Among the guests sitting in the House chamber balcony for President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address will be a Connecticut Muslim doctor whose mosque was shot […]
Source: The Spokesman-Review Idaho’s legislative leaders deserve credit for turning what could have been a purely anti-Islam event into an educational one. On Thursday, law enforcement officials and refugee resettlement […]
A Muslim woman booted from a Donald Trump rally, urged President Barack Obama to tell the world about religious freedom in the U.S., ahead of his State of the Union […]
The American Freedom Party said it placed about 200,000 “robocalls” in Iowa and may also target New Hampshire. 01/11/2016 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the […]
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Project Syndicate In an ideal world, everyone, everywhere, would access the health services they need without having to pay more than they could afford. But is “health for all” — also known as universal health coverage — really possible, not just in rich countries, but […]
Boston Globe: IN 1979, WHEN I was a child, the Michigan community center that my father and great-grandmother founded to help Arab immigrants was gutted by fire. Investigation found that the center was targeted by racists. With the help of community residents — white, Latino, and black as well as […]
Jan 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ian Buruma Ted Cruz, one of the Republican candidates for the US presidency, recently said that his solution to the turmoil in the Middle East would be to “carpet-bomb” Daesh and see if “sand can glow in the dark”. Donald Trump, the Republican front runner, […]
A US-based think tank has conducted a study to answer some of key questions about Muslims and Islam in the United States Source: World Bulletin / News Desk The growth […]
The Star: The pepper spraying of Syrian refugees in Vancouver has prompted sweeping condemnation, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying it doesn’t represent Canada’s attitude toward migrants. Vancouver Police are […]
Viralwomen.com : by Gia London — My mother phoned a few weeks ago, and she sounded purposeful but hesitant, like she had finally worked up the courage to tell me something important. ‘Honey,’ she said, her voice broken with concern. ‘I want you to stop being a feminist. I love […]
Source: Huffington Post The future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance, and Hillary Clinton wants you to know she’s the one who can save it. In an op-ed […]
Source: The Washington Post At a campaign stop in Fort Dodge, Iowa, this week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was asked about keeping sharia law out of the United States. “Guys,” […]
Source: Al-Jazeera by Rafia Zakaria Larycia Hawkins’ solidarity message goes beyond wearing the headscarf for a day. That’s exactly what America needs On Jan. 6, Wheaton College — a private […]
Source: Montreal Gazette Lal Khan Malik, of Vaughan, Ont., is national president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Canada and is one of the founders of the “Stop the CrISIS” […]
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured […]
Katie Dreyer Become a fanWriter, traveler, researcher Posted: 01/07/2016 Joan Didion said grief is never how you expect it will be. When I used to think of my mother dying, in the abstract, vague way people do, I imagined myself collapsing in a heap, burying myself in my bed for […]
Posted: 01/07/2016 Susan M. Shaw Become a fanProfessor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Director of the School of Language, Culture, & Society at Oregon State University How narrowly should a Christian college set the parameters for theological fidelity for its faculty? While this question is one that often […]
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Wallace; Minister, physics professor The Internet is a killer: Adam Conover from Adam Ruins Everything *** It is true. The Internet is killing religion not because it exposes people to new ideas, and not because it tends to draw out everyone’s inner troll, and not because […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Gardina Pestana; historian, author, and college professor The idea that all Muslims should be blocked from entering the U.S. plays well with people who think adherents […]
By Reuters – Jan 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A US flag covers a sign at the entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, on Sunday (Reuters photo) PRINCETON, Oregon — Federal law enforcement officials on Monday sought to bring a peaceful end to the weekend occupation of […]