D.C.’S MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER
Source: Our Community Now BY VILLE ISO-AHOLA When the enormous new Museum of the Bible opens in November, DC area residents and visitors will have lots to see and explore. Washington […]
The Family Behind a $500 Million Bible Museum Hopes to Change Washington
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias November 17, 2017 The new Museum of the Bible three blocks from the Capitol has a political ambition. The Bible, says the museum’s chairman and the […]
‘Everyone Needs Someone Else’
Source: Time BY JEFFREY KLUGER There’s not a lot to do in Syracuse, N.Y. when you’re living alone and a winter storm system dumps 3 feet of snow on […]
Fairfax teacher suspended after complaint that a student’s hijab was yanked off
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Svrluga November 16 A Fairfax County Public Schools teacher was placed on leave this week while the district investigates a complaint that he pulled the hijab […]
Farrakhan rekindles controversies about race, Jews, 9/11 in speech at Watergate Hotel
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks | November 16, 2017 WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before a crowded ballroom at the Watergate Hotel, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan called on President Trump to repent for what Farrakhan called America’s mistreatment of black people over the centuries. “America is a great nation but […]
For some evangelicals, a choice between Moore and morality
Source: The Washington Post By Marc Fisher November 16 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event at the Walker Springs Road Baptist Church on Nov. 14 in Jackson, […]
“Celebrating Thanksgiving – An Islamic Perspective”, By Imam Shamshad Nasir, Missionary Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Fast approaching is a very important American tradition and holiday – “Thanksgiving”. Without going into much of its historical background and details, I must say that we always need to be thankful and grateful for the bounties that God, the Almighty has Graciously bestowed on us. We must also be […]
US Holocaust Museum says evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Myanmar
Source: The Guardian BY Poppy McPhersonin Yangon Year-long report into atrocities accuses security forces of ‘unprecedented and systematic’ campaign of violence against Muslim population Rohingya Muslim children wait to receive food […]
Congregation, Tennessee Baptist Convention split over church’s first female pastor
Source: THE TENNESSEAN By Holly Meyer After a more than 140-year relationship, First Baptist Church of Jefferson City and the Tennessee Baptist Convention are breaking up over the church’s decision to hire […]
U.S. Catholic Leaders Signal Resistance to Pope’s Agenda
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett and Francis X. Rocca Updated Nov. 14, 2017 5:59 p.m. ET BALTIMORE—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chose a conservative archbishop for a key post Tuesday, […]
Assaults against Muslims in U.S. surpass 2001 level
Source: Pew Research Center BY KATAYOUN KISHI The number of assaults against Muslims in the United States rose significantly between 2015 and 2016, easily surpassing the modern peak reached in 2001, […]
Medical first: Doctors attempt to gene-edit a living patient’s DNA
Source: CNN By Susan Scutti (CNN)A man may soon be forever free of the previously incurable disease he was born with 44 years ago. On Monday, in a medical first, […]
Barbie Gets a Hijab
Source: The New Yorker By Christina Binkley November 13, 2017 Mattel’s Barbie modelled on the American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has muscular legs and wears a hijab. Photograph courtesy Mattel In 1959, the […]
Barbie’s first hijab: Meet the new Ibtihaj Muhammad doll
Source: CNN By Julia Horowitz For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel (MAT), which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its “Shero” collection will be […]
Senate Republicans repudiate Roy Moore’s candidacy and urge him to leave the race
Source: The Washington Post By Sean Sullivan, Robert Costa and Jenna Johnson November 13 Senate Republican leaders on Monday waged an urgent campaign to pressure GOP nominee Roy Moore to withdraw from the Alabama Senate […]
Appeals court allows partial enforcement of Trump travel ban
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — On the same day a federal appeals court allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to […]
Hate Crimes Up In 2016, FBI Statistics Show
Source: NPR By RYAN LUCAS Twitter The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau’s headquarters. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The number of hate crimes reported last […]
Where have refugees settled in the U.S.?
Refugees are resettled throughout the United States. This interactive tool displays the top nationality of refugees resettled across each state between fiscal 2002 and 2017. Top arriving refugee nationality, by state In fiscal 2002, 27,110 refugees were admitted to the U.S. Here is the top nationality of refugee arrivals in […]
Bush 41 apologizes for groping of 16-year-old girl
Source: MSN By Jessica Estepa George H. W. Bush apologized Monday after another woman said the former president groped her during a 2003 photo op when she was 16 years […]
Ex-members say church uses power, lies to keep grip on kids
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR SPINDALE, North Carolina (AP) — As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette’s job to ensure they […]