The Batman Killer – a prescription for murder?
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 […]
Electric trucks and vans cut pollution faster than cars
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 […]
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
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 […]
Are science and faith finally learning to coexist?
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 […]
Bible verse at Knoxville Police HQ to be removed after legal threat; mayor defends decision
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 […]
The hazy issue of weed and work
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 […]
Michelle Obama Addresses Racist Attacks She Endured As First Lady
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. […]
Front-Runner For U.S. Senate Seat In Alabama Calls Islam A ‘False Religion’
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 […]
Read The Small Print. How Nearly 200 Congressmen Could’ve Signed On A Bill Criminalizing Free Speech And Legitimizing Israel’s Occupation Of Palestine
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 […]
USA: Shooter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Meriden is now combatting stereotypes about Islam
Source: http://wnpr.org/post/terrorism-shared-prayer-story-reconciliation-and-religion By PATRICK SKAHILL A Connecticut man convicted of a hate crime is now working to combat stereotypes about Islam. His story, which made headlines around the world, sprang out of an attack on a mosque in Meriden in 2015. After a night of drinking, Ted Hakey, Jr., a former marine, […]
Ask and you shall receive…answers from an Ahmadi Muslim Marine
Source: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-diary-thursday-dossier-mumbai-news-mumbai/18458165 A recent survey by the US-based Pew Research Center found that 75 per cent Muslims feel there is still a lot of discrimination. Yet, many of them identified as proud Americans. Thus, it was heartening to come across a Twitter handle, The Muslim Marine, whose goal is simple – […]
How The Muslim Ban Legalized Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post By Abdul Malik Mujahid, Contributor President, Sound Vision; Chair, Burma Task Force USA; Chair Emeritus of the Parliament of the World’s Religions I met an American six-grader […]
Nearly Half Of Muslim Americans Have Experienced An Act Of Discrimination In The Last Year
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A new report by Pew Research Center shows that U.S. Muslims feel unsure of their place in society, face increasing discrimination and are dissatisfied with the […]
Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military
Source: The New York Times By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and HELENE COOPERJULY 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military on Wednesday, blindsiding his […]
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
Source: Pew Research Center Findings from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey of U.S. Muslims (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been an anxious […]
US Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, but […]
How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN Whatever Muslims may be in Trump’s America, they’re not invisible. Everyone—the president, pundits, pollsters—keeps talking about the religious minority group, which makes up roughly 1 […]
American Muslims growing more liberal, survey shows
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor The Pew survey showed 9 in 10 American Muslims said they were proud to be both. American Muslims are growing more religiously and […]
UK: Oldham’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth donate blood at Manchester Norfolk House Blood Donor Centre to save lives
Source: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/104655/giving-blood-to-save-precious-lives | Reporter: Rosalyn Roden YOUNG Muslims from Oldham are on a mission to donate blood as part of a nationwide drive to save lives. Members of Oldham’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) turned out to give blood at Manchester Norfolk House Blood Donor Centre in the city centre. Their efforts […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community answers questions about Muslim faith at Fond Du Lac’s public library
Members of the Muslim Youth Association were on hand at the public library to answer concerns and questions about the Muslim faith Source: http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2017/07/25/ahmadiyya-muslims-bring-message-peace-offer-answer-any-question/489543001/ Sharon Roznik, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin //www.fdlreporter.com/videos/embed/103999118/?fullsite=true On Saturday, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invited citizens to the Fond du Lac Public Library to help uncloak the mystery […]