Wearing A Hijab, A Young Muslim Boxer Enters The Ring
Source: NPR BY LAUREL WAMSLEY In November, young boxer Amaiya Zafar traveled from Minnesota to Florida to fight her first competitive bout. But before Zafar even had her gloves on, officials […]
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey April 25 Aya Hijazi, founder of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, waits inside a holding cell in Cairo on March […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bedford & Fitchburg invite all to their “Coffee, Cake & True Islam” Event
Source: allevents.in | evensi.us Coffee, Cake & True Islam Schedule: Saturday 29 April 2017 7:00 PM With all the controversy around Islam, we invite you to come join us in a discussion regarding misconceptions about Islam and to ask any questions you may have. Enjoy free coffee and cake while you’re at it! […]
This Powerful Photo Series Is Showing What It Is Like To Be Black And Muslim In The US
Source: BuzzFeed News Meet Bobby Rogers, a 24-year-old visual artist from Minneapolis. Bobby Rogers He created a photo series inspired by the hashtag #BeingBlackAndMuslim. The hashtag has been used by […]
Philosopher who argued for God wins Templeton Prize
Source: Religion News Service By Chris Herlinger | 3 hours ago (RNS) American scholar Alvin Plantinga, a pioneering advocate for theism, or belief in God, as a serious philosophical position […]
Fewer Americans Think President Trump Keeps His Promises, Poll Shows
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith As President Trump approaches his 100th day in office, Americans are losing faith in his ability to keep his promises, though his supporters remain firmly […]
America is abandoning independent Christians in China
Source: Religion News Service By Chloë Starr | April 21, 2017 (RNS) When Xi Jinping and Donald Trump had their first face-to-face meeting earlier this month in Mar-a-Lago, the plight of […]
Why Native Americans do not separate religion from science
Source: The Conversation BY Rosalyn R. LaPier Research Associate of Women’s Studies, Environmental Studies and Native American Religion, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University Last year five Native American tribes in Washington […]
Trump condemns anti-Semitism on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
Source: Reuters By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said anti-Semitism should be defeated and called the Holocaust the “darkest chapter of human history” in a video […]
Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job
Source: Time BY David Johnson Updated: Apr 21, 2017 5:30 PM ET | Originally published: Apr 19, 2017 At a community college in upstate New York, 12 cafeteria workers recently learned […]
‘It’s About Facts.’ Thousands Protest and Make Friends in the Rain at the March for Science
Source: Time BY Haley Sweetland Edwards When Dennis and Christina Dorward awoke to their alarm at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, there wasn’t a question of whether they would get out […]
Lawmaker Says Female Genital Mutilation Case Is Reason To Vote For Anti-Sharia Bill
Source: The Huffington Post Even though, as one scholar put it, “FGM has nothing to do with Islam, and Islam has nothing to do with FGM.” By Christopher Mathias 290 […]
Artist Shares Poignant Portrait Series On #BeingBlackAndMuslim
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A portrait series inspired by a Twitter hashtag on being black and Muslim is exploring the challenges many people face at the intersection […]
Supreme Court Shows Soft Spot For Church Denied Public Funding For Playground
Source: The Huffington Post Even some of the more liberal justices signaled the state of Missouri may have gone too far against a religious school. By Cristian Farias WASHINGTON — […]
Step Inside The Technicolor World Of The International Church Of Cannabis
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg HELEN H. RICHARDSON VIA GETTY IMAGESA photo of the interior of the International Church of Cannabis. 670 At Denver’s newest church, the aim is to […]
Advocates Really Want Giraffes to Be Included on the Endangered Species List
Source: Time BY Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 21, 2017 Five wildlife groups are pushing for giraffes to be included on the endangered species list through a petition that was sent to […]
US to honour ‘dumb’ Australia migrant deal
Source: BBC The United States has confirmed it will be going through with a migrant resettlement plan made with Australia. US President Donald Trump once called the deal, which was […]
How Bill O’Reilly used religion to fuel fear — and his show
Source: The Washington Post By Christopher Hale April 20 at 2:01 PM Bill O’Reilly attends the Hollywood Reporter’s 2016 35 Most Powerful People in Media at Four Seasons Restaurant on […]
Defense Department expands its list of recognized religions
Source: RNS By Kimberly Winston (RNS) Humanist? Deist? No religion? No problem. The Department of Defense announced a near doubling of its list of recognized religions. It will now formally […]
How the Catholic Priesthood Became an Unlikely Haven for Many Gay Men
Source: Slate Back in March, Pope Francis sparked a wave of headlines when he hinted at the possibility of ordaining married men as priests. Since there’s no evidence that church […]