2 Ways to Help the Victims of the Texas Church Shooting
Source: Time By Jennifer Calfas At least 26 people were killed and 20 others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a church in the small town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, during […]
Young People’s Blood Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s
Source: Time By Alice Park It sounds more like science fiction than real world science, but researchers at Stanford University announced the first results of a novel study in which they […]
Are the Amish right about new technology?
Source: The Guardian BY Oliver Burkeman The basic stereotype about the Amish – drivers of horse-drawn buggies, wearers of huge beards – is that they’re stuck in the 18th century: if […]
Reclaiming ‘Allahu akbar’ from its misuse by terrorists
Source: Los Angeles Times By Ahsan M. Khan, Fullerton To the editor: Tuesday’s terror attack in New York was another despicable and vile act of cowardice at the hands of a deranged […]
I Want ‘Allahu Akbar’ Back
Source: The New York Times By WAJAHAT ALI Allahu akbar. It’s Arabic for “God is greatest.” Muslims, an eccentric tribe with over a billion members, say it several times in our […]
Russia-Financed Ad Linked Clinton and Satan
Source: The New York Times By CECILIA KANG, NICHOLAS FANDOS and MIKE ISAAC NOV. 1, 2017 Photo Sean Edgett, Twitter’s acting general counsel, testified Wednesday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. CreditEric Thayer for The […]
New York attack suspect’s Uzbekistan roots put focus on Central Asia’s battle with extremism
Source: The Washington Post By David Filipov and Andrew Roth November 1 at 12:43 PM MOSCOW — The president of Uzbekistan on Wednesday extended his condolences to President Trump and promised his country’s assistance after […]
Truck attack suspect’s New Jersey city a haven for Muslim immigrants
Source: Reuters BY Joseph Ax 4 MIN READ PATERSON, N.J. (Reuters) – With its enormous Muslim population and reputation as a welcoming home for immigrants of some 50 nationalities, the […]
New York attack suspect charged with federal terrorism offenses
Source: CNN By Nicole Chavez, Holly Yan, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN Updated 1312 GMT (2112 HKT) November 2, 2017 (CNN)The suspect in New York’s deadliest terror attack since 9/11 has been charged […]
Update: Police say cross left draped in pig parts at Twin Falls mosque was hate crime
Source: Magic Valley TWIN FALLS — Police say someone draped a cross in butchered pig parts and left it at the Islamic Center of Twin Falls over the weekend. Authorities […]
Trump’s anti-Islam rhetoric convinced these Muslims they should run for office
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter & Hannah Allam BuzzFeed News Reporter If the unspoken goal behind the Trump administration’s anti-Muslim actions is to intimidate Muslims out of public life, […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community categorically condemns the terrorist attack in Manhattan
By Talat Mahmood Ahmad General Secretary, Jamat Ahmadiyya Japan The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Japan categorically condemns the terrorist attack at Manhattan New York ,which left at least 8 dead and several injured. “This is a tragic loss of human life,” said Imam Anees Ahmad Nadeem , President of the Ahmadiyya […]
How Israel is exporting its occupation to the US
Oct 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZI BAROUD Israeli footprints are becoming more apparent in the US security apparatus. Such a fact does not bode well for ordinary Americans. US Senate Bill S.720 should have been a wake-up call. The bill, drafted by the Israel lobby group American Israel Public […]
There weren’t any witches in Salem in 1693. But there sure are now.
Source: Vox Updated by Tara Isabella Burton SALEM, Massachusetts — It is nightfall in Salem, the week before Halloween. A woman who looks to be in her 70s sits in the bar […]
How the dead danced with the living in medieval society
Source: The Conversation In the Halloween season, American culture briefly participates in an ancient tradition of making the world of the dead visible to the living: Children dress as skeletons, teens […]
After ‘Choosing Donald Trump,’ Is The Evangelical Church In Crisis?
Source: NPR By JESSICA TAYLOR When Donald Trump announced he would be running for president, he didn’t seem like the obvious candidate for evangelical voters, given his multiple divorces, […]
The Protestant Reformation was 500 years ago. What needs reform in American religion today?
Source: The Washington Post This month marks a half-millennium since Martin Luther launched a challenge to the Catholic Church known as the Protestant Reformation, which remade Christianity in the West. […]
Trump campaign adviser pleads guilty to misleading investigators about Russia contacts; Manafort indicted on conspiracy
Source: Yahoo News By JOHN SANTUCCI and ADAM KELSEY George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this month to making false statements to […]
President Trump’s Approval Ratings Just Hit a New All-Time Low
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson 10:13 AM ET President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have fallen to their lowest point since the start of his presidency, a new poll finds. Just 38% […]
Professor Stephen Hawking’s PhD viewed two million times
Source: BBC News Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis was accessed more than two million times within days of it being made available to the public, it has been revealed. Prof Hawking’s […]