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 […]
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, […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Foreign Policy BY REZA ASLAN JULY 24, 2017 Religion comes in countless forms, depending either on the soil from which that religion arose or the soil in which it was […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer July 24 Mushrooms growing (AP/the Cecil Whig, Adelma Gregory-Bunnell) Moses saw a burning bush. Paul saw Jesus on the road to Damascus. St. Teresa had […]
Source: USA Today By Holly Meyer, The Tennessean NASHVILLE — A nearly 90-year-old church now stands across the street from a new luxury apartment complex, illustrating how redevelopment has altered its […]
YAHYA BOSTAN@yahyabostan The outrageous phone call between the U.S. Embassy officers and Gülenist putschists in January 2014 needs to be investigated in detail by U.S. authorities Articles It was just a few days after last summer’s coup attempt. Adil Öksüz, a Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) member who spent the night […]
US-backed forces successfully route Daesh from several areas since their creation in 2014 By AFP – Jul 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrians clear up the rubble of their houses that were destroyed during clashes on the outskirts of Raqqa, on Wednesday, as Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Arab alliance, are […]
Jul 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump decided to end the CIA’s “covert” programme to train and arm certain rebel groups considered moderate and operating in Syria to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. No reasons were offered for this decision that was first reported by […]
When you really looked into it, the British ‘interfered’ with the US election just as much as Russians allegedly did. So where’s the big fuss about that? Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Thursday 13 July 2017 14:30 BST It might seem a long way to travel for a day of Gallic pomp. […]
Source: The New York Times By ISMAIL EINASHE Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation […]