This is what a Sikh child faces in America
Source: CNN By Winty Singh (CNN)Two decades ago, when I was in the second grade, a substitute teacher asked me to stand up in front of my class and talk […]
AP review: Judges split along party lines on travel ban
Source: Associated Press By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump has called courts unfair and political and repeatedly assailed the 9th Circuit, the U.S. court system’s westernmost division, where some of his key immigration policies have stalled. Other observers describe America’s judges as conservative or liberal, implying […]
The Scandal Tearing Apart America’s Largest Protestant Denomination
Source: The Atlantic By JONATHAN MERRITT Over the past 20 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has weathered an onslaught of controversies, from renaming the denomination to repudiating the Confederate flag. But […]
New executive order aims to protect religious liberty from government overreach
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Trump plans to unveil a new initiative that aims to give faith groups a stronger voice within the federal government and serve […]
25 INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MUSLIMS
25 INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN MUSLIMS By Daniel Burke and Madeleine Stix, CNN.com 4/5/2018 We asked American Muslims to name the most influential people in their fields. Here’s what they said Who speaks for American Muslims? The short answer is, no one. No individual or group can claim to speak for this country’s nearly 3.5 million Muslims, a diverse […]
CNN: Who speaks for American Muslims?
Who speaks for American Muslims? The short answer is, no one. No individual or group can claim to speak for this country’s nearly 3.5 million Muslims, a diverse and dynamic […]
Utah: 16,000 years old horse unearthed in Utah
Paleontologists recently determined that a skeleton discovered during a landscaping project belonged to a horse from the Pleistocene Era. NYTimes 03/05/2018An illustration of Haringtonhippus francisci, an extinct horse species that was found in North America during the last ice age. Rick Hunter, a Utah paleontologist, said the horse, whose skeleton […]
Stormy Daniels case: Trump repaid lawyer ‘hush money’, says Giuliani
Source: BBC News President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy […]
IS THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT DRIVING AMERICANS AWAY FROM RELIGION?
Source: Pacific Standard BY TOM JACOB New research finds that, when evangelical organizations raise their profile by sponsoring a high-profile political campaign, a backlash ensues. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) Religion […]
U.S.-backed Syrian force resumes offensive against Islamic State
Source: The Washington Post By Louisa Loveluck BEIRUT — A U.S.-backed force in Syria announced Tuesday that it was resuming operations against the Islamic State after an earlier push stalled as fighters […]
USA: Pres Trump lied 3001 times in 466 days
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far Washington Post (CNN)The Washington Post’s Fact-Checker blog has been keeping a strict count of President Donald Trump’s many misstatements, untruths and outright lies. And, over the weekend at a rally in Michigan, Trump hit a(nother) milestone: He topped 3,000 untrue or […]
U.S. Agencies Fueled A National Increase In Anti-Muslim Incidents: Report
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Under President Donald Trump, the United States government has shown an “unprecedented level of government hostility” toward the Muslim religious minority in the country, according to a newly released report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR’s 2018 civil rights report, “Targeted,” disclosed that federal government […]
The racial demons that help explain evangelical support for Trump
Source: Vox By Nancy D. Wadsworth White evangelical Protestants continue to approve of President Donald Trump at about twice the rate of the general public, according to a recent survey by the […]
Fact Checker: President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far
Source: MSN News BY Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, Kelly Meg In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an […]
Michigan GOP Politician Is Spreading Conspiracy Theories About His Muslim Opponent
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla COLBECK FOR GOVERNOR/FACEBOOK State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, a Republican, is vying to be Michigan’s next governor. A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan is facing […]
Many Americans Prefer A ‘Higher Power’ To The God Of The Bible, Study Finds
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla TONY ANDERSON VIA GETTY IMAGES Almost three-quarters of religious “nones” believe in a higher power of some kind. The Pledge of Allegiance describes the […]
Ex-NFL Player Says He Was Violently Arrested After Cops Mistook His Phone For A Gun
Source: Huffington Post By David Moye A video showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being violently arrested by police in Henry County, Georgia, is going viral, and one of the […]
US-owned Christian radio station in Rwanda shut down for saying women are evil
Source: CNN By Munachim Amah, CNN (CNN)A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that […]
Ending war in Syria possible without outside intervention
Apr 19,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power A total of 500,000 dead and counting. President Bashar Assad is going full blast at reducing the parts of his country still standing, […]
IS web media targeted in EU-led attack
Source: BBC News The EU police agency Europol says an international operation has struck a major blow against the internet propaganda of the Islamic State group. Cyber specialists in various […]