Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) Long before the grand opening neared for the Smithsonian’s new museum devoted to African-American history, Amirah Muhammad had a difficult decision to […]
Source: USA Today Catholic Charities announced Thursday it is closing its adoption services and pregnancy counseling. The agency only placed two children in adoptive homes in 2015. Historically low teenage pregnancy rates and greater acceptance of single parenting has meant there was less need for the services. “The world has […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Greg Zingler watched a movie about Mother Teresa six years ago and was awed by the world-famous nun’s compassionate service to the poor. He went […]
Source: Reuters By Joseph Ax | NEW YORK For weeks, some U.S. Islamic leaders worried that the Eid al-Adha holiday would fall on Sept. 11, raising the possibility that some non-Muslims would misinterpret celebrations occurring on the solemn anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks of 2001. Those fears dissipated on […]
•As part of a nationwide campaign to honor and remember the victims of 9/11, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Oshkosh is hosting a Muslims for Life Blood Drive. The Red Cross will be the benefit of blood donations during this drive, which will be Friday, Sept. 9, from 2 to 6 […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER More than 150 million Americans are part of the U.S. workforce, and many of them (butnot all) will spend the Labor Day national holiday away from their desks, cash registers and workbenches. We can’t predict how workers will use their day off, but we do know a fair […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ABIGAIL GEIGERLEAVE A COMMENT American voters are generally skeptical that either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trumpwould make a “great” or “good” president. But another dynamic in the 2016 presidential election is the significant share of voters who say their vote is based more on which […]
Source: BBC A student at a top US university whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 was widely criticised for being too lenient has been […]
Source: AJC.com The Newton County commissioners said Wednesday they plan to lift a moratorium that has prevented a controversial mosque and Muslim cemetery from being built in the area. In […]
Source: CNN By Edward Mejia Davis, CNN Washington (CNN) Twenty-four years after Bill Clinton published “Putting People First,” Hillary Clinton is about to produce her own policy tome: “Stronger Together: A […]
Source: Yahoo News By Caitlin Dickson The days following the terrible March terror attack in Brussels, when an ISIS cell planted bombs that killed at least 35 people injured more […]
Source: The Washington Post By Susan Svrluga A former Islamic extremist who supported al-Qaeda and exhorted others to follow Osama bin Laden has joined George Washington University as a research […]
Source: Associated Press By Ami Taxin NORCO, Calif. (AP) — The Southern California city of Norco markets itself as “Horsetown USA,” and it’s not unusual for cowboy hat-wearing residents to head out for lunch or run errands on horseback in its Old West-styled downtown. Local leaders celebrate that rural, equestrian […]
Source: THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR By Vic Ryckaert An Indianapolis woman who beat her 7-year-old son with a coat hanger is citing Indiana’s religious freedom law as a defense against felony child abuse charges, saying her choice of discipline comes straight from her evangelical Christian beliefs. The woman quoted biblical Scripture in court documents. She said that […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By NATE CARLISLE A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the trial for 11 members of a polygamous sect who are accused of misusing food stamp benefits. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Yvonne Allen went to renew her driver’s license, she wasn’t expecting to discuss the Bible. But she soon found herself trying to […]
Source: The Guardian By Melyssa Haffaf, who is a PhD Candidate in Francophone Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Miami Though I mastered the French language and most […]
Honor the fallen, serve the living: Allen mosque gears up for food giveaway, commemorative blood drive Garrett Cook, gcook@starlocalmedia.com Photo courtesy of Ammar Syed Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey donates blood at a previous Ahmadiyyah Movement blood drive. The Allen mosque will host a blood drive on Sept. 11 to […]
Huff Post: by Jonathan Stempel — Yvonne Allen says her Christian faith compels her to cover her hair in public. The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman’s religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking […]
Source: RNS By Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Dapinder Ahluwalia’s 14-year-old son starts high school next month. Like many parents, she’ll spend the last days of summer ensuring he has the […]