Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Many states with a higher risk for Zika also have more abortion restrictions Nearly 540 pregnant women in the United States and territories have Zika, which is proven to cause the devastating birth defectmicrocephaly and is suspected to cause other neurological defects, too. Health authorities […]
Source: Time By Daniel D’Addario Her real-time narration of tragedy may change how we experience news Before this week, the most recognizable and memorable video posted to Facebook Live was probably […]
Source: Time By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., is the chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author ofDemocracy in Black. Langston […]
Source: Time By Jay Newton-Small/Mesquite, Texas Micah Johnson lived in a two-story brick home overlooking a field in suburbia; a neighborhood that looked like ET might stumble into it under the right moon. But on Friday, the mass of police cars swarming this quiet subdivision wasn’t there for an extraterrestrial; they […]
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Last week, Officer Patrick Zamarripa was researching Disney Cruises to plan a family vacation for his girlfriend, his 8-year-old stepson, and his 2-year-old daughter. But dreams of Disney were cut short Thursday night, when Zamarripa and four other cops were shot and killed by a […]
Source: Time By Karl Vick The events of the last 72 hours have officers across the country struggling to find their footing Police are trained to deal with fast-moving situations. But the events of the last 72 hours—first the surging uproar over the shooting deaths of young black men by officers […]
Source: RNS BY Tobin Grant The past 24 hours has put police violence to the forefront of our public debate. Post something about these shootings on your Facebook page or […]
Source: Aljazeera By Zab Mustefa London, United Kingdom – Under the bright lights of a northeast London school sports hall, a group of Muslim girls sit on wooden benches, awaiting […]
Source: BBC The Gambia and Tanzania have banned child marriage, with tough penalties for those who breach the rulings. Gambia’s President Yayha Jammeh announced that anyone marrying a girl below […]
Source: Associated Press By Anna Groneworld RAEFORD, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer for an Army Reserve officer accused of leaving bacon outside a mosque and making death threats against some of its members asked a judge on Wednesday for more time to probe the accusations, explaining later that his client […]
Source: Huffington Post To condemn or not to condemn, that is the question. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” […]
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Driven out of Pakistan, the Muslim Ahmadiyya community now have their global headquarters in the UK. They deserve our protection and respect Asad Shah, an Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper who was stabbed to death in Glasgow after posting a message of Easter greetings on his Facebook […]
To mark this year’s Eid al-Fitr, the July 6 celebration concluding the fasting month of Ramadan, a Canadian Muslim charity is giving $250,000 to the people of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray. […]
AFP | Dawn.com Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 92 in Karachi on Friday night, it has been learnt. Speaking outside […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMANTHA SCHMIDT OSSINING, N.Y. — As they heard the beginning of the 8:30 p.m. call to prayer on Tuesday, the Muslim men took their […]
Source: RNS By David Gibson (RNS) In a message marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, President Obama lamented the spate of vicious terror attacks around the […]
Source: The Washington Post It was the last day of Camp Ramadan, and a sea of smiling parents had their arms outstretched, holding up more than a dozen cellphones to […]
Source: Time By Steve Karnowski/Associated Press FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities […]
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander Getting too little sleep has been shown to have bad effects on the heart, and many studies have linked it to hypertension. Now, a small new study published in the journal Hypertension finds that shortened sleep is connected to some negative markers, especially when it […]
Source: BBC A black man has been shot dead by police in the US state of Minnesota as protests continued over the police killing of a black man in Louisiana. […]