On Islam, Trump Takes a Different Approach at Home and Abroad
Source: The New York Times By Catie Edmondson June 13, 2018 WASHINGTON — The White House’s guest list last week for President Trump’s first dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of […]
President Trump Says He Can Pardon Himself. Most Voters Disagree
Source: Time By Abigail Simon June 13, 2018 President Donald Trump has asserted that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself if charged with a crime, but a new […]
London Breed Becomes the First African-American Woman to be Elected San Fransisco’s Mayor
Source: Time By Janie Har / AP (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious a week after Election Day to become the city’s first African-American woman elected […]
#MeToo Has ‘Tripled’ Web Traffic For the Federal Agency That Investigates Harassment
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan June 12, 2018 The federal agency tasked with investigating sexual harassment in the workplace has seen its web traffic triple since the #MeToo movement began […]
Florida: His potential new neighbors were Muslim. So he threatened to burn down the house they wanted
By Jessica Campisi and Tina Burnside, CNN Updated 2:06 PM ET, Wed June 13, 2018 (CNN) For weeks afterward, Kaderbhai Ali Asgar couldn’t sleep. As immigrant Muslims of Indian descent, […]
He threatened a Muslim family that planned to move to his neighborhood. Now, he’ll go to prison.
Source: The Washington Post By Eli Rosenberg Storm clouds move past Davis Islands near Tampa, Fla., on July 3, 2017. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post) Kaderbhai Ali Asgar left India […]
14 New Jersey women alleging anti-Muslim bias at Newark Airport security
Source: North Jersey BY Hannan Adely, NorthJersey Fourteen women were pulled off a security line at Newark Liberty International Airport one morning last December as they waited to board a flight […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Rochester Hills hosts 6th Annual Ramazan Open House in Masjid Mahmood
Report by Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan welcomed neighbors, interfaith leaders, public officials and the community members at their Mosque to socialize and enjoy the […]
Americans are depressed and suicidal because something is wrong with our culture
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: USA Today By Kirsten Powers, Opinion columnist In September of 2004, […]
This Is When You Should Start Collecting Social Security, According to Experts
Source: Time By ELIZABETH O’BRIEN May 17, 2018 It’s one of the most popular questions in retirement planning: When should I claim Social Security? You might as well be asking, how […]
Trump says he may pardon Muhammad Ali — a move the late boxer’s attorney calls unnecessary
Source: The Washington Post By John Wagner Continuing to draw on his clemency powers, President Trump said Friday that he may soon pardon Muhammad Ali — a sentiment that a lawyer […]
U.S. plans to return American ISIS suspect to Syria with $4,210, new cellphone and clothes he had when he was picked up
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow U.S. military officials plan to release an American citizen accused of supporting the Islamic State “under safe conditions,” and with $4,210 and a […]
Sens. Stabenow, Peters slam White House official over Michigan Muslims remarks
Source: Detroit Free Press By Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., are criticizing the new chief of staff of the National Security Council over his […]
‘Make Sure Not to Talk Any Arabic’: American Muslims and Their Guns
Source: The New York Times Photographs by AMR ALFIKY Text by ADEEL HASSAN When Sheima Muhammad takes her Glock pistol to her local gun range in central Ohio, she gets funny looks. […]
Video: Being Muslim in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center This video offers a look inside the beliefs and attitudes of Muslims in America; it features data from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey, as well as […]
Bill Gates Offers Every College Grad a Free Copy of His Favorite Book
Source: Time By Max Zahn Bill Gates is giving one of his favorite books to every 2018 college graduate in the United States. The volume is Hans Rosling’s Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has called […]
‘Ramadan Mubarak’: Trump hosts first iftar dinner
Source: Associated Press By JILL COLVIN And ANNE FLAHERTY WASHINGTON (AP) — Wishing Muslims around the world a “Ramadan Mubarak” — a blessed holiday — President Donald Trump on Wednesday […]
Religiously unaffiliated ‘nones’ are pursuing spirituality, but not community
Source: Los Angeles Times By Stephen Asma In the 1980s, only 10% of Americans said that they had no religious affiliation. Three decades later, more than 23% of Americans describe […]
1st Muslim in Congress wants to take on Trump in court
Source: Associated Press By KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress and a top official with the Democratic National Committee, […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit’s Mahmood Mosque to have a Minaret similar to Minarat-ul-Maseeh
Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit By the Grace of Allah, the Holy month of Ramadhan brought the good news of the start of the construction of Minar of Masjid Mahmood. On May 17, 2018, after the Dars-ul-Quran, a brief ceremony was organized by Detroit Jama’at. Imam Shamshad Nasir, Property Secretary […]