USA: Texas churches sue FEMA, they don’t even pay taxes
And they don’t even pay taxes: Texas churches want taxpayers to fund the rebuilding of their houses of worship after Hurricane Harvey. In an attempt to overturn long set legal precedent and the separation of church and state, some churches in Texas are suing FEMA for disaster relief funds to rebuild. […]
USA: Evangelicals Try To Pray Hurricane Harvey Away, And Fail
God hates Texas? Leading evangelicals try to turn Hurricane Harvey away from Texas using the power of prayer, and fail. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/evangelicals-try-pray-hurricane-harvey-away-fail/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a predictable effort, leading Christian evangelicals tried to “command” Hurricane Harvey “to dissipate in the name of Jesus.” However, Harvey refused their request, as did their imaginary God, […]
The KKK is a Christian Organization
Facebook’s favorite Christian Joshua Feuerstein doesn’t want you to know that the KKK is a Christian organization. In a recent rant Feuerstein claimed that the KKK marching with white nationalists in Virginia are not really Christians because “racism is of the devil.” https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjoshua.feuerstein.5%2Fvideos%2F1099956923440322%2F&show_text=0&width=476 Here’s the reality: [The marchers] are no […]
The world at the brink of nuclear war
MELIH ALTINOK@melihaltinok A man watches a television news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump at a railway station in Seoul, Aug. 9, 2017. A possible nuclear war following the tension between Washington and Pyongyang is a dangerous threat for every country Having had […]
USA: Priyanka Chopra is making an American series inspired by the life of Madhuri Dixit
Priyanka Chopra has been a busy bee in Hollywood! After Baywatch, the Quantico star has already started shooting two other films; A Kid like Jake and Isn’t It Romantic?. But that wasn’t enough for PC! The star decided to juggle an ABC series with it all. https://images.dawn.com/news/1178096 According to Variety, Priyanka is developing a TV series based […]
USA: New dress code for women, GOP house bans sleeveless women
Christian Sharia: GOP House Bans Sleeveless Women July 6, 2017 by Michael Stone 241 Comments Christian Sharia: Modesty police in the the Republican controlled House of Representatives are enforcing a new dress code for women. The Christian puritans are at the helm, and the bare arms of women must not be seen in […]
Supreme Court sides with church in landmark decision on state funding for religious organisations
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Missouri church seeking state funding in a case that tests the boundaries of separation between church and state. The case concerns Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri, which applied for a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to help renovate […]
USA: Al Franklin warns Christian ‘zealot’ Pence worse than Trump
Al Franken Warns Christian ‘Zealot’ Pence Worse Than Trump June 27, 2017 by Michael Stone 12 Comments Impeachment worries: Senator Al Franken warns Mike Pence is a dangerous Christian “zealot” who “would be worse” than Donald Trump.http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/al-franken-warns-christian-zealot-pence-worse-trump/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 In a recent interview Senator Al Franken discussed the possible ramifications of impeaching President Donald Trump. In […]
USA: Warning: President Pence Would Be Worse Than President Trump
President Trump may be a buffoon, but a President Pence would bring ruin upon the nation and turn the U.S. into a Christian theocracy. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/05/warning-president-pence-worse-president-trump/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 As Trump’s troubles continue to grow, conservatives and liberals alike are wrestling with the very real possibility that Trump will be forced out of office […]
USA: Do Muslims have to be Democrats now?
By WAJAHAT ALIMAY 13, 2017, NYTimes.com 13/5/2017 American Muslims face a choice: vote Democratic, or vote themselves off the island. That’s how Haroon Moghul, the author of the coming memoir “How to Be a Muslim,” put it to me this month — and how many of my fellow American Muslim […]
USA: American Fascism, in 1944 and Today
Henry S. Walace May 12, 2017 Seventy-three years ago, The New York Times asked the sitting vice president to write an article about whether there are fascists in America, and what they’re up to. It was an alarming question. And the vice president took it quite seriously. His article, “The Danger […]
USA: Mr Trump Throws Tomatoes at Some of TV’s Stars
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMMAY 11, 2017 NYTimes President Trump is perhaps the world’s most powerful television addict. And like any TV fan, he has strong opinions about what he watches. In a series of caustic criticisms this week, Mr. Trump laced into on-air stars like the CNN news anchor Don Lemon […]
Bella Hadid says she is proud to be Muslim
DESK REPORThttps://images.dawn.com/news/1177369 The model spoke out against Trump’s Muslim travel ban in her latest interview In her latest interview, model Bella Hadid has opened up about her Muslim faith and why she feels so strongly about American President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Bella and her sister Gigi were […]
Prudent Merkel meets unpredictable Trump amid tense ties
Source: The Local Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time on Tuesday America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump, whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic. While former US president Barack Obama had labelled Merkel his “closest international partner”, there has been little […]
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired By Justice Department After Refusing to Resign
Source: Time Aric Jenkins 1:49 AM PKT Preet Bharara, the high-profile Manhattan federal prosecutor, said he was fired from his role as United States Attorney for the Southern District of […]
Michael Flynn’s Early Departure Shows a Rocky Start for Trump White House
Source: Associated Press Zeke J Miller,Philip Elliott Capping crippling weeks of disclosures about President Trump’s top national security aide, the White House late Monday evening sent Michael Flynn packing and […]
American Muslims Push Themselves Into Political Arena
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JENNIFER LEVITZ and IAN LOVETT MALDEN, Mass.—A mother of three in this Boston suburb, Nichole Mossalam had never planned to run for office. But […]
Watch: Why this 40-minute video on migration and racism won a £40,000 prize
Scroll.In: ‘Auto Da Fé’ shows how 400 years of migration in the face of religious persecution is a vicious cycle. As America rages over its president’s decision to ban the entry of refugees, this film looks at four hundred years of forced migration. There are no words, and yet every […]
Donald Trump’s Extraordinary Kindness
By Rabbi Hershy Z. Ten http://hamodia.com/2016/11/15/donald-trumps-early-thanksgiving/ Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 11:57 pm | י”ד חשון תשע”ז Donald Trump’s plane. (Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters) With the Jewish New Year just over a month behind us, and the long nights of winter closing in, Jewish communities throughout the world have begun their new cycle of the […]