Facebook data: How it was used by Cambridge Analytica
Source: BBC News Facebook has said it believes that up to 87 million users’ data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica claims its data and research helped Donald […]
Kim Jong-Un Has Offered to Talk Denuclearization With President Trump, U.S. Official Says
Source: Time By NICK WADHAMS / BLOOMBERG April 8, 2018 The U.S. has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to talk to President Donald Trump about getting rid of his […]
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
Source: RNS NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops […]
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to […]
At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
Source: Religion News Service By Aziza Kasumov LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Stephen Han’s sermon has the cadence of a TED Talk. Wearing jeans and a loose button-up shirt, he paces energetically […]
You Might Be Eating Halal Meat And Not Even Know It
Source: NPR BY ESTHER HONIG Wearing a heavy smock and rubber boots, Amadedin Eganwa stands over a large conveyor belt that’s carrying unconscious lambs. He faces east, toward Mecca, gently lifts […]
Christian women in the U.S. are more religious than their male counterparts
Source: Pew Research Center BY DALIA FAHMY A woman prays at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) In many parts of the world, women […]
With Millennials less likely to believe in God, churches work hard to buck trends
Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES BY John Boyle, jboyle@citizen-times.com The statistics are daunting, particularly when it comes to the “nones.” Fewer younger people, particularly Millennials, attend church or believe in God, and they’re less likely […]
Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people
Source: Science Daily Date:April 5, 2018 Source:Cell Press Summary:Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger […]
The Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Overdose Antidote to Prevent Opioid Deaths
Source: Time By R.J. RICO / AP April 5, 2018 (ATLANTA) — The nation’s chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation’s […]
New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King
Source: Religion And Politics By Lerone A. Martin | April 3, 2018 In 2017, the National Archives released a new trove of FBI files in response to a Freedom of Information Act […]
USA: “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event attended by students of Local University of Dayton, Ohio
“Islam is a religion of Peace and Tolerance” said Imam Shamshad. Report by Abdul Qudoos Ahmad Dayton The very popular “Coffee Cake & True Islam” event happens very regularly on […]
These Painfully Hilarious Comics Capture Life As A Muslim Woman In America
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_6wJSBsY2/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=8&wp=1316#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3292.500000000018%7D 450 Huda Fahmy, an American Muslim artist, often gets questions from non-Muslims about her hijab, the headscarf she chooses to wear as part […]
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, faith groups rally to combat systemic racism
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein, Julie Zauzmer and DeNeen L. Brown On the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder, one of the activist pastors who has tried to follow in […]
Alabama To Put Ten Commandments Displays On November Ballot
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla GARY TRAMONTINA VIA GETTY IMAGES Workers pause before removing a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state judicial building in Montgomery on Aug. 27, 2003. Federal […]
Political Cartoonist Lampoons Evangelical Support For Trump In Easter Takedown
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Political cartoonist Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution used the Easter holiday to call out evangelical supporters of President Donald Trump. Despite Trump’s many […]
US: Illinois mother gives birth to triplets after having twins
US mother gives birth to triplets after having twins- one in a million occurrence JOLIET, Illinois. (WLS) – When it comes to pregnancy, Teri Nobles has had quite a run. First she gave birth to her son, Logan, who’s 10. Then three years ago she carried twins, Marcel and Victor. […]
Muslims in Baltimore protest fatal shooting of Stephon Clark by police in Sacramento
Source: Baltimore Sun BY Colin Campbell Safa Daftani stood in a crowd Sunday at the Inner Harbor holding a sign with a flow chart on it. “Are you Black? Muslim? Human?” it […]
50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, a ‘new King’ fights for justice
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The Rev Dr William Barber’s arrival in the world was full of portent. He was born on 30 August 1963, two days after Martin Luther King’s […]
Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service is marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with stories and commentaries looking […]