Judge Kavanaugh, Drunk Birds and Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Alcohol is causing 2.8 Million deaths a year and Judge Kavanaugh according to his own testimony likes his beer. […]
Birds Drunk on Fermented Berries Causing Havoc in Minnesota, Police Say Birds Will ‘Sober Up’
Source: People By Kelli Bender Drunk and disorderly conduct is coming from the sky in Gilbert, Minnesota. According to TwinCities.com, numerous birds have started to act erratically in the Midwest […]
How should we judge people for their past moral failings?
Source: The Conversation The recent allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have further divided the nation. Among the questions the case raises are some important ethical ones. Not […]
To overcome patriarchy, men first have to see it in themselves
Source: Religion News Service By Simran Jeet Singh (RNS) — I wish I had grown up with sisters. Maybe then I wouldn’t have felt so blindsided by the conversations about […]
Michigan AG seizes Catholic dioceses’ records in sex abuse investigation
Source: CNN By Steve Almasy and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN)Michigan authorities have seized records from every Catholic diocese in the state as part of an investigation into possible sexual abuse […]
CBS Video: The Duality of President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is remembered as a progressive man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and called slavery an abomination, yet he was also a slaveholder himself who fathered several children […]
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s ancestry traced back to heroic slave Archer Alexander
DNA evidence links Muhammad Ali to heroic slave, family says Source: The Washington Post By Ben Strauss When Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and changed his […]
China mounts publicity campaign to counter criticism on Xinjiang
Source: Reuters By Ben Blanchard, Tom Miles BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – China is mounting an increasingly sophisticated counterattack to criticism of its policies in the restive, heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, courting […]
American Muslim Politicians: A New Generation on the Campaign Trail
Source: Religion & Politics By Monique Parsons When Ahmad Zahra decided to run for city council in Fullerton, California, a politically and racially diverse community about 30 miles southeast of Los […]
Why mainstream brands are embracing modest fashion
Source: CNN Written by Reina Lewis Reina Lewis is professor of cultural studies at London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) and a consulting curator of the de Young […]
California’s Catholic bishops targeted in sex abuse lawsuit
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all […]
President Trump Mocked Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford at a Mississippi Rally
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER At a campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday, President Donald Trump repeatedly ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her […]
Lawyer of U.S. pastor says to appeal to top Turkish court for his release
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – The lawyer of an American Christian pastor on trial on terrorism charges in Turkey said he will appeal to the constitutional court on Wednesday to […]
Complaint prompts Utah’s Dixie State University to remove Bible, Book of Mormon from hotel rooms
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack After a complaint from a group that tracks what it sees as violations of the separation of church and state, prompted […]
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes To U.S., Canadian and French Scientists for Laser Breakthrough
Source: Time (STOCKHOLM) — Three scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work with lasers described as revolutionary and bringing science […]
Religious freedom for me, but not for thee
Source: The Washington Post By Katherine Franke September 28 Katherine Franke is the Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Columbia University, where she also directs the Center for Gender […]
As younger Catholics drift away, the church considers what works
Source: Boston Globe By Mark Arsenault GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 A member of the so-called Silent Generation and grandmother of 13, Mary Ann Keyes is the matriarch of a big Catholic family […]
Sarah Palin’s son Track arrested on domestic violence charges
Source: MSN Kelly McCleary, CNN Sarah Palin’s oldest son, Track Palin, was arrested Friday on domestic violence charges, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers responded to his home in Wasilla at […]
Flake says if FBI investigation finds Kavanaugh lied, nomination is over
Source: CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN)Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons said in an interview that aired Sunday that if the FBI investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations […]
What will the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh actually do?
Source: BBC News President Trump has ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, his nominee for the Supreme Court. The announcement came after Arizona Republican Jeff […]