Second-citizenship business booms amid global strife
BEN FLANAGAN | Published — Thursday 11 May 2017 Armand Arton. (Photo: Jonathan Glynn-Smith JEDDAH: Business might be booming for Armand Arton, but that does not necessarily mean the world […]
Turkey warns US of blowback from arming Kurdish fighters in Syria
By Reuters – May 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units head a convoy of US military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to […]
Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey may not be a cover-up – but it is a complete political disaster
Sheer incompetence and schoolyard nastiness may better explain the botched dismissal David Usborne New York @dusborne Finished with the last meeting of the day in New York, Joe Crowley, the fourth most senior Democrat in the House of Representatives, was headed to an intimate fundraiser in a private home on […]
Trump fires FBI director James Comey
Source: CNN President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, sweeping away the man who is responsible for the bureau’s investigation into whether members of his campaign team colluded with Russia in its interference in last year’s election. The bombshell announcement that sent shock and surprise ricocheting through […]
New Jersey may become first US state to outlaw child marriage
REUTERS NEW YORK A measure to ban child marriage could become law this week in New Jersey, which would become the first of the 50 states in America to outlaw the practice without exception, activists say. Viewed as the strongest such bill to be considered in the United States, it […]
Trump’s call for Muslim ban deleted from website ‘minutes’ after reporter brings it up
Source: ET During a White House press briefing, ABC’s Cecilia Vega asked Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, asked why the Trump campaign website still calls for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US” when the White House has denied that Trump’s executive order to block travel from six […]
Muslim shopper harassed at US grocery store
Source: ET When a young Muslim woman saw another woman in a hurry at a grocery store, she decided to do some good and offered the woman her spot in the queue. Little did she know, the woman would acknowledge the gesture by targeting her in an anti-Muslim rant. The […]
A history of American lynchings
A soil collection project is commemorating the forgotten victims of lynching and helping to tell their stories. [Illustration by Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera] by Ruth Hopkins Alabama, United States – It’s a […]
Venezuelan Women March on Caracas Against ‘Repression’
Source: Time BY Hannah Dreier / AP (CARACAS) — Women banged on pans and some stripped off their white shirts Saturday as they protested Venezuela’s socialist government in an event the […]
Donald Trump hasn’t quite thought through his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican
Jerusalem will be a great gig because Trump will be able to ask Netanyahu for help against Isis without – presumably – realising that Israel bombs only the Syrian army […]
U.S. State Dept. seeks tougher visa scrutiny, including social media checks
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: International travellers arrive at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S. February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Laura Buckman (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati and […]
Trump to wade into Middle East politics on first foreign trip
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House […]
Abdul Latif Bennett, Esq. from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to be a panelist at President Trump’s – Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable: “100 Day Report Card”
Source: http://wset.com/news/nation-world/your-voice-your-future-roundtable-100-day-report-card Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable: “100 Day Report Card” by Greg Massoni – Sinclair Broadcast Group | Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 DAY 92 – In this April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington after an interview with The Associated […]
Quran Exhibition & Book Stall at Port Augusta – News by Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA)
Source: http://www.tahireen.com/2016/quran-exhibition-and-book-stall-port-augusta-news-muslim-television-ahmadiyyamta_a68d7faed.html Quran Exhibition and Book Stall – Port Augusta News-Muslim Television Ahmadiyya(MTA)
Ahmadi Muslim Women in America: Changing the Conversation
Source: https://kcts9.org/programs/whats-good-206/muslim-in-america-changing-conversation BY JEN GERMAIN | May 3, 2017 Maleeha Choudhry’s idea of America comes from the Woody Guthrie song that she grew up listening to, which proclaims, “This land was made for you and me.” But the rise in hate crimes and anti-Islamic rhetoric in recent months has altered her view. […]
U.S. Senators Held A Hearing About Religious Hate Crimes, And Not One Muslim Was Included
We can’t tackle Islamophobia without Muslims. By Rowaida Abdelaziz, Social Media Editor, HuffPost The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to address the rise in hate crimes against minorities, […]
Preemptive hate and the Arab-American relationship
Dr. Amal Mudallali | Published — Wednesday 3 May 2017 Upon reviewing the results of the Arab News/YouGov poll “The Arab Image in the US” in which 2,057 US citizens were surveyed, I recalled something that happened to me when I was a student taking a public transportation bus to […]
Woman found guilty and faces year in jail for laughing at Jeff Sessions
She laughed at the idea that Sessions treats all Americans equally Clark Mindock New York 0:00 / 0:45 The woman was arrested after laughing during the hearing SOURCE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeff-sessions-woman-guilty-laughing-year-jail-sentence-code-pink-protester-a7716456.html
A man who is tragically unfit to be president
Source: CNN When President Donald Trump revealed that he doesn’t know why the Civil War was fought, or at least figures it could have been averted by the kind of deal-making he supposedly excels at, it was revealing in ways beyond the ones easy to glean. The ignorance is, as usual, […]
Muslims on Capitol Hill learn how to lobby
By Aysha Khan and Lauren Markoe Al-Sharif Nassef, far right, a participant in the third annual Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, takes an elevator to an appointment on May […]