The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture. It was established by […]
Source: BBC The US Secretary of State has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to save the truce there, following an attack on an aid convoy. In a blistering speech at the United Nations, John Kerry said the future of Syria was “hanging by […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan President Obama announced Tuesday the U.S. will accept 110,000 refugees from around the world in the coming year, a nearly 60% increase in the number of refugees that were welcomed over the past year. Obama called the global refugee crisis a “test of our common humanity” […]
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller Republican nominee Donald Trump called first presidential debate moderator, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, “a Democrat” Monday, despite public records that indicate otherwise. New York State voter registration documents show that Holt has been a registered Republican in the state since 2003. Trump’s comments to […]
Source: The Islamic Monthly By KASHIF CHAUDHRY On July 8, 2016, prominent American Muslim cleric Imam Omar Suleiman gave a brilliant speech at the Dallas Police memorial: “We ask that the […]
Source: BuzzFeed By Zaina Arafat Salam Alaikum, everyone!” Yasemin Kanar, known to her fans as YazTheSpaz, uses the traditional Muslim welcome to greet her 68,000 subscribers at the start of almost […]
Source: http://keyetv.com/news/local/central-texas-muslims-asking-community-to-get-to-know-them Central Texas Muslims ask community to get to know them by Sarah Navoy Tuesday, September 20th 2016 Following the bombing attack in New York City, Texas Senator Ted Cruz suggested the refugee program be put to an end. He said refugees are often disguised and that Muslims tend to […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other world powers have limited ability to solve the most profound challenges facing the world, while […]
Source: Politico By KATIE GLUECK There’s one state where Donald Trump’s ground game appears to be a model of efficiency, rather than a ramshackle operation lacking organizers and field offices: […]
Source: Associated Press By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and EMERY P. DALESIO RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Elected officials may open public meetings by praying according to their chosen religion as long as they don’t pressure observers to join in, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge panel of the […]
Source: Associated Press By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL COLVIN ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of giving “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists Monday, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps groups such as ISIS recruit new fighters. Trump showed no sign of changing and insisted the U.S. should […]
Source: Reuters By Stephen Adler and Parisa Hafezi | NEW YORK Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in an interview on Monday that the United States should “not harbor a […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to hold talks with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in New York this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, in a pair of meetings that illustrate one of America’s more uncomfortable foreign relationships. Al-Sisi […]
Source: Time By Jake Pearson, Jennifer Peltz and Dake Kang / AP NEW YORK (AP) — The man suspected of planting bombs in a New York neighborhood and a New Jersey seaside town may have aimed to inflict carnage incognito, but he didn’t succeed for long in concealing his identity. […]
Report by Mashhod Mirza Chicago Sept. 11, 2016, Glen Ellyn, IL: On the 15th anniversary of the tragic incident of 9/11 when terrorists attacked the twin towers of World Trade Center, New York on September 11th 2001 and when thousands of innocent people had lost their lives while they were […]
Source: Reuters By Dustin Volz and Alex Dobuzinskis A man who stabbed nine people at a mall in central Minnesota before being shot dead is a “soldier of the Islamic State,” the militant group’s news agency said on Sunday, as the FBI investigated the attack as a potential act of […]
Source: The New York Times By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — Hate crimes against American Muslims have soared to their highest levels since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, […]
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Francine Kiefer, Staff writer WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher Coons doesn’t get much sleep. Unlike most senators, the lawmaker from Delaware commutes to the capital […]
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMON Talking about God is pretty standard for American politicians. But a line that has been popping up often in Donald Trump’s recent campaign speeches seems to […]
Source: Time By Jake Pearson and Alicia A. Caldwell / AP NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities questioned several people early Monday after a car stop in New York City as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between several explosive devices found in two states in two days. An […]