Gun Sales to People on No-Fly List May Not Be Constitutional, Experts Say
Source: Time Constitutional experts cite ongoing problems with no-fly list criteria On Thursday, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced plans to issue an executive order barring anyone listed on federal terrorist […]
Video: Canadian children performed the same song for refugees that was sung to Mohamed when he sought refuge
Canadian children performed the same song for refugees that was sung to Mohamed, may peace be on him, when he sought refuge Also published in the newspaper Independent Epigraph: Blessed […]
When Muslims are the target, prominent religious freedom advocates largely go quiet
Source: The Washington Post Do you see religious liberty as under threat in America? The debate over GOP candidates’ comments about Islam reveal how bitterly divided Americans are over how to view a basic right. For the last few years, several of the biggest and most influential religious groups have […]
A century ago, a popular Missouri newspaper demonized a religious minority: Catholics
The year was 1915, and the strange new newspaper in Aurora, Mo., had grown so quickly in its first four years that rail officials had to build extra tracks for all the paper and printing materials suddenly rolling into town. The Aurora post office, according to one account, more than […]
US Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about what was […]