17 Muslim American Women Who Made America Great In 2016
Source: Huffington Post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post If there was ever a year that needed Muslim women to show the world just how great America already […]
Report: Majority of Arab youth rejects radicalism
Source: Aljazeera BY Jad Chaaban Beirut – Arab youths are suffering from pervasive social exclusion, the highest unemployment levels in the world, and low female labour force participation, the Arab Human […]
Explosions reported in Turkey’s Istanbul
Source: Aljazeera Two huge explosions have occurred in the Turkish city of Istanbul, according to news reports and posts on social media. Reports say that police are evacuating the area, […]
Low Approval of Trump’s Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves
Source: Pew Research Center Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts Nearly a month after Donald Trump’s election as president, the public views his transition to the White House […]
Food industry warns of higher prices without EU workers
Source: BBC The UK faces higher food prices without continued access to EU workers, 30 food and drink associations have warned. In a letter published in the Guardian, they argue […]
Nobel Peace Prize: Santos calls for ‘rethink’ of war on drugs
Source: BBC The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to “rethink” the war on drugs. He said […]
42% Fewer U.S. Women Are Dying of Breast Cancer
Source: Time BY Alice Park Breast cancer deaths are down in many countries worldwide—but some still have major work to do In the latest analysis of worldwide data from the […]
Maryland Muslim doctor offers free clinics
Source: The Eagle By VICKIE CONNOR SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — For the past 10 years, Dr. Ashraf Meelu has paid out-of-pocket to offer basic health care in clinics open […]
Gambia President Jammeh rejects outcome of Dec. 1 election
Reuters International DEC 10, 2016 – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh holds a copy of the Quran while speaking to a poll worker at a polling station during the presidential election in Banjul, Gambia, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (reuters_tickers) By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh […]
Ivanka Trump and other Orthodox Jewish converts to fall under new guidelines
Source: RNS By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) Ivanka Trump and thousands of other Orthodox converts to Judaism should be automatically recognized as Jewish under a landmark set of guidelines Israel’s […]
The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline
Source: Time BY Justin Worland The giraffe is now “vulnerable” to extinction following a population decline due to a slew of different human activities, according to a new report. The findings […]
Why vitamin supplements could kill you
Source: BBC By Alex Riley 8 December 2016 For Linus Pauling, it all started to go wrong when he changed his breakfast routine. In 1964, at the age of 65, […]
Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement
Source: BBC Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, […]
Japan tests innovative magnetic tether for slowing space junk
Source: BBC Japan has launched a cargo ship which will use a half mile- (700m)-long tether to remove some of the vast amount of debris from Earth’s orbit.The tether, made […]
Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking
Source: The New York Times By DAVID E. SANGER President Obama giving a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Washington — […]
Veiled Bigotry in Germany
Source: The New York Times Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has been a bulwark against the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-globalization forces afflicting Western democracies. So it was dismaying when, on […]
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Source: The New York Times By KATIE ROGERS Ginella Massa, 29, a TV reporter for CityNews in Toronto, is believed to be Canada’s first anchor to wear a hijab at […]
Michael Flynn once claimed Arabic signs on southern border guide ‘radicalized Muslims’ into US
Source: CNN By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick to be his national security adviser, claimed in an August radio interview that Arabic signs were […]
APNewsBreak: Effort to stem homegrown US extremism launches
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP MARCELO FILE – In this March 31, 2015 file photo, Muslim, Christian, minority and government leaders fix… Read more BOSTON (AP) — A federally backed […]
Dutch court convicts anti-Islam politician Wilders of inciting discrimination
Source: Reuters A Dutch court on Friday convicted politician Geert Wilders of insulting a group and inciting discrimination, but it imposed no penalty on him. The charges stem from a […]