I am a heartland Muslim and I don’t think all Trump supporters are racist
Source: Religion News Service By Saeed A Khan The election of Donald Trump has been met by exactly half this country with jubilation and by the other half with extreme […]
“I’m a Muslim for loyalty”, Dania Sohail – A member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/opinions/2016-11-18/op-ed-im-a-muslim-for-loyalty/1776425171546.html I’m a Muslim for loyalty November 18, 2016, 05:00 AM By Dania Sohail Dania Sohail On Nov. 8, Donald J. Trump was named the president-elect of the United States of America. As a young Muslim-American, I originally felt a feeling of total disbelief over these results because of the […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Oshkosh organizes Annual Interfaith Festival of Gratitude
Source: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/life/2016/11/16/thanksgiving-dinner-father-carrs-place-2b/93960770/ The annual Interfaith Festival of Gratitude begins at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grand Opera House in downtown Oshkosh. Preceding the festival there will be a potluck meal at 5 p.m. for people of all faith traditions. The meal will be at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque, 300 N. […]
America’s Schools Have Been Hit With Bigotry And Anti-Semitism Since Election Day
Huff Post: by Antonia Bloomberg — This is frightening. WIKIPEDIA New York University is one of dozens of schools that have been hit by anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist incidents since the election. Reports of anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant incidents at schools around the country have spread rapidly in the days […]
Trump in the White House: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Monday, 14 November 2016 00:00By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout | Interview On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump managed to pull the biggest upset in US politics by tapping successfully into the anger of white voters and appealing to the lowest inclinations of people in a manner that would have probably impressed Nazi […]
How the 2016 election reminded me of growing up in a cult
Source: RNS By Elizabeth Esther (RNS) In the aftermath of this presidential election, I can’t help but see striking similarities between what happened inside the religious cult of my childhood […]
Minnesota archdiocese offers $132 million to settle sex abuse claims
Source: RNS By Steve Gorman (Reuters) The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has offered to pay $132 million to settle hundreds of child sex abuse claims against its clergy under a revised bankruptcy reorganization plan filed in court on Tuesday (Nov. 15). The archdiocese, one of 15 […]
Minnesota court jails leader of Islamic State plot for 35 years
Source: BBC A man described by a US judge as a leader of a group who plotted to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State group has been […]
Teens Who Couldn’t Vote Struggle to Accept President Donald Trump
Source: Time By Katy Steinmetz / Berkeley, Calif By 9 p.m. on Election Night, Maya Raiford-Cohen had started sending texts to her fellow students at Berkeley High School, organizing young people […]
LeBron James to donate $2.5 million for Muhammad Ali exhibit
Source: Washington Post By Matt Bonesteel LeBron James has added to his growing philanthropic portfolio with Thursday’s news that he, his charitable foundation and business partner Maverick Carter will donate […]
US: Kamala Harris says suspicious of Donald Trump’s immigration policies
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/kamala-harris-says-suspicious-of-donald-trumps-immigration-policies-4381752/ The California Senator said she would be staying in Washington DC after the orientation programme to search for a house. Indian-American Kamala Harris, who scripted history by winning a Senate seat, has said she is suspicious of president-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deport 2-3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal […]
Hillary Clinton in emotional post-election speech: ‘Coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest’
Hillary Clinton Full Children’s Defense Fund Speech – Hillary Clinton Makes First Post-Election Speech at Children’s Defense Fund Event, Admits Appearance ‘Wasn’t the Easiest.’
Muslims in Trump’s America: realities of Islamophobic presidency begin to sink in
Thursday 17 November 2016 13.00 GMTLast modified on Thursday 17 November 2016 18.25 GMT Shares 1,366 Eeman Abbasi speaks during a protest on the University of Connecticut campus against the election of Donald Trump. Photograph: Pat Eaton-Robb/AP Guardian.com Fariha Nizam was sleepy and stressed last Thursday morning when she boarded the Q43 bus, which […]
Immigration hard-liner says Trump team preparing for wall, mulling Muslim registry
Source: RNS By Mica Rosenberg and Julia Edwards Ainsley NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could […]
There’s a Startling Increase in Major Depression Among Teens in the U.S.
Source: Time BY Susanna Schrobsdorff Describing teens as moody and angsty is an old cliche. That stage of life is loaded with drama and intense feelings. And it was ever thus—just go back read your high school diary for evidence. But while anxiety and sadness aren’t new phenomena among adolescents, there’s […]
Judge: Feds can pursue suit against Bucks town that rejected mosque
Source: Philly.com by Justine McDaniel, STAFF WRITER A U.S. Justice Department lawsuit against Bensalem Township for refusing to allow a local Muslim group to build a mosque will go forward, a judge ruled this week. The request by Bucks County’s largest municipality to have the suit dismissed was denied Monday […]
The Rise of “Zombie Religious Hospitals”
Source: New Republic BY STEPHANIE RUSSELL-KRAFT November 16, 2016 In 2009, Mindy Swank was 20 weeks into a difficult pregnancy when her water broke. Her doctors said the baby, already suffering from severe anomalies, would not survive, and they recommended she terminate the pregnancy immediately to avoid the risk of […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Indiana and BSU Center hosting “True Islam & teachings of Prophet Muhammad” conference at Ball State University campus
Source: http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2016/11/15/wednesday-conference-set-true-islam/93931626/ Wednesday conference set on ‘True Islam’ The Star Press6:01 p.m. EST November 15, 2016 Buy Photo (Photo: The Star Press) MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Indiana and BSU Center for Peace and Conflict Studies are hosting a conference on “True Islam and teachings of Prophet Muhammad” 5-6 […]
LAPD chief: Police won’t help deport immigrants under Trump
Source: Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck says President-elect Donald Trump’s vows to deport millions after taking office will not affect his department’s longstanding […]
Catholic bishops ask Trump for humane immigration policies
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Monday urged President-elect Donald Trump to adopt humane policies toward immigrants and refugees, as church […]