Defying Trump, Senate votes to end US support for Yemen war
By AFP – Mar 14,2019 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on April 13, 2017, activists take part in a rally in front of the White House in […]
US Remains Top Country for Refugee Resettlement – 2017: 24,559; 2018: 17,113
Editor’s Note: Is that not a rather misleading headline, considering the small numbers? By Nayla Rush | March 14, 2019 | 2:42 PM EDT (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images) New […]
USA: Saad Ahmad of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to explain True Islam at Wild Rose Kiwanis meeting
Source: http://www.wausharaargus.com SAAD AHMAD TO SPEAK AT WILD ROSE KIWANIS MEETING MARCH 19 Everyone is invited to a Wild Rose Kiwanis meeting to learn about Islam from Saad Ahmad. Ahmad is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and has lived in Wisconsin for almost 30 years, after coming to […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host Free Public Symposium Commemorating their 130th anniversary
Source: http://www.eventbrite.com by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Georgia/South Carolina 130 Years of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – Free Public Symposium at Cisco Auditorium, Bldg C Georgia Gwinnett College 1000 University Center Ln, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, United States Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invites you to a Free Public Symposium commemorating their 130 years anniversary. Several […]
Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church […]
Felicity Huffman among dozens charged over admissions fraud at top US schools
Scheme helped wealthy Americans buy their children’s way into elite universities including Yale, Georgetown and Stanford How did the scheme work and who was charged? Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans […]
Trump’s peace plan will polarise Arabs, Europe
Mar 12,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Only a few weeks separate us from two significant events for the region: the April 9 Israeli Knesset elections and following that, […]
Fox News condemns Jeanine Pirro after TV host says Ilhan Omar hijab ‘antithetical to constitution’
Source: The National Fox News on Monday denounced comments made by the channel’s own Jeanine Pirro after the host said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s headscarf was “antithetical to the United States Constitution”. […]
The Fight Over Ilhan Omar Is a Fight Over the Identity of the Democratic Party
Source: The Atlantic BY Emma Green The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to condemn anti-Semitism, along with a litany of bigotries against Muslims, immigrants, Asian Americans and Pacific […]
‘This is a sham’: Why did 23 Republicans vote against condemning hatred and bigotry?
Source: The Washington Post By Antonia Noori Farzan March 8 After a week of brutal infighting over how to best respond to allegations of anti-Semitism, Democrats on Thursday presented a compromise that seemed […]
House Votes to Condemn All Hate as Anti-Semitism Debate Overshadows Congress
Source: The New York Times By Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — It started as a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. Then, anti-Muslim bias was added in. After that came white supremacy. And […]
Most churches are losing members fast — but not the Mormons. Here’s why.
Source: Vox By Daniel Cox Jennifer, a young mother and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in northern Virginia, is honest about the challenges of being Mormon […]
The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life
Source: The New Yorker By Jeffrey Toobin Donald Trump may be imperilled by the ever-growing number of investigations into various avenues of his conduct, but his agenda continues apace at the Supreme Court. […]
Don’t let America turn North Korea into another Iraq
William M Arkin The news has taken on a theme: North Korea is only stringing the US along, and the controlled leaks feel very similar to what unfolded with Iraq […]
Kirsten Gillibrand Delivers Lukewarm Statement On Ilhan Omar
Source: Huffington Post By Jenavieve Hatch The Democratic senator equated Omar’s words with extreme Islamophobia “that incites violence” a day after three leading presidential candidates defended Omar. One day after […]
Megaphones and more – Mueller details Russian U.S. election meddling
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 7, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Robert Mueller (R) , serving as Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is seen on a TV monitor at the […]
The Supreme Court’s Peace Cross case highlights a deeper question about religion
Source: The Washington Post By Charles Lane Opinion writer March 5 In the case of the Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Md., the ostensible issue for the Supreme Court is whether the […]
The Ugly History of Dual-Loyalty Charges
Source: The Atlantic By Steven Waldman When Representative Ilhan Omar recently complained about “the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a […]
Want to combat hate? Stop the hazing of Ilhan Omar and start listening.
Source: The Washington Post By Wajahat Ali and Rabia Chaudry The firestorm around Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent tweets about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and criticism of Israel has drawn attention to what […]
The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained
Source: Vox By Zack Beauchamp The long-simmering controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)’s heated language on Israel has reached a boiling point — with House Democrats weighing a plan to vote […]