Source: CNN By Rafia Zakaria (CNN)As a Muslim-American woman living in what feels like, based on growing hate crimes and bigoted political rhetoric, an increasingly Islamophobic America, I get few chances to feel victorious […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) has become the youngest black woman to serve in Congress, according to congressional archives. The 32-year-old was sworn into office on Thursday, after […]
Afghanistan is stronger today than it was when the Taliban could easily take advantage, but a plan needs to be put in place if peace is to be maintained Hizbullah […]
Author: Michael Buckner Newly elected Rep. Rashida Tlaib made history by being one of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in the United States. Newly elected […]
Source: Pew Research Center The new, 116th Congress includes the first two Muslim women ever to serve in the House of Representatives, and is, overall, slightly more religiously diverse than […]
By Mike Ghouse, Speaker, Thinker, Writer, Pluralist, Socialist and Interfaith Speaker Congratulations to Judge Dhanidina, a Muslim Judge. As an American Muslim, I am proud of this appointment, and indeed, […]
Source: Patheos One of my life-long dreams came true at the Sunni-Shia Unity Conference to launch efforts to promote Intra-Faith dialogue on December 15, when a group of dedicated local […]
Jan 02,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL One of the reasons offered by US President Donald Trump for ordering the withdrawal of US troops from the north of Syria was his conviction […]
As the US prepares to pull out of Syria, we revisit Sarah Abed’s account of the US campaign to foment regime change in the country.” December 29th, 2018 By Sarah […]
Matiullah Joyia wants to open a mosque, but for now he’s looking for followers at swap meets, Starbucks and a women’s jail. By Natanya Friedheim / December 14, 2018 Reading […]
REUTERS/US army By Nathalie Goulet The Middle East has never been an area of great stability. Areas of lawlessness or lacking of governance have multiplied since the US invasion […]
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Jaweed Kaleem Muslim Americans will reach a milestone next week when Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar join the House of Representatives. The Democrats from Michigan […]
Dec 28, 2018 By Orhan Coskun and Lesley Wroughton ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s declaration in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan that he was pulling U.S. troops from […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Syria is at a point where the western powers must choose whether to cooperate in its future or turn their backs out of resentment for Russia Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices The […]
Source: NPR BY VIRGINIA ALVINO YOUNG 2018 has been an explosive year for the Catholic Church, with renewed revelations of clergy sexual abuse and cover up from one coast to […]
After visiting American troops in Iraq, Trump left the country without meeting any Iraqi officials. (AFP) AP December 27, 2018 Politicians from both sides of Iraq’s political divide are […]
Dec 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN The latest US misadventure in Syria appears to be coming to an end. When, last week, Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of […]
The exiting Defence Secretary has been presented as the restraining hand tugging at the sleeve of the insane Trump – the one man who could stop Nero burning Rome Robert […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Tracy Simmons SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — Jeremy and Kristy Morris believe telling the story of Christmas is a ministry. So they drape their home in Hayden, […]