Source: Associated Press By CLARICE SILBER PHOENIX (AP) — Deedra Abboud is pushing back against expectations that she will be labeled the “Muslim candidate” as she tries to unseat incumbent Sen. Jeff Flake in 2018. Comments regarding her candidacy are always linked to her faith, she said, adding that “my […]
By Hassan Mirza Member, Muslim Writers Guild of America, Worthington Below I am giving my response to the article “Letter writer should back up tolerance claim” which was a response to my original letter regarding the ideal of freedom of speech to Muslims. This response asked for verses from the Quran […]
Source: Time TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS RESPOND TO TRUMP’S BAN BY KARA MILSTEIN, KATY STEINMETZ AND KIM BUBELLO No one knows for sure how many transgender people have served in America’s armed forces, or […]
Source: The Washington Post When a Muslim doctor arrived in a rural Midwestern town, “it felt right.” But that feeling began to change after the election of Donald Trump. By Stephanie McCrummen Ayaz Virji walks home from work with his wife, Musarrat Virji, in Dawson, Minn. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) DAWSON, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It should not surprise those who have been following US politics, what Ryan J. Reilly recently wrote in […]
Source: Dallas News By Claire Ballor, Breaking news reporter Earlier this year, Pope Francis wrote a letter to young Catholics around the world and asked them to share “your voice, your sensitivities and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Anthony Scaramucci’s extraordinary first week at the White House, remembered Leaks, threats and insults. Here’s a look back at Anthony Scaramucci’s first […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Kate Mather Contact Reporter Another California imam has drawn criticism after delivering a sermon laced with inflammatory remarks about Jews, calling them “unjust tyrants” and […]
Source: Huffington Post The men asked to switch their meal time so that they could participate in a Ramadan tradition. By Carol Kuruvilla Sixteen Muslim workers are planning to sue […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg The rate at which Americans are choosing to be cremated rather than buried after their death has been rising for many years. In 2016, that rate […]
Source: Time BY Andrew DeMillo / AP Jul 29, 2017 (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on […]
Source: BBC News He slumps wild-eyed across the desk from detectives, with a mess of badly dyed red hair, his clothes hanging off him. James Holmes looks every inch the […]
Source: BBC News By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightSEAImage captionKings Transport in Melbourne now has an all-electric fleet The clock may be ticking for petrol and diesel-powered […]
Source: BBC News By Kate Raworth 28 July 2017 ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well […]
Source: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC By Joanna Allhands Can science and faith coexist? Not if you ask most people. Roughly six in 10 Americans said science and religion often conflict, according to a 2015 […]
Source: KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL BY Jamie Satterfield,Travis Dorman and Tyler Whetstone, Knoxville “If God be for us, then who can be against us?” Generations of Knoxville Police Department officers have passed by a […]
Source: BBC News By Ronald Alsop 26 July 2017 More people are smoking weed these days, sparking a haze of complications and confusion in the workplace. A growing number of […]
Source: Huffington Post “The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut.” By Rebecca Shapiro Michelle Obama has opened up in front of a crowd of about 8,500 at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s 30th anniversary event in Denver about her experience as America’s first black first lady. […]
Source: Huffington Post Roy Moore said Islam isn’t compatible with U.S. law. Now a Muslim group has invited him to visit a mosque. By Christopher Mathias A U.S. Senate candidate […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Marilyn Katz, Contributor activist, strategist and president of MK Communications Democratic legislators have been busy lately fighting efforts by President Trump and Republican legislators to bulldoze millions of […]