Dayton calls Bloomington mosque blast “act of terrorism”
Source: Star Tribune By Rochelle Olson The attack on a Bloomington Islamic center is “an act of terrorism” and a hate crime, Gov. Mark Dayton declared Sunday during a visit to […]
After the bomb: SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC BLASTS IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI SHARE THEIR STORIES
Source: Time PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARUKA SAKAGUCHI | INTRODUCTION BY LILY ROTHMAN When the nuclear age began, there was no mistaking it. The decision by the United States to drop the world’s first atomic weapons on two […]
Learning true Islam from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/commentary-have-questions-about-islam-let-talk-about-them/tAHlHJPPmGrY6XlMaDrdIJ/ | By Ateya Qureshi Courage is facing fear head on. One does not have to go through heroic situations to show courage; it can be found in the simple everyday actions. In this day and age, when the words “Islam” and “terrorism” have unfortunately become synonymous, I had a unique […]
The Poem on the Statue of Liberty Was ‘Added Later’ But There’s More to That Story
Source: Time BY Olivia B. Waxman The history of the Statue of Liberty became the focus of a back-and-forthbetween Stephen Miller, an aide to President Donald Trump, and CNN’s Jim Acosta during the […]
Here, heroin spares no one, not even the sheriff’s wife
Source: CNN (CNN)Robert Leahy was sitting on his couch, watching TV, when his wife, Gretchen, walked through the front door. It was about 10 p.m. She’d left for the grocery store […]
Someone Threw a Bomb Through a Mosque Window in Minnesota
Source: Time Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam’s office but not […]
Iran’s Rouhani Commits to Nuclear Deal as He Is Sworn In for a New Term
Source: Time BY Golnar Motevalli, Ladane Nasseri / Bloomberg Aug 05, 2017 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, sworn in for a second term in front of an audience of foreign officials, reiterated […]
‘Coffee, Cake, and True Islam’: How Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Is Fighting Islamophobia
Source: https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/04/coffee-cake-true-islam-muslim-community-fighting-islamophobia/ | Katie MacBride Qasim Rashid holds his phone out to me over the table at the Starbucks where we are having coffee. Someone has tweeted, “I will give anyone who kills the basterd [sic] Qasim Rashid one thousand dollar.” “First of all, I’m a little offended it’s only a thousand […]
American Muslims Are Now More Accepting Of Homosexuality Than White Evangelicals
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Anti-Muslim activists often attempt to foment hatred against Muslims by claiming that Islam is inherently anti-queer. While homophobia certainly still exists in American Muslim communities, as […]
Affirmative action: Do white American students really get a bad deal?
Source: BBC News Affirmative action – a touchstone of the US culture wars – is back in the headlines after a claim the justice department was considering a plan to […]
Why Robert Mueller’s Grand Jury Isn’t a Big Deal—Yet
Source: Time BY Emma Talkoff Legal experts warn not to read too much into a report that special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury as part of his probe into Russian […]
USA: Jews and Muslims need to build bridges, rather than burn them for we share a common origin
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community locally in Southern California always seeks to build bridges with our Jewish friends Source: http://www.pe.com/2017/08/02/letters-more-that-unites-jews-and-muslims-than-divides-us/ By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | letters@pe.com | Press-Enterprise Re: “Riverside imam accused of anti-Semitic sermon that called Jews ‘tyrants’” [News, Aug. 1]: As an Ahmadi Muslim, I was dismayed to learn of the anti-Semitic remarks made […]
Human embryos edited to stop disease
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website Image copyrightOHSUImage captionPictures of the genetically modified embryos Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos […]
High-speed passenger pod tested in US desert
Source: BBC News Hyperloop One has carried out its latest test of a futuristic high-speed transport system in the Nevada desert. The creators hope to carry passengers at speeds of […]
US sanctions are ‘trade war’ on Russia, says PM Medvedev
Source: BBC News Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said new sanctions imposed by the US are tantamount to declaring a “full-scale trade war” against Moscow. He said the measures, […]
Trump Can’t Save American Christianity
Source: The New York Times By ROD DREHERAUG. According to Genesis 1, in four days, God made the heavens, the earth and all the vegetation upon it. But four days after […]
Moral Acceptance of Polygamy at Record High — But Why?
Source: Gallup By Andrew Dugan Polygamy, a practice that President James Garfield once said “offends the moral sense,” is now seen by 17% of Americans as “morally acceptable,” up from […]
Islamic cemetery in suburban Minneapolis is vandalized
Source: Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Islamic cemetery that was initially denied a permit in suburban Minneapolis has now been vandalized. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Uneasy Welcome as Ultra-Orthodox Jews Extend Beyond New York
Source: The New York Times By JOSEPH BERGER Photo A woman and boy in the Greenville neighborhood in Jersey City, where several dozen Hasidic families from Brooklyn have settled. They are […]
Bitter Feud Divides New York’s Orthodox Jewish Politicians
Source: The New York Times By SHANE GOLDMACHER Photo Councilman David G. Greenfield, center, with the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Councilman Donovan Richards Jr., at City Hall in March […]