No one is immune to suicide. But there is hope
Source: CNN By Faith Karimi Suicide affects people from all walks of life, sometimes in silence and isolation. It can reach across social, political and economic lines. That was the […]
Four Arab states ‘support US plan’ for peace in the Middle East
Source: Al Jazeera News Four Arab states have backed the US plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, regardless of the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli newspaper […]
Community rallies around Mosque
Source: Post-Bulletin By John Molseed jmolseed@postbulletin.com Rev. Jay Rowland, of First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, creates a sign saying “Love thy Neighbor” before a sunrise solidarity vigil for the Rochester […]
There’s a Better, Cheaper Way to Handle Immigration
Source: The New York Times By Sonia Nazario And now, it has come to this. “We are trading kids in cages for families in cages,” said Cory Smith of Kids in […]
In southern Syria, the US faces a Russia-Israel challenge
Source: Al Jazeera News by Joe Macaron Dynamics in the southern front in Syria have reached a tipping point. Russian-Israeli coordination is taking precedence over the ceasefire agreement that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills, MI celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr – A Report
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan concluded the Holy month of Ramadhan on Thursday June 14, 2018, and celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on June 15th, […]
Can US plan for Middle East deliver peace?
Source: Al Jazeera News by Linah Alsaafin The latest tour by US officials to the Middle East aims to build up support for Washington’s yet-to-be-announced plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, much of which […]
New York City’s Muslims, Sikhs Experience High Levels Of Harassment: Study
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla GABRIELA BHASKAR / REUTERS A Muslim woman prays at Bensonhurst Park to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Brooklyn on June 15. Muslims and Sikhs in […]
Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders ejected from Virginia restaurant
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claimed on Saturday that she was thrown out of a restaurant because she works for Donald Trump. […]
Exclusive: Navy Document Shows Plan to Erect ‘Austere’ Detention Camps
Source: Time By PHILIP ELLIOTT and W.J. HENNIGAN June 22, 2018 The U.S. Navy is preparing plans to construct sprawling detention centers for tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases in California, […]
USA: Concluding Dars-ul-Quran & prayers at Masjid Mahmood
“All blessings with Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are by the Khilafate Ahmadiyyat” said Imam Shamshad Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detriot Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan concluded the Holy month of Ramadhan on Thursday, June 14, 2018, with Dars-ul-Quran and silent prayers led at Masjid Mahmood by Imam Shamshad Nasir, […]
Three men indicted for Minnesota mosque bombing
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Three men from a rural community in Illinois were indicted on Thursday and charged for the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis, U.S. prosecutors said. […]
Faith Leaders Say Sikh Refugees and Others in Oregon Prison Are Being Denied Access to Religious Services
Source: WILLAMETTE WEEK By Frankie Benitez | Religious leaders from the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice today denounced the treatment of the 123 immigrants detained in a federal prison in Sheridan, […]
A battle over ‘Catholic identity’ at Catholic University of America
Source: Religion News Service BY Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — In February 2012, about a year after John Garvey was named 15th president of the Catholic University of America, Stephen […]
Muted reaction by ‘pro-family’ groups to family separations
Source: Associated Press By DAVID CRARY Even as many religious organizations, from liberal to conservative, denounced the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, some major […]
Scientists Are Using a New Weapon to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria—Viruses
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN June 21, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. A new medical research center in San Diego is embracing an innovative way to treat antibiotic resistant […]
Thomas Jefferson and Islam as an American Religion
Source: Wisconsin Islam Journal By Denise A. Spellberg, who is an American scholar of Islamic history. She is an associate professor of history and Middle Eastern Studies at the […]
President Trump Says He’ll ‘Sign Something’ to End Family Separations
Source: Time By PHILIP ELLIOTT President Donald Trump suddenly reversed himself on Wednesday, telling reporters that he would end the politically toxic practice of separating adults from children at the U.S.-Mexico border. […]
Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the […]
Border separations open rift between Trump and evangelicals
Source: Politico By LORRAINE WOELLERT An influential evangelical group on Tuesday endorsed legislation to end the Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant families at the U.S. border, adding to a chorus […]