Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes June 13 A West Coast federal appeals court upheld the freeze on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, declaring that Trump […]
Hundreds of People Have Been Hospitalized as Food Poisoning Strikes a Displacement Camp in Iraq
Source: Time By Balint Szlanko and Sinan Salaheddin / AP (HASSAN SHAM U2 CAMP, Iraq) — Food poisoning at a camp for displaced residents of Mosul has made more than […]
How Your Solidarity Means The World To Refugees
Source: Huffington Post BY Hani Almadhoun, Contributor In a few days we will be ringing in Ramadan, when millions around the globe will fast with the hope of purifying their hearts […]
2,100 Migrants Have Been Rescued in the Mediterranean Sea
Source: Time (ROME) — Some 2,100 migrants have been rescued at sea to be brought to safety in Italy, the Italian coast guard said Saturday. Among those rescued Friday and […]
Malala Yousafzai: Refugee Girls Across the World Remain Hopeful
Source: Time Malala Yousafzai May 12, 2017 Malala Yousafzai is an education activist from Pakistan. On May 13, Yousafzai will become one of five recipients of the 2017 International Ellis […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim in Huddersfield UK held Holy Qur’an Exhibition
Source: Mr Fatihulhaq The Huddersfield branch of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association held a Holy Qur’an exhibition in Huddersfield Town Hall.The purpose of holding the event was to show what the Holy Qur’an says on certain matters, such as the importance of interfaith work, Sharia and how the recent attacks in Westminster […]
‘We have to take a stand’: Mormon history scholars file brief against Trump travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Hogan Muslims fearful that President Trump’s travel ban targets them are finding an ally in scholars of Mormon history. A group of 19 scholars […]
Meeting an organ trafficker who preys on Syrian refugees
Source: BBC By Alex Forsyth BBC News, Beirut There’s a glint of pride in Abu Jaafar’s eyes as he explains what he does for a living. He used to work […]
Was the Pope Wrong to Compare Refugee Centers to Concentration Camps?
Source: The New York Times By DAWN EDEN GOLDSTEIN Migrants and refugees at the Moria detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos during a visit by Pope Francis in […]
Pope likens migrant holding centers to ‘concentration camps’
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a […]
Black Muslims aim for unity in challenging time for Islam
Source: Associated Press By JEFF KAROUB, SOPHIA TAREEN and NOREEN NASIR DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come to work in […]
Migrant boats: Thousands saved off Libyan coast over Easter
Source: BBC Thousands of migrants have been saved from the sea near Libya during one of the busiest weekends of the year for rescue workers. More than 2,000 people were […]
Germany’s Deportation LotteryMigrants’ Fate a Game of Chance
Because the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers from Germany is the responsibility of the states, a highly arbitrary system not unlike a lottery. For the close to a half-million people expected to receive orders to be deported this year, whether they must leave or not may depend on where they live. […]
24 refugees later, Berlin ‘Samaritan’ tells fellow Germans: Don’t be afraid
Six years on from the Syrian revolution, German man who took in 24 refugees tells MEE about how his life was changed Refugees arrive at train station in Germany (AFP) Nadine Dahan Wednesday 15 March 2017 While much coverage of the Syrian conflict, which began six years ago, has […]
Muslim Refugees Were Admitted at a Lower Rate During Trump’s Refugee Ban
Source: The New York Times By AUDREY CARLSEN, K.K. REBECCA LAI and ADAM PEARCE FEB. 26, 2017 During the week when President Trump’s refugee ban was in effect, refugees were […]
Ohio, Where Muslim and Christian Refugees Form ‘Impossible’ Friendships
Source: The Atlantic By SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY Stepping out of an apartment complex into a warm Ohio night, Nashwaan Saddoon got into an old minivan and drove through Toledo to a […]
The Social Scientific Case Against a Muslim Ban
Source: The New York Times Gray Matter By SARAH LYONS-PADILLA and MICHELE J. GELFAND FEB. 18, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Photo CreditBrian Stauffer There […]
Muslim refugee hails Pope Francis as the example of religion
Source: Catholic News Agency By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 17, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Nur Essa, a Muslim Syrian woman whose family was brought to Rome from […]
Hundreds of migrants storm fence to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta
Source: BBC Around 700 migrants have stormed a six-metre (20 ft) security fence that separates Morocco from Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa. Police said security cameras showed the […]
A pastor in the Bible Belt opened his church to refugees. Here’s what happened
Source: Los Angeles Times BY David Montero Pastor David Daniels didn’t really have a choice. The refugees were desperate. He could feel that. Their need was great. He could see […]