Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion
Source: Pew Research Center 23% say they have shared a made-up news story – either knowingly or not BY MICHAEL BARTHEL, AMY MITCHELL AND JESSE HOLCOMB In the wake of […]
‘Tis the season for animal rights
Source: RNS By Ben Williamson (USA Today) At this time of year, we often see animals subjected to cruel holiday stunts or treated as living props in our confusing pageantry. […]
President Obama Warns Russia Over Hacking: Don’t ‘Do This To Us Because We Can Do Stuff to You’
Source: Time President Obama sent a warning to Russia and any other countries looking to engage in cyberattacks against the U.S. during his final press conference from of 2016 on […]
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally in Trump
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol ISTANBUL — The election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the United States came as […]
Justice department sues Michigan city over denial of proposed mosque
Source: The Guardian BY Ryan Felton in Detroit The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied […]
Life in Prison or a Death Sentence Are the Only Options for Dylann Roof
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Collins and Meg Kinnard / AP CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag is gone from South Carolina’s Statehouse. The bullet holes have been patched in Emanuel […]
Chinese Navy Warship Seized an American Drone in the South China Sea
Source: Time BY Phil Stewart / Reuters (WASHINGTON) — A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China […]
The U.S. Will Take Action Against Russian Hacking, President Obama Says
Source: Time By Bradley Klapper and Josh Lederman WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, […]
Trump election: Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey America lacks hope
Source: BBC Her husband repeatedly used messages of hope in his presidential campaigns and during his time in office. But US First Lady Michelle Obama has struck a much less […]
Video: The Legacy Of Barack Hussein Obama – Fareed Zakaria
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, with special enthusiasm, as he does share the middle name with the President.
Corpus Christi, Texas, residents warned to avoid tap water
Source: BBC Residents of a Texas city have been warned by officials not to drink or bathe in the tap water because of a chemical contamination. Wednesday’s advisory applies to […]
Rex Tillerson, Establishment Protestant secretary of state
Source: RNS By Mark Silk It is amusing, if you’re into gallows humor, to find Family Research Council Tony Perkins with his knickers in a twist over President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
Ted Talk: Islamophobia killed my brother. Let’s end the hate
On February 10, 2015, Suzanne Barakat’s brother Deah, her sister-in-law Yusor and Yusor’s sister Razan were murdered by their neighbor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The perpetrator’s story, that he […]
17 Muslim American Women Who Made America Great In 2016
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — If there was ever a year that needed Muslim women to show the world just how great America already is, 2016 was it. Muslim Americans continue to face rising intolerance and Islamophobia as a result, in part, of aggressive attacks on their community by politicians and […]
Why Russia Is Excited About Donald Trump’s Pick for Secretary of State
Source: Time BY Simon Shuster / Berlin Although Vladimir Putin has no shortage of energy executives on his payroll, the Russian President likes to negotiate oil and gas deals personally. He […]
Outgoing attorney general urges American Muslims to have faith
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner December 12 at 10:40 PM Outgoing Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on Monday urged Americans, and specifically American Muslims, to have faith and […]
2. Discrimination and conflicts in U.S. society
Source: Pew Research Center The public makes clear distinctions in assessing the extent to which some groups in the society face discrimination today. A large majority of Americans (82%) say […]
In a push against anti-Muslim hate crimes, U.S. attorney general set to visit mosque
Source: Los Angeles Times Amid a rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes since the presidential election, U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch plans to make her first visit to a mosque while […]
Methodist church eases post-election fears for Muslim, minority artists
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Malik Gillani remembers the first day his world turned upside down. It was Sept. 11, 2001, the day terrorist attacks cast a cloud of […]
Man stabs worshiper near Simi Valley mosque in hate crime, police allege
Source: Los Angeles Times A 29-year-old Simi Valley man has been arrested and booked on suspicion of committing a hate crime after he stabbed an apparent worshiper near a mosque, […]