Missouri man gets 2 years for hate crimes directed at mosque
Source: Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to a Georgia mosque has been sentenced to two years in prison. […]
Amid new sex abuse scandal, O’Malley issues warning to church
Source: Boston Globe By Martin Finucane and Danny McDonald Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said Tuesday he was “deeply troubled” by the allegations of sexual abuse by one of the […]
George Takei: America will fix the mistake of Trump’s travel ban
Source: CNN By George Takei (CNN)As a Japanese-American who grew up behind the barbed wire of US internment camps, I sensed the cold dread that Muslims must have felt when […]
I Thought I Was Possessed By The Devil. The Truth Shook My Deepest Beliefs.
Source: Huffington Post By Steve Kissing, Guest Writer In 1975, when I was a fifth-grader at St. William Elementary, a Catholic school in Cincinnati, Ohio, the devil began visiting me […]
Olympian: This is what it means to be an American
Source: CNN By Ibtihaj Muhammad Updated 1312 GMT (2112 HKT) July 23, 2018 I’ve lived the American Dream — a life as a citizen of these United States, nurtured by […]
Tape reveals Trump and lawyer discussing payoff over alleged affair
Source: BBC News A recording of a conversation in which President Donald Trump and his lawyer discuss a payoff over an alleged affair with a model has been broadcast by […]
Ibtihaj Muhammad: I felt like a social ‘pariah’ after making Team USA
Source: The Lily Ibtihaj Muhammad The following is an excerpt from “Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream,” by United States Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad. Muhammad is an American fencer who rose […]
President Trump Is Considering Revoking Security Clearances of His Critics
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT Updated: July 23, 2018 4:18 PM ET President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances for a half-dozen former high-level intelligence and national security officials […]
How Pregnancy May Affect the Risk of Alzheimer’s
Source: Time By ALICE PARK July 23, 2018 In the U.S., two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s disease are women, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. For decades, experts have explained the gender divide by […]
Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions […]
Iran will resist Trump’s “psychological warfare” -senior Guards commander to ISNA
Source: MSN News Overnight threats by President Donald Trump against Iran amount to “psychological warfare,” and Tehran will continue to resist its enemies, a senior commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]
All the Jobs President Trump’s Tax Cut Created Could Be Wiped Out by His Trade War, Conservative Group Warns
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS July 20, 2018 President Donald Trump promised to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs with his Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. But the President’s trade […]
These Are the Best Places to See the Lunar Eclipse on July 27
Source: Time By GABBY RAYMOND July 10, 2018 The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century is about to happen on Friday, July 27. While the 2018 lunar eclipse won’t be […]
President Trump Threatens Iran With Historic ‘Consequences’ in Late-Night Tweet
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani early Monday that he will face dire consequences for threatening the United States. Trump tweeted about […]
Judgment days
Source: The Washington Post Story by Stephanie McCrummen LUVERNE, Ala. Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time.“Thou shalt not commit adultery,” […]
SYMPOSIUM: Do Religious Scriptures bring harmony or evoke conflict?
The Center for Pluralism is pleased to present a symposium as a side event in conjunction with the Department of States’ 2018 Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. to present a […]
Vatican-OK’d journal strikes out again at US evangelicals
Source: Associated Press By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican-approved journal has dismissed “prosperity gospel” as a pseudo theology dangerously tied up with the American Dream and President […]
Trump calls for Turkey to release US pastor accused of spying
Source: CNN By Steve Almasy, CNN US President Donald Trump again has called for the release of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who is on trial in Turkey. (CNN) President Donald […]
The ‘ultimate deal’? For Israel, maybe. We Palestinians will never accept it
Source: The Guardian By Hanan Ashrawi A US-backed deal to bring ‘peace’ to the Middle East would just legitimise Israeli aggression – and oppress my people further ‘The US partnership […]
For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
Source: Religion News Service BY Aysha Khan (RNS) — When Imam Arjan Abu Sa’ad turned on the news to see reports of toddlers being pulled from their families and detained in […]