To ease fears, U.S. Muslim schools reach out to neighbors
Source: Reuters By Laila Kearney | HUNTINGTON, N.Y. At a Roman Catholic high school in New York’s Long Island suburbs, two dozen visiting Muslim students knelt and prayed while teens […]
Federal judge in DC delays ruling in Trump travel ban case
Source: Associated Press By SAM HANANEL WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in the nation’s capital said Thursday she won’t act on a request to block President Donald Trump’s revised […]
Pence: America will prioritize protecting Christians abroad
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Vice President Pence sought on Thursday to reassure Christian leaders looking for the White House to focus more on the plight of persecuted Christians […]
Young Muslim Americans Need Leadership. Can These Men And Women Answer The Call?
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Hannah Allam The invitation seemed like no big deal: Would Muslim students at Duke University like to give their call to prayer from the chapel bell […]
TAKING DOWN TERRORISTS IN COURT
Source: The Ne Yorker Zainab Ahmad has prosecuted thirteen international terrorist suspects for the American government. She hasn’t lost yet. By William Finnegan Zainab Ahmad had a small disaster in […]
Texas House OKs letting adoption groups deny non-Christians
Source: Associated Press By MEREDITH HOFFMAN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Many state-funded Texas adoption and foster care agencies routinely deny non-Christian, gay, and unmarried applicants on religious grounds — and […]
How President Trump’s Decision to Fire James Comey Could Backfire
Source: Time By Alex Altman,Zeke J Miller 10:09 PM ET President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey rocked Washington on Tuesday, raising questions about the future of the […]
Why Everyone Is Comparing James Comey’s Firing to Richard Nixon
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson 8:27 PM ET When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, people were quick to cry Nixon. “This is Nixonian,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said. […]
A Muslim cook wanted to stop the hate. So she started inviting strangers to dinner.
Source: The Washington Post By Rebekah Denn Her face framed by a delicate floral-print headscarf, Amanda Saab stepped into a Safeway. Ninety minutes later, the cashier rang up her groceries: […]
U.S. anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016, group says
Source: Reuters By Scott Malone | BOSTON When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people,” its […]
Trump’s Muslim comments could haunt him in travel ban appeal
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that […]
Clinton-appointed judges to decide Hawaii travel ban appeal
Source: Associated Press By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three judges appointed by President Bill Clinton will hear the appeal of Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s travel ban targeting […]
I Am Not Your Muslim
Source: NPR BY NESRINE MALIK If Islam were a skin color, there would be a sliding scale along which you could determine just how Muslim you are. On the extremely […]
Trump administration seeks to convince judges to revive travel ban
Source: Reuters By Lawrence Hurley | RICHMOND, VA. President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries faces a key legal test on Monday before a U.S. appeals […]
Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over church order
Source: Associated Press By TODD RICHMOND MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s order easing […]
ESPN host Virk confident NHL, NFL can work in Las Vegas
ESPN’s Adnan Virk moderated “Making It In the Major Leagues: How A Viral Video on Funny or Die Became the IFC Series ‘Brockmire’” at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. By Adam Candee (contact), LasVegas Sun Saturday, May 6, 2017 | 2 a.m. Adnan Virk’s professional history places him in the middle of […]
The 25 Suburbs Where Millennials Are Moving
Source: Time David Johnson May 03, 2017 Thousands of millennials are moving to the suburbs of Riverside, Calif., San Antonio, Texas and Orlando, Fla. The burbs of those three metro […]
Key findings about U.S. immigrants
Source: Pew Research Center BY GUSTAVO LÓPEZ AND KRISTEN BIALIK8 COMMENTS Immigrants listen to a speech as they wait to become U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles. […]
This Is the Pivotal Moment in the Fight Against Climate Change
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Momentum is building in the Trump administration to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change in the coming weeks — which would put the global climate […]
Premiums for People With Pre-Existing Conditions Could Spike Under ACHA
Source: Time Insurance premiums for people with pre-existing conditions could increase by hundreds of thousands of dollars if the American Health Care Act, which passed the House Thursday, becomes law […]