New Israel Law Bars Foreign Critics From Entering the Country
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN A banner calling for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel hanging from the Manhattan Bridge in New York during a protest […]
What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common?
Source: Politico By STEPHEN PROTHERO It should have been a simple question: Last week, Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka was asked by a radio host whether the president believed that […]
Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign
Source: Associated Press By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Muhammad Ali’s son and ex-wife declared a “showdown” over religious freedom against President Donald Trump a month after they were detained by immigration […]
Op-Ed: “Quran outlines our duty as to defend churches, synagogues and all places of worship”, American Ahmadi Muslim
Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/letters/ci_30838344/guest-column-i-decry-hatred-against-any-religion GUEST COLUMN: I decry hatred against any religion Sentinel & Enterprise | UPDATED: 03/06/2017 08:26:06 AM EST By Ijaz Ahmed Hundreds of tombstones were vandalized in a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia over the weekend. Hearing about this was both shocking and upsetting. As a Muslim American, I condemn […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts cellphone repair workshop
Source: http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=39564 The Cell Phone Solution posted (March 3, 2017) Last year the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at hosted a cellphone repair workshop. Now, you might think this is trivial – but doesn’t everyone have at least one broken cell phone that needs fixing? Indeed, there’s a growing demand for this type of […]
Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring
Source: Washington Post By Petula Dvorak Columnist March 6 The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning.Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the […]
After Spying on Muslims, New York Police Agree to Greater Oversight
Source: The New York Times By MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN Photo A restaurant on Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens, in an area known as Little Morocco was under surveillance […]
Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools
Source: Miami Herald BY KRISTEN M. CLARK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Students and teachers in Florida’s public schools would more explicitly have the right to say the Lord’s Prayer, pray […]
Muslims in Congress, Democrats blast new Trump travel ban: ‘Muslim Ban 2.0
Source: CNN By Tom LoBianco, CNN Washington (CNN)The two Muslim members of Congress swiftly blasted President Donald Trump’s new version of the travel ban as still targeting Muslim-majority countries — […]
Why Muslim Americans Should Stand With the Transgender Community
Source: Motto By Amara Majeed March 6, 2017 And all other groups whose civil rights are under attack As a Muslim American, I know what it’s like to have my […]
‘Register Me First’ Website Offers An Antidote To Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post “It’s an attempt to help people go from being individuals to being part of a movement.” By Antonia Blumberg President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on refugees and immigration on Monday, signaling a significant step back from earlier policies accused of being Islamophobic and potentially […]
In Israel, Lauding and Lamenting the Era of Trump
Source: The New York Times By IAN FISHER Spencer Pensoneau, right, and Ron Klump reset stones last month at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., where almost 200 […]
Anabaptist in America
Source: Vogue By LAURA REGENSDORF photographed by BELLA NEWMAN “Ever since I was little, my dad and I would have photographic expeditions, and we’d drive out to the beautiful farmland […]
FBI aids in investigation into shooting of Sikh man in Kent
Source: The Seattle Times By Sandi Doughton Seattle Times staff reporter The FBI is helping the Kent Police Department investigate the shooting of a Sikh man who claims his assailant told […]
Why a Yale neuroscientist decided to change careers — and is now becoming a priest
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jaime Maldonado-Aviles, a former neuroscientist at Yale, decided to become a priest at Catholic University’s Theological College in Washington. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) […]
USA: Headstones knocked over at Jewish cemetery in Rochester; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to Assist
Source: http://www.whec.com/news/headstones-knocked-over-stone-road-cemetery/4414501/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls all Americans to stand united against Anti-Semitism March 02, 2017 06:18 PM Headstones at a local Jewish cemetery were recently knocked over. The headstones were knocked over at the Stone Road Cemetery, located on Stonewood Avenue. Sixteen headstones were toppled over at the Stone Road cemetery. […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslim medical students casted in Chris Hemsworth movie “Horse Soldiers”
Source: http://thedo.osteopathic.org/2017/03/bcom-students-cast-in-a-chris-hemsworth-movie-filming-in-new-mexico/ By JESSICA SALOPEK EmailTHURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 When a classmate at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces sent Humza Ahmed, Haris Ahmed and Harris Ahmed a casting call for movie extras, they took it as more of a joke. Humza Ahmed and Haris Ahmed are brothers […]
Phoenix chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community offers support to threatened Jewish centers
Source: http://ktar.com/story/1476615/phoenix-chapter-muslim-group-offers-support-threatened-jewish-centers/ BY KATHY CLINE PHOENIX — The Phoenix chapter of a national Muslim group is standing by to help Jewish victims of threats and violence. “We stand in solidarity with our Jewish-American family, and we stand ready to serve and protect them in any way,” he said. Usman Yahya with Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslim Vet Vows To Defend Jewish Centers Under Siege
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/muslim-vets-jewish-centers_us_58b4e78ae4b0780bac2cb638 Surge of hate crimes is also bringing Americans together. The frightening increase in bomb threats against U.S. Jewish centers and schools and the desecration of Jewish cemeteries has triggered an outpouring of support on Twitter from Muslim veterans offering to protect the sites any time, anywhere. One vet wrote: […]
FBI joins investigation into Sikh man’s shooting
Source: Aljazeera The FBI is helping police in the US city of Seattle hunt for an attacker who shot a Sikh man and told him to “go back to your […]