Islam Not at Odds With US Values, Say Officials, Community Leaders
Jakarta. The “war on terror” proclaimed by US President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York has largely been wound down by his successor, […]
Prehistoric Skeleton in Mexico Is Said to Link Modern Native Americans to Siberians
NY Times: Most geneticists agree that Native Americans are descended from Siberians who crossed into America 26,000 to 18,000 years ago via a land bridge over the Bering Strait. But […]
A People’s History Of Muslims In The United States
Yemen Times: When I teach history related to Islam or Muslims in the United States, I begin by asking students what names they associate with these terms. The list is […]
Book Review: The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
About the Book The Moor’s Account is the story of the first black explorer of America—a Moroccan slave who was left out of the history books. In 1527, the conquistador […]
Giving Honor to the Dreamer
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Had he lived to see January 15th, 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 85 years-old. He would have witnessed the death of […]
Muslim scholar discovered America 500 years before Columbus
Central Asian Muslim scholar Abu Raihan al-Biruni hypothesized the existence of the Americas in the early eleventh century. World Bulletin / News Desk Amid the growing wave of pessimism regarding […]
A Century of African-American Islam
Most Black American Muslims trace their roots to a recent religion founded in Newark in 1913. By Daniel Pipes The year 2013 marks the centenary of the reported founding of […]
Keeping Church at Arm’s Length From State
Huff Post: A U.S. federal appeals court right now is considering whether for-profit businesses can be exempted from a contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act — a mandate that is tantamount to a “war on Christianity” by the Obama administration, according to at least one elected official. A Christian […]
Snowden’s Leaks Most Serious in US History:
Source: Jakarta Globe: Leaks from Edward Snowden have helped America’s adversaries and represent the most serious breach of classified information in US history, the CIA’s former number-two ranking official said in an interview Friday. Michael Morrell, who served as deputy director and acting director of the CIA, told CBS television’s […]
WHY SO MANY LATINOS ARE BECOMING MUSLIMS: ICNA
Why So Many Latinos Are Becoming Muslims SOURCE: ICNA NEWSLETTER By Tim Padgett Most Latinos know the country is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month right now. What far fewer Latinos know is that next week marks Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s most sacred holidays. And yet the two observances are more […]
8 Myths and Atrocities About Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day
By Vincent Schilling: On the second Monday of October each year, Native Americans cringe at the thought of honoring a man who committed atrocities against Indigenous Peoples. ………………… On the […]
Thomas Jefferson Studied Qur’an, Advocated Full Rights For Muslims
By Jonathan Vankin Recently, a self-styled “pastor” in Florida sparked a worldwide controversy by threatening to burn copies of the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book. But he was far from […]
Thomas Jefferson Studied Qur'an, Advocated Full Rights For Muslims
By Jonathan Vankin, Recently, a self-styled “pastor” in Florida sparked a worldwide controversy by threatening to burn copies of the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book. But he was far from […]
Our Founding Fathers included Islam
Excerpted from “Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an” [He] sais “neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion.” — Thomas […]
HOW WOULD AMERICA’S FOUNDING FATHERS REACT TO SYRIA?
craigconsidinetcd.wordpress.com: In all likelihood, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA will soon bomb Syria in the hope of dealing a blow to Syrian President BASHAR AL ASSAD’s regime. This dangerous act of war is a betrayal of the foreign policy vision of America’s founding fathers and will only serve to further weaken the US’s floundering moral credibility […]
John Piper: Revival Can Reverse America’s ‘Treasonous’ Attitude Toward God
Global Christian Post: John Piper, founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and retired senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, was asked recently in a WORLD magazine interview for a solution to what he framed as the “God-ignoring, God-belittling frame of mind” that has gripped the nation. Piper spoke on camera with […]
Did the Qur’an and perhaps even the Constitution of Medina influence Jefferson when he authored the two most important documents in American history?
islamfoundingfathers.wordpress.com: This is certainly an intriguing question and one which Alexandra Meav Jerome considers in a piece for Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Jerome writes: The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution contain similar clauses on some topics. The Constitution of Medina states: “The Jews shall maintain their own religion and the […]
The Role that Religion Played in America on July 4, 1776
HUffington Post: Maria Mayo Religion in America on July 4, 1776 Posted: 07/04/2013 7:26 am When the Declaration of Independence was drafted on July 4, 1776, religious practice in the 13 colonies of the United States was colorful and varied. The quest for independence — as well as loyalist […]
JFK- US will never Start a War- The 1963 Peace Speech that led to Nuclear Disarmament
Youtube: The beginning of President Kennedy’s “Peace” speech given at American University, June 10, 1963. Noteworthy are his comments that the US was seeking a goal of “complete disarmament” of […]
Most And Least Christian States In America
Huff Post: A study measuring religious bodies in the United States called the, “2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study (RCMS)” was recently released by the Association of […]