a sign that frustration is growing in Congress over Saudi Arabia, a bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers have signed a letter seeking to delay the Obama administration’s planned sale of $1.15 billion in arms and military equipment to Riyadh. The letter, addressed to President Barack Obama, cites the growing number […]
Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, Huma Abedin, said Monday that she intended to separate from her husband, Anthony D. Weiner, the former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate, after it was reported that Mr. Weiner had exchanged suggestive images and messages with a woman while the couple’s young child was beside […]
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL MACON, Ga. (AP) — There are two First Baptist Churches in Macon — one black and one white. They sit almost back-to-back, separated by […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Four months ago, as Hillary Clinton turned her attention from the Democratic primary toward a fall race against Donald J. Trump, […]
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, saidFrench bans on full-body burkini swimsuits will cause a division in the country, making it more […]
By Elliot Friedland, Sun, August 28, 2016 Shireen Qudosi was banned after publicizing a spat with prominent Muslim leader Javed Ali, who accused her of being a corrupt neocon stooge.Facebook has intervened in a political dispute between Muslim reformist and activist Shireen Qudosi and Muslim leader Javed Ali by banning Qudosi […]
Source: Pew Research Center Most Clinton, Trump backers favor stricter background checks For the past several years, large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans have favored making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks. Today, this proposal draws support from 90% of registered voters who […]
Source: Time Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity The 2016 presidential election’s most powerful super PAC is the one backing Democrat Hillary Clinton. That group, known as Priorities USA Action, has aired about 36,000 TV ads since mid-May, according to data provided to theCenter for Public Integrity by ad […]
Source: Time Lauren Chadwick and R. Jeffrey Smith / Center for Public Integrity The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars since 2001 funneling roughly more than a million assault rifles, […]
Source: https://islamindallas.org/2016/08/25/need-help-with-food/ Need help with food? AUGUST 25, 2016Posted in GENERAL North Texas Food Bank and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides food supplies to the needy family in North Texas. If you are in need of supplies, or if you know a family in need, please note that NTFB will be distributing […]
Source: Independent By Siobhan Fenton, Dina Rickman Ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis have banned women from going to university, The Independent has learned. The strict Satmar sect issued the decree, seen by The […]
Source : The New York Times Michael Barbaro A quick quiz about presidential candidates and their religions. John F. Kennedy? Easy: A Catholic. George W. Bush? A born-again Christian, who found God in midlife and frequently talked about it. Mitt Romney? A Mormon, the first to clinch his party’s nomination. […]
Source: BBC On 25 August, the United States National Park Service celebrated its centennial. To mark the occasion, Earth Capture photographer Shreeni Manievannan has carefully selected 25 of his favourite […]
Source: BBC The governor of Maine has said that people of colour were enemies of his state, and appeared to suggest they should be shot. Speaking about Maine’s effort to […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post American religion is in a state of flux. Religious “nones,” a category that includes atheists, agnostics and those with […]
Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/islamahmadiyya/2016/08/turkey-and-the-isis-conundrum/ Turkey and The ISIS Conundrum August 24, 2016 by Qasim Rashid 7 Comments by Nayyar Ahmed Turbulent times as Turkey faces yet another tragic attack. While the world celebrates the end of Rio Olympics with all its glory, a suicide bomber struck at a wedding claiming over 50 innocent […]
Source: Time The public’s introduction to the couple came on the campaign trail in 2007, but the Obamas’ story began nearly two decades earlier when Michelle Robinson was assigned to […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan Hillary Clinton did not mince words at a rally in Nevada on Thursday, arguing that Donald Trump is “taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over” the Republican Party. “This is what I want to make clear today: a man with a long […]
Source: Associated Press By JOSH LEDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER FILE – In this July, 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media. WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkey says the United States is legally bound by a treaty to immediately hand over Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim […]