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 […]
Global religious freedom commission cites 28 key nations for ‘ongoing downward trend’
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom cited more than two dozen countries as main contributors to an “ongoing downward trend” in religious liberty worldwide and called on the Trump administration to prioritize the release of religious prisoners and assist in […]
The Number of Single Moms in America Is at a Record Low. Here’s Why
Source: Time By MAHITA GAJANAN April 26, 2018 A rise in unmarried parents living together has led to a decline of single motherhood in the U.S., according to a new report. A quarter of parents living together with their children are unmarried, an uptick from 50 years ago when only 7% of […]
Exclusive: U.S. team in refugee camps investigating atrocities against Rohingya
Source: Reuters BY Jason Szep, Matt Spetalnick, Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The U.S. government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, documenting accusations of […]
Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslim nations to unite against U.S.: state TV
Source: Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader called on Muslim nations to unite against the United States, saying Tehran would never yield to “bullying,” state television reported on Thursday. […]
Battle over transgender student rights moves to high school locker rooms
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow Max Brennan, 16, with his parents, Larry and Lynn. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) Lynn and Larry Brennan’s oldest child could have remained anonymous, just three initials in federal court papers accusing the local school system of discrimination. But their son was done […]
Supreme Court’s conservative justices appear to back Trump’s authority for travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes, Ann E. Marimow and Matt Zapotosky The conservative majority on the Supreme Court seemed to agree Wednesday that President Trump has the authority to ban travelers from […]
In hijabs and Girl Scout vests, these Kansas Muslim girls make America great again
Source: The Kansas City Star BY JENEÉ OSTERHELDT Wearing homemade tie-dye tees and a rainbow of hijabs, the members of Girl Scout Troop 4162 decorate flower pots for Earth Day. […]
When Americans Say They Believe in God, What Do They Mean?
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
For Muslims, Supreme Court’s ruling on entry ban will be statement of America’s values
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner Mehdi Ostadhassan is a celebrated professor and scientist, a mentor, a husband and father, and has been a North Dakotan for the past nine years. He is also a Muslim and an Iranian national — a citizen of one of several majority-Muslim countries targeted […]
What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
Source: The Conversation While James Comey’s most recent clashes with President Trump are foremost on everyone’s minds, he’s had quite a career. He was the U.S. attorney responsible for taking down the New York mafia, the acting U.S. attorney general who stopped the policy that George W. Bush’s administration called “enhanced interrogation” or, in […]
The Muslim Ban Is Working
Source: Slate If the Supreme Court needs proof of the ban’s discriminatory intent, just look at the numbers. By BILAL ASKARYAR It might sound strange to say that when I was a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was lucky. There was a war, there were armed militias stopping families and raping […]
CNN Town-hall with James Comey: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
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Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
Source: Associated Press By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban’s challengers almost […]
Iran nuclear deal: Rouhani says West has no right to make changes
Source: BBC News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has questioned the legitimacy of efforts by the US and its European allies to change a nuclear deal with his country. The US […]
New Jersey Ruling Could Reignite Battle Over Church-State Separation
Source : The New York Times By NICK CORASANITI The Morristown Presbyterian Church is one of a dozen churches on the losing side of a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that […]
John Bolton presided over anti-Muslim think tank
Source: NBC News The content of the advocacy group Gatestone is part of an echo chamber that includes Russian media. by Heidi Przybyla / Apr.23.2018 / 12:57 PM ET National security adviser John […]
Group blames Trump for jump in attacks on US Muslims
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group blasted President Donald Trump and his administration Monday, saying his words and policies led to […]
Ted Talk: The Best Leader for the Women Rights – President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 120 Women Who Changed Our World Source: MSN News BY Kara Lad MALALA YOUSAFZAI 1997-ACTIVIST […]