US P-8 spy plane deployed to Singapore
Source: BBC The United States has deployed a P-8 Poseidon spy plane to Singapore for the first time. It is the latest in a series of US military actions seen […]
Untangling the Overlapping Conflicts in the Syrian War
Source: The New York Times What started as a popular uprising againstthe Syrian government four years ago has becomea proto-world war with nearly a dozen countriesembroiled in two overlapping conflicts. 1. […]
Hillary Clinton Urges Silicon Valley to ‘Disrupt’ ISIS
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that the Islamic State had become “the most effective recruiter in the world” and that the only solution was […]
Donald Trump’s real threat is making extreme bigots seem moderate
Source: The Guardian By Owen Jones The Republican presidential frontrunner’s call to stop Muslims from entering the US adds to mounting Islamophobia. He’s no longer a clown but a serious […]
Shiite Muslims hold anti-terrorism rally in Washington
Source: The Washington Post Hundreds of Shiite Muslims turned a major annual spiritual ritual into an anti-terrorism rally Sunday, marching, singing and praying for hours from trendy Dupont Circle to […]
At Heart Of Refugee-Resettlement Debate, A Rift Between Church And State
Source: NPR The resettling of Syrian refugees in the U.S. has become a political and religious flashpoint. On Friday, for instance, Texas dropped its request for a federal court to […]
Rare King James Bible First Edition Discovered at Drew University
Source: The New York Times Drew University, founded in Madison, N.J., in 1867 as a Methodist seminary, is known for its unusually rich collection of rare books and manuscripts, including […]
Influence of churches, once dominant, now waning in South
Source: Associated Press SYLACAUGA, Ala. (AP) — Prayers said and the closing hymn sung, tea-drinking churchgoers fill Marble City Grill for Sunday lunch. But hard on their heels comes the […]
Why a partnership between Muslims and law enforcement is so crucial to fighting terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Salam Al-Marayati and Michael Downing This op-ed was jointly written by Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and Mike Downing, deputy chief of counterterrorism at the Los Angeles Police Department. The mass shooting in San Bernardino is growing in complexity with a […]
Prayer Alone Is Not Enough
Huff Post: by Michael Stark — Action is not separated from prayer. If we pray without action, we aren’t really praying. Another day has brought forth further tragedy at the hands of mass shooters, this time in California. We’ve sadly grown accustomed to mass shootings in America. Our response, while […]
Was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty a Muslim woman?
Was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty a Muslim woman? Researchers say French sculptor turned ‘veiled peasant’ designed for the Suez canal into Lady Liberty Before he worked on […]
Muslims empower youth to live Islam’s true values
miamiherald.com: While serving Thanksgiving meals as a volunteer at a local community center, a fellow volunteer remarked “So you are doing the ‘American’ thing?’ ” Taken aback, I politely elaborated on how being American is perfectly congruent to being a Muslim. It was not a clichéd reply. My organization, the Ahmadiyya […]
How Mass Shootings Are Changing Americans’ Views Of Mortality
Source: Huffington Post By Jaweed Kaleem Senior Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post A few days ago, while driving to a movie near his Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood, Patrick O’Malley suddenly feared […]
Muslim Americans fear demonization of Islam after mass shooting
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the […]
Arm yourselves against ‘Islamic terrorists’, Liberty U. president tells students
Source: Religious News Service (Reuters) Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Christian-based Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, is encouraging students to carry concealed weapons on campus for protection, a local newspaper […]
USA: Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hope to heal community with prayers and education
For the second time this week, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community prayed for the victims of the San Bernardino attacks, while also trying to educate the larger community that terrorism isn’t part of Islamic teachings. Source: pennlive.com http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Harrisburg’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Vigil For San Bernardino VictimsCommunity members speak about San […]
Gold-Backed Ruble, Yuan to Trigger Global De-Dollarization
© Sputnik/ Pavel Lisitsy 17:22 05.12.2015Get short URL 27153031392 A gold-backed ruble and gold-backed yuan could start a ‘snowball exit’ from dollar F. William Engdahl notes, adding that it will diminish America’s ability to use the reserve dollar role to finance Washington’s perpetual overseas wars. © FLICKR/ BULLION VAULT Plunge […]
Religious leaders step up pressure for action on climate change
Source: The Guardian Two years ago Yeb Sano, the Filipino government’s lead climate negotiator, broke down in tears in front of the world’s diplomats in Warsaw as typhoon Haiyan ripped […]
Texas backs down from effort to block Syrian refugees
Source: Fox News Texas backed down Friday from efforts to block six Syrian refugees from resettling in Dallas after the Obama administration reiterated in federal court that the state had […]
Muslims in America Condemn Extremists and Fear Anew for Their Lives
Source: The New York Times Only hours after news broke that a suspect in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., had a Muslim name, the well-practiced organizations that represent […]