Huff Post: by Karol Kuruwala — The video has a surprising (and haunting) twist. DONT NORMALIZE HATE / YOUTUBE Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War I Confronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, […]
The humor writer Andy Borowitz recently joked that Donald Trump had been named the Kremlin’s “employee of the month.” I giggled at that, and then winced. It’s painful even to joke about. Nicholas Kristof JAN. 14, 2017 NYTimes.com Some of the most explosive reports about America in the last few days appeared in Israeli newspapers. They […]
Source: Religion News Service By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) A Washington man was arrested on charges of setting fire to an Islamic center in Bellevue, Wash., authorities said. Isaac Wayne Wilson, […]
Source: Time BY Katie Reilly President-elect Donald Trump suggested Friday that he would be open to ending U.S. sanctions against Russia. Trump said that “at least for a period of time,” […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with […]
Source: Time By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin / AP (CHICAGO) — Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias […]
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on […]
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives has taken the first step toward demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare. Republicans passed a budget measure to introduce […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner January 11 U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure calling for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest Islamist organizations in the Middle East, […]
Source: Time By John R. Kasich Kasich is the governor of Ohio. ‘We must find in ourselves once again the courage to stand up for our values internationally’ It is conventional […]
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have been unafraid to contradict their future boss. In confirmation hearings this week, five of the President-elect’s nominees have distanced themselves from […]
Source: CNN By Frida Ghitis Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed […]
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey For decades, Billy Graham was perhaps America’s most famous religious figure, someone who could draw hundreds of thousands to evangelistic “crusades,” someone […]
Source: Associated Press By KARIN LAUB RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians are ringing alarm bells over Donald Trump’s stated intention to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel to […]
Source: The Siasat Daily Omar held the Qur’an during her swearing-in ceremony, becoming the second person to do so after Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim US congressman and […]
Source: Time BY Mellisa Chan President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday denied and denounced an unsubstantiated report that said Russia had compromising information about him, calling it an “absolute disgrace” during […]
Source: Buzzfeed News By Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions said he would not support a ban on Muslim immigrants to the US based solely on […]
Source: BBC Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the pair met to discuss vaccines and immunisations. However, a spokeswoman for Mr Trump, Hope Hicks, told Reuters that “no […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Marina Fang Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post President Barack Obama in his farewell address to the nation Tuesday argued that empathy for those who are different […]