Faith-based groups earn millions on refugee loan commissions
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) Faith-based agencies that resettle refugees in America stand to gain more than a clear conscience if the United States — after what is expected to […]
Court finds cross memorial constitutional
Source: The Baltimore Sun Federal court in Maryland has ruled that a cross-shaped war memorial in Prince George’s County is constitutional, after an organization argued the structure’s presence on public […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Metro Detroit works to promote Peace
Source: detroitnews.com The recent spate of violence conducted by the Islamic State in France, Lebanon and Sinai is a cause of deep concern for all. The extremists have committed outrageous acts that bring disrepute to Muslims over the world. There is a false perception that some media outlets have promoted that […]
Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State’s Rise: ‘We Were Too Dumb’
Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark AP Islamic State fighters in Raqqa, Syria: “The sad fact is that we have to put troops on the ground. We won’t succeed against this enemy with air strikes alone.” Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn’t exist today, former US special […]
The curious case of the dancing Muslims
The curious case of the dancing Muslims Gulf News Tariq Al Maeena, Special to Gulf News,ThinkerMaybe what the insufferable and by now exceedingly tiresome Donald Trump had in mind was Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason detective series, when he recently evoked the case of the dancing […]
Chicago Police Chief Fired Following Laquan McDonald Shooting
Source: Time Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy Tuesday following the handling and release of a controversial video showing a white Chicago officer shooting a black 17-year-old 16 times. “Now’s the time for fresh eyes and new leadership,” Emanuel said at a press conference Tuesday, saying he […]
Hillary Clinton Calls For New Civil Rights Laws 60 Years After Rosa Parks
Source: Time Sixty years after Rosa Parks refused to stand up on a Montgomery bus for a white man, Hillary Clinton travelled to Alabama Tuesday to call for an end […]
For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned Parenthood Attack
Source: The New York Times CHARLESTON, S.C. — The man she had married professed to be deeply religious. But after more than seven years with Robert L. Dear Jr., Barbara […]
Safer way to do gene editing
Source: BBC Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate – vital if it is to be used in humans to […]
Five million customers affected by Vtech database hack
Source: BBC Electronic toy and educational material seller Vtech has confirmed that about five million customers were affected in the data theft reported on Friday. They are from all over […]
The GOP Ignores the Bigger Terror Threat—From the Right
thedailybeast.com: They slam Obama because he won’t say ‘radical Islam.’ But why won’t the Republicans acknowledge radical white terrorists? “I want surveillance of certain mosques,” bellowed Donald Trump to his followers at a campaign rally in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend. Ted Cruz recently declared that it would be “lunacy” […]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of shares
Source: BBC Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they will give away 99% of their shares in the company to good causes as they announce the birth […]
USA: Community Engagement & Tabligh Outreach on Thanksgiving Day – MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE with leaders of diverse Faiths
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful “You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in […]
Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, but Opposition to Some Forms of Speech
Source: Pew Research Center Americans Especially Likely to Embrace Individual Liberties BY RICHARD WIKE AND KATIE SIMMONS Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent […]
100 Women Live:As it happened
Source: BBC Live Reporting By Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman All times stated are UK Thank you and […]
Combating Islamophobia, the reason to keep Woodrow Wilson at Princeton | Letters
Source: nj.com The Paris terrorist attacks have fueled rising Islamophobia in America. Presidential candidates have called for a national database of Muslims and surveillance of mosques. The House of Representatives has passed the bill to temporarily halt the Syrian and Iraqi refugee program. As a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, I […]
Town Hall: Expert panel talks about the war on terror, how to defeat ISIS
Source: kutv.com WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — An expert panel of guests joined for a town hall discussion with Sinclair to talk about the complications, and possible solutions to defeating ISIS. While opinions varied, experts weighed-in on the issues surrounding the war against extremists, and what it will take to stop […]
Muslim Taxi Driver Shot In Pittsburgh On Thanksgiving Day
Source: Huffington Post A man shot a Muslim taxi driver in Pittsburgh in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day, and local authorities say the incident may have been a hate crime. The driver, who has chosen not to be identified in the media because he fears for his safety, is […]
Texas: $15 Million Sought for Boy Arrested for Clock
Source: The New York Times Lawyers for the 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after taking a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school say he was publicly mistreated and deserves […]
Why I Miss George W. Bush
Source: The New York Times By Mehdi Hassan is the host of the Al Jazeera English show “UpFront.” WASHINGTON — AS a Briton who, like millions of my compatriots, opposed […]