2 Mississippi churches transcend racial barriers after arson
Source: Fox News GREENVILLE, Miss. – Back in the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. observed that Sunday morning is the most segregated time of the week in America, […]
Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of the architects of the program, Kris Kobach, to his […]
Malloy Says He Will Fight Attempts To Restrict Refugees
Source: Hartford Courant BY Alaine Griffin Contact Reporter At a gathering that included refugees from Syria and their advocates, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that he does not expect federal policies regarding resettlement to change, but promised to fight any attempt by the federal government to restrict refugees based on […]
Town that denied mosque sued by federal government
Source: New Jersey Advance Media NEWARK – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Bernards Township, alleging it violated federal law in its denial of the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge’s plan […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Fitchburg organize ‘Coffee, Cake, and True Islam’ at Bait-ul-Zikr Mosque
Source: https://www.evensi.us/coffee-cake-and-true-islam-ahmadiyya-muslim-community/192741350 Coffee, Cake, and True Islam Saturday 26 November 2016 5:00 PM Saturday 26 November 2016 6:00 PM Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Fitchburg, MA. chapter › Coffee, Cake, and True Islam AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY FITCHBURG, MA. CHAPTER 370 MAIN STREET, FITCHBURG, 1420, MA, UNITED STATES
USA: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque Portland overwhelmed by messages of support from locals
Source: http://katu.com/news/local/local-muslim-community-overwhelmed-by-messages-of-support by Catherine Van, KATU News \ Saturday, November 19th 2016 http://katu.com/embed/news/local/local-muslim-community-overwhelmed-by-messages-of-support Picture of the anonymous note left on the mosque in Southwest Portland. PORTLAND, Ore. — The FBI says 2015 saw the highest spike in hate crimes against Muslims since 9/11, and local Muslims feel the impact. While many feel uneasy […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’S Mubarak Mosque in Chantilly ‘Vandalized’ With Messages Of Love <3
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/muslim-allies-supporters-decorate-mosque-sidewalk-chalk_us_58335b44e4b030997bc0cb6f Elyse WanshelAssociate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post TARIQ AMJED Chalk it up to spreading hope. Messages of love, compassion and support scrawled on the sidewalk of a mosque in Virginia is making folks on Twitter cry happy tears. On Sunday, members of the Mubarak Mosque in Chantilly, Virginia were delighted […]
Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association Montreal welcomes women of all faiths to its 8th annual peace conference: “Peace in the World – Our Contribution”
Source: http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/ahmadiyya-muslim-association-presents-annual-peace-conference-1.3170181 Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presents, Annual Peace Conference Published Monday, November 21, 2016 1:51PM EST Name of the event: Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presents, Annual Peace Conference Date: Sunday December 4th, 2016 Time: Registrations begin at 1:30PM and the main event will be between 2:00PM and 3:30PM. Free meetings with other women and visits […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Monroe thanks police & fire departments for their services
Source: http://www.monroemonitor.com/2016/11/21/monroe-police-fire-appreciation-week/ By: Chris Hendrickson Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Outreach Director Waqas Malik thanked the police and fire departments for their service. “I am particularly appreciative of the work that these two departments do,” Malik said. “In the teachings of Islam there is a very fundamental teaching, which says that ‘Let there […]
Trump should heed French economist Piketty and levy an Islamic tax
Source: Religion News Service By Tahir Nasser is a 27-year-old physician and a regular contributor and commentator in British media. Find him on Twitter: @TahirNasser “Why did America vote for Donald Trump?” is […]
Suspect in Shooting Death of San Antonio Detective Says He Wants to Apologize
Source: ABC News By JULIA JACOBO MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN A man suspected of fatally shooting a San Antonio, Texas, police detective said he wished to apologize to the slain officer’s family. A SWAT team arrested 31-year-old San Antonio resident Otis Tyrone McKane around 4:30 p.m. local time on Monday, […]
‘Hijab grab’ defense: As reports of hate crimes spike postelection, Muslim women turn to self-defense
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt November 21 Zaineb Abdulla, 24, is organizing self-defense classes particularly for Muslim women. (Courtesy of Zaineb Abdullah) Zaineb Abdulla says she was about 8 years old the first time someone spit on her for being Muslim. The 24-year-old — who wears a hijab, […]
‘Furious’ Jake Tapper calls CNN banner quoting anti-Semitic language ‘unacceptable’
Source: Philly.com By Rob Tornoe, Staff Writer A “furious” Jake Tapper blasted CNN and his own show, The Lead, for displaying a phrase on Monday night’s show that outraged many […]
NYC mayor: We’ll sue if Trump makes Muslim registry
Source: The Hill BY MARK HENSCH New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) says his city will sue President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration if it implements a national registry for […]
U.S. Holocaust museum alarmed over ‘hateful speech’ by white nationalists
Source: Reuters By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm on Monday over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself making a Nazi salute. The National Policy […]
21 Americans Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom including Karim Abdal Jabbar
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or […]
Thousands of Green Cards Have ‘Simply Gone Missing,’ IG Says
Source: ABC News By GENEVA SANDS Thousands of Green Cards have been mishandled over the past three years, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General report. Electronic system errors have caused at least 19,000 cards to be issued as duplicates or with incorrect information, such as […]
Americans Who Live Near Border Say Trump’s Wall Is Unwelcome
Source: ABC News By FRANK BAJAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS All along the winding Rio Grande, the people who live in this bustling, fertile region where the U.S. border meets the Gulf of Mexico never quite understood how Donald Trump’s great wall could ever be much more than campaign rhetoric. Erecting a […]
US leaving TPP: A great news day for China
Source: BBC The Chinese government will rejoice to hear Donald Trump promise that the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in the White House. For […]
The US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy
Source: Aljazeera by Patrick Strickland FAST FACTS: HOMELESSNESS IN PORTLAND There are at least 4.000 homeless people sleeping on the streets of Portland on any given night But the true number could be much higher as the city only records the homeless on one night of the year Between 2014 and […]