American Muslims Push Themselves Into Political Arena
Source: The Wall Street Journal By JENNIFER LEVITZ and IAN LOVETT MALDEN, Mass.—A mother of three in this Boston suburb, Nichole Mossalam had never planned to run for office. But […]
Subway riders scrub anti-Semitic graffiti, as ‘decent human beings’
Source: The New York Times By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Returning home on Saturday night after a dinner in Manhattan with some longtime friends, Gregory Locke boarded a No. 1 subway […]
Trump ramps up criticism of judge after travel ban setback
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has attacked the judge who blocked his travel ban, saying Americans should blame the courts “if something happens”. Mr Trump also said he had […]
Apple, Facebook and 95 others join legal fight against Trump travel ban
Source: CNN By Jethro Mullen America’s biggest tech firms have stepped into the legal fight against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. A total of 97 companies — including Apple (AAPL, […]
Religious Freedom Advocates Urge Trump to Sign Executive Order
Source: The Daily Signal By Fred Lucas Conservatives and religious groups are calling on President Donald Trump to stand firm on a draft executive order asserting the federal government recognize religious […]
Trump aide repeatedly dodges question on whether US President believes Islam is a religion
Source: Sunday Express Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, repeatedly deflected questions when asked if the US President considers Islam a genuine religion. During an interview on NPR, reporter […]
How Trump’s Presidency Could Become a Dividing Line in the Middle East
Source: Time By Jared Malsin / Cairo Tens of thousands of visas were revoked last week by President Donald Trump’s executive order than bans the citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from […]
Trump bid to restore travel ban rejected
Source: BBC The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means […]
US appeals court rejects White House request to reinstate travel ban
Source: The Guardian The US appeals court has denied the justice department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The ninth US circuit court of appeals […]
Vast Majority of Americans Say Benefits of Childhood Vaccines Outweigh Risks
Source: Pew Research Center Parents of young children support measles, mumps and rubella vaccine requirements but rate the risks higher, the benefits lower. There are not major partisan divisions on […]
US sanctions Iran after missile test
Source: BBC The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Iran following its recent ballistic missile test. The US Treasury Department announced the measures against 13 people and a dozen companies […]
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt February 3 at 9:32 AM Kellyanne Conway’s erroneous ‘Bowling Green massacre,’ explained In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Feb. 2, White […]
NFL players’ union expresses support for Muslim players in wake of Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Mark Maske The NFL Players Association expressed its support Thursday for Muslim players in the league amid the controversy generated by President Donald Trump‘s immigration order. […]
Americans sharply divided along partisan lines over travel ban, Trump: CBS News poll
Source: CBS News By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto Two weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, the country remains sharply divided along partisan lines. […]
Texas Governor Blocks Funding for Austin Because It’s a Sanctuary City
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn Texas’s governor blocked funding this week to Travis County — home to Austin — over the county’s refusal to cooperate with federal authorities on detaining undocumented immigrants. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott withheld $1.5 million in grant money on Wednesday after Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez […]
US-Australia refugee deal: Trump in ‘worst call’ with Turnbull
Source: BBC A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called […]
Non-Muslim Americans wear hijab in solidarity for World Hijab Day
Source: BBC Women in America walked in the shoes of Muslim women by wearing a hijab for World Hijab Day. The BBC asked non-Muslim women why they decided to don […]
Campaign focusing on getting Muslims more active in politics
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP MARCELO BOSTON (AP) — A nationwide campaign to get more Muslim Americans involved in local politics is being launched by a Massachusetts nonprofit. Jetpac Inc. […]
At the National Prayer Breakfast, here’s what evangelicals want next from Trump
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Ask an evangelical why he voted for President Trump and chances are high he will say it was because of the Supreme […]
Trump Vows to ‘Destroy’ Law Banning Political Activity by Churches
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed Thursday to overturn a law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right and […]