How to Score Free Flights Now
Source: Money By Martha C. White If you think frequent-flier programs are too complicated to figure out, you’re not alone. A study in June by the U.S. Department of Transportation found […]
President Obama and Turkey’s Erdogan Prepare for an Awkward Meeting at the G20
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul President Obama is set to hold talks with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China on Sunday, and […]
Trump is conning believers about his faith, author says
Source: Religion News Service Book review by Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. (RNS) […]
“My Reminiscences of Professor Abdus Salam” by Hardev Singh Virk
My Reminiscences of Professor Abdus Salam by Hardev Singh Virk Visiting Professor, SGGS World University, Fatehgarh Sahib-140406, India Email: hardevsingh.virk@gmail.com In summer of 1972, after submission of my doctoral thesis in Marie & Pierre Curie University of Paris, I took a train to Sarajevo in Bosnia (Yugoslavia) to spend my holidays […]
USA: The Disgusting Breitbart Smear Campaign Against the Immigrant Owner of Chobani
Source: The Daily Beast By JAMES KIRCHICK Hamdi Ulukaya is the model American immigrant success story. In 2005, the Turkish-born Kurdish entrepreneur purchased a defunct Kraft foods plant in […]
Hundreds at New York mosque mourn woman murdered in ‘hate crime’
theguardian: by Mazin Sidahmed — Nazma Khanam’s death comes just weeks after two men were shot in the back of the head after midday prayers, rocking the Queens Bangladeshi community The NYPD has no leads on who the killer is or what the motive may be, but many members of […]
New Smithsonian museum features stories of African-American faith
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 […]
Catholic Charities to stop adoption, pregnancy services
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 […]
Mother Teresa’s nuns still quietly serve the poor at D.C. convent
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 […]
U.S. Muslims relieved Eid holiday to fall day after September 11 anniversary
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 […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Oshkosh hosting “Muslims for Life” Blood Drive to honor the victims of 9/11
•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 […]
10 facts about American workers
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 […]
For many voters, it’s not which presidential candidate they’re for but which they’re against
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 […]
Brock Turner: Stanford sex attack swimmer freed from jail
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 […]
Newton County to lift moratorium on mosque, cemetery
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 […]
Hillary Clinton’s new book underscores Democratic Party’s leftward shift since 1992
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 […]
As another 9/11 anniversary nears, New Jersey Muslims eye Trump warily
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 […]
George Washington University hires a former al-Qaeda recruiter
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 […]
Indian-Americans, ‘Horsetown USA’ clash over building plans
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 […]
Son had 36 bruises. Mom quoted the Bible as defense.
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 […]