Travel ban: Trump seeks Supreme Court ruling
Source: BBC The White House has asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a travel ban on people from majority Muslim countries. The ban has been blocked by lower courts […]
Trump Announces Withdrawal From Paris Agreement
Source: Time BY Justin Worland President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday, a move that will weaken a key international measure aimed […]
Vatican would see U.S. Paris deal exit as slap in face: official
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY The Vatican, which under Pope Francis’ insistence has strongly backed the Paris climate change deal, would see a U.S. exit as a […]
Feds investigating after city won’t allow mosque to be built
Source: Associated Press BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a New Jersey city that prevented a Muslim group from building a mosque, a rejection that the […]
Man Stabbed in Portland While Coming to Aid of 2 Girls Shifts Focus to Them
Source: The New York Times By MATT STEVENS Photo Micah David-Cole Fletcher watched as Jeremy Joseph Christian was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. CreditPool […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Portland Chapter invites ALL to their Ramadan Open House Every Saturday at Rizwan Mosque
Source: https://www.evensi.us/ramadan-open-house-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-portland/212760834 Saturday 10 June 2017 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Join Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s weekly Open House every Saturday during the holy month of Ramadan from May 27th through June 25th. Each Open House begins with an open “Talk to a Muslim” Q&A session at 7:30pm where you can ask any […]
Montenegro PM: Trump’s Shove Was a ‘Harmless Situation’ That Doesn’t Affect Our Friendship
Source: Time BY Duško Marković May 30, 2017 On June 5 , Montenegro will formally join NATO – thus reaching a historic milestone and joining the most powerful countries in the […]
Trump decides to keep U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, at least for now
Source: Washington Post President Trump will not relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel from secular Tel Aviv to the capital Jerusalem, at least for now, the White House announced Thursday, […]
Gulf Arab row rattles Trump’s anti-Iran axis
Reuters International MAY 31, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File […]
Trump administration approves tougher visa vetting, including social media checks
Reuters International JUN 1, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years. The new questions, part of […]
Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette BY PETER SMITH When Scott Beinhauer’s forebears expanded their funeral business in 1921 with a location just south of the then-new Liberty Tunnel, they added a rare […]
W.Va. public school district halts weekly Bible classes
Source: The Washington Post By Joe Heim A West Virginia public school district has decided to suspend weekly Bible classes for elementary and middle school students for the next academic […]
Iftar is the nightly meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. This year, it’s a chance to share more than food.
Source: Boston Globe By Sheryl Julian In a traditional long, aqua Pakistani tunic and slender trousers, a finely woven tan shawl draped over one shoulder, Farah Abbas doesn’t look like […]
Oregon Man Accused of Deadly Anti-Muslim Tirade Continues Rant in Court
Source: The New York Times By PHOEBE FLANIGAN and MATT STEVENS MAY 30, 2017 Jeremy Joseph Christian shouted as he was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., […]
Town that denied mosque permit to pay Islamic group $3.25M
Source: Associated Press By DAVID PORTER A New Jersey town will pay an Islamic group $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit over its denial of a permit to build a […]
Jury selection begins for minister accused in member beating
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday for a North Carolina church minister accused of beating a man to expel […]
Muslims thankful for support after rant, deadly attack
Source: Associated Press By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Muslims in Portland, Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of […]
Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Coco Douglas, 8, on Saturday at a memorial in Portland, Ore., for two men who were killed when they confronted a man […]
Portland attack: $600,000 raised for ‘heroes’ killed defending Muslim teen
28 May 2017 More than $600,000 (£468,000) has been raised for the families of the three US men attacked while defending a Muslim teenager and her friend on a train. […]
How Palestine disappeared from US media coverage
May 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud As if he had, overnight, been transformed into a master politician, US President Donald Trump’s 27-hour trip to Israel left many analysts mystified. Quoting former Israeli political adviser Mitchell Barack, The New York Times referred to Trump as the “Liberace of world leaders”, in […]