Billy Graham Wouldn’t Have Supported Rosa Parks
Source: Huffington Post BY Anthea Butler Evangelical preacher Billy Graham was lain in honor Wednesday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Graham is the first American religious leader to be […]
iQiyi, the Netflix of China, is going public in the US
Source: CNN News By Sherisse Pham The Netflix of China is ready for Wall Street. Video streaming site iQiyi is getting ready for an IPO on the Nasdaq under the […]
New York to pay Muslim women forced to remove hijabs
New York: The city of New York has agreed to pay $180,000 (Dh661,000) to three Muslim women forced by police to remove their headscarves to have mug shots taken, officials said Wednesday. Each of the women is to receive $60,000 after the settlements were finalized in a Brooklyn federal court […]
Everyone seems to be speaking for God. Heaven help us.
Source: The Washington Post By Courtland Milloy Columnist It seems as if God is everywhere now, but I’m not always sure who or what people are referring to when they talk about […]
How many Jews live in the U.S.? That depends on how you define ‘Jewish.’
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Guskin February 23 Email the author Hillel students take photos of the 300-year-old Torah scroll that was given to the University of Pittsburgh Hillel Jewish student organization. […]
US civil rights groups decry ‘anti-Muslim’ bill in Idaho
A spate of bills in state legislatures across the United States have been decried by civil rights groups as Islamophobic. Most recently, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington, DC-based Muslim civil rights group, has called on Idaho’s Senate to vote against a bill recently passed by the state’s House of […]
The Supreme Court Is Considering the Limits of Freedom of Speech in 3 Upcoming Cases
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON February 26, 2018 Can government employees be required to pay union fees, even if they don’t belong to the union? Can you wear a “Don’t Tread […]
America just got its first full-time Muslim TV reporter who wears a hijab
It’s my America too,’ says the first Muslim television reporter in the U.S to wear a hijab. Tahera Rahman is ushering in a new era of broadcast journalism for Americans, showing that everyone deserves to be represented. Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/27/america-just-got-its-first-full-time-muslim-tv-reporter-who-wears-a-hijab-7344956/?ito=cbshare
Hard-Line Supporter of Israel Offers to Pay for U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Source: The New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS and ISABEL KERSHNER WASHINGTON — Sheldon G. Adelson, one of the most hawkish supporters of Israel among American Jews, has offered to help fund the construction […]
This New Jet Design Would Get You From New York to China in 2 Hours
Source: Travel And Leisure By TALIA AVAKIAN FEBRUARY 23, 2018 A team of Chinese researchers has revealed a design for a hypersonic jet that they claim could transport passengers from China to New […]
Trump Is Telling Foreign Leaders That the U.S. May Rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, Ex-Aide Says
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND February 23, 2018 President Trump has listed his decision last June to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change high among his first-year accomplishments, describing the deal […]
President Trump at CPAC Insists Arming Teachers, Not Gun Control, Will Keep Schools Safe
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON and ALANA ABRAMSON February 23, 2018 President Donald Trump reiterated his support for arming teachers during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday morning, saying that keeping guns […]
‘Atheist Muslim’ says bigoted Donald Trump supporters have hijacked debate on Islam
Source: Independent By Greg Wilford A self-styled “atheist Muslim” author says liberals have stifled criticism of Islam and allowed Donald Trump supporters to hijack debate about the religion from “a position […]
The Mormon Church Has A Domestic Violence Problem
Source: Huffington Post By Neil J. Young Columnist In defending Rob Porter, the disgraced Trump White House staffer who resigned last week amid published reports he had physically abused his two ex-wives, his backers […]
Why more TV shows are looking to God for relatable, religious-themed comedy
Source: USA Today BY Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY God is everywhere and in everything — including your favorite comedies. The unexpected breakout star of winter TV is none other than the Lord himself, […]
Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring Schools To Display ‘In God We Trust’
Source: NPR By AMY HELD Students chant outside the Florida House of Representatives chamber in Tallahassee Wednesday. Lawmakers passed a bill that same day that would require public schools to […]
Ideology tops facts in Texas history curriculum, experts say
Source: Associated Press By WILL WEISSERT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When the Texas Board of Education last produced history curriculum guidelines for public schools, experts decried its members for attempting […]
Let Us Celebrate President George Washington’s Birthday Today: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December […]
Texas city council members censure colleague over anti-Islam Facebook post
Source: Religion News Service By Bobby Ross Jr. | February 18, 2018 Demonstrators in Plano, Texas, on Feb. 18, 2018, outside a city council meeting called to address council member Tom Harrison’s anti-Islam […]