Western civilisation’s immense debt to Islam
Source: The Guardian Readers take issue with Boris Johnson’s view that Islam kept the Muslim world centuries behind the west Boris Johnson is painfully ignorant of the immense cultural, economic, […]
I used to work in US intelligence advising presidents on risk. The biggest threat to our country today is the Republican Party
Donald Trump and his coterie of criminals have done more in two years to weaken the United States than the Soviet Union was able to achieve in decades […]
Unexpectedly, Leah Remini’s documentary made me feel empathy for famous Scientologists like Tom Cruise
Remini, who was a member of the Scientologist church for years, asks people in the documentary not to dismiss members as naive Clémence Michallon New York @Clemence_Mcl The Independent Voices […]
At Cologne’s Gestapo museum, visitors are drawing modern parallels – can we really say they’re being simplistic?
The Nazis believed that their Jews were not German – just as the US president clearly believes that there are four US congresswomen, all citizens of his country, who are […]
Trudeau calls Trump rally chant of ‘send her back’ unacceptable
Source: CTV Justin Trudeau says the comments made about Ilhan Omar at a Trump rally Wednesday are “unacceptable.” Attendees chanted “send her back” when Donald Trump brought up the Democratic […]
‘I Believe in My Work.’ How Rep. Ilhan Omar Rose From Refugee to Trump’s Top Target
Source: Time By Alana Abramson Dahabo Mohamed, a freshman at Richfield High near Minneapolis, is patiently waiting in the school’s auditorium to meet her Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar. Omar has just […]
Actor joins with those struggling for religious freedom in Middle East
Share this story By Kurt Jensen • Catholic News Service • Posted July 18, 2019 WASHINGTON (CNS) — A two-time Academy Award-winning actor lent his support July 16 to the […]
Freed Ahmadi man apprise Trump about community’s persecution in Pak
ANI Published : Jul 18, 2019, 1:53 pm IST The man said that while he can call himself a Muslim in the US, he cannot do so in Pakistan for […]
Most Veterans Say Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Weren’t Worth It: Pew Report
10 Jul 2019 Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk A majority of veterans taking part in a new research study says that the cost and burden of the wars […]
Trump Meets Victims of Religious Persecution at White House
By Reuters July 17, 2019 WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made religious freedom a centerpiece of his foreign policy, met Wednesday with victims of religious persecution from […]
State Dept. hosts largest religious freedom summit in world history; survivors testify
Source: Christian Post The U.S. State Department launched on Tuesday its second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, a three-day summit being touted as the largest religious freedom event ever held. […]
The US is quietly waging war in Somalia – and Trump has made it worse
After all, the militant groups al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) pose no threat to the US. They’re actually fighting each other. But apparently the president hasn’t grasped […]
We asked 12 Canadian premiers about Quebec’s controversial secularism law.
Source: National Observer By Emilee Gilpin & Fatima Syed Last week, Asiyah Robinson, a 22-year-old Muslim woman, presented an impassioned speech that woke the ghosts of an otherwise eerily stoic […]
Too much time on social media can increase symptoms of depression among teens, study suggests
Source: CTV Spending too much time on social media or watching television is linked to increased symptoms of depression among teens, a new study suggests. Researchers conducted a four-year study […]
Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.
Source: Daily Beast By Goldie Taylor The president is a racist, in his words and his actions. Before you go clutching your pearls and extolling the virtues of “civility,” let […]
Forbes: Harnessing The Power of Diversity Through Pluralism
by ismailimail Posted on July 16, 2019 “What a wonderful, liberating thing it would be if more of us, more of the time, could see diversity not as a burden, […]
A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World
Source: PEW Forum Tenth annual report dives deeper into the ways government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion have changed, from 2007 to 2017 Over the decade from […]
Trudeau on Trump tweets: ‘That is not how we do things in Canada’
Source: CTV U.S. President Donald Trump’s racist tweets telling four female congresswomen of colour to “go back” to where they came from are “not how we do things in Canada,” […]
Beloved Huzoor’s Message for Jalsa USA 2019: ‘Promote love, affection, unity & compassion between all’
By Faran Rabbani, Al Hakam Correspondent | AlHakam.org Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA: 99 years ago, when Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra was not permitted to enter the country upon his arrival in the USA, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIra addressed the Jamaat and stated: “America, which claims to be a world power, has only faced […]
EU’s Mogherini cautions against ‘dangerous adventures’ in the Middle East
Jul 13, 2019 By Ahmed Aboulenein BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The European Union fully backs Iraq’s efforts to de-escalate growing tensions between the United States and Iran because conflict will have […]