Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS, LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers […]
Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S.
Source: The Washington Post By Karen DeYoung August 15 at 6:57 PM Donald Trump called Monday for a Cold War-style mobilization against “radical Islamic terror,” repeating and repackaging calls for strict immigration controls — including a new ideological litmus test for Muslim visitors and migrants — and blaming the current […]
How the movies shape a president’s legacy
Source: BBC By Tom Brook 16 August 2016 Movies have influenced the way we remember US presidents from Lincoln to JFK. With two films depicting President Obama heading to cinemas […]
Donald Trump’s Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia
Source: Time By Jeff Nesbit Jeff Nesbit was the communications director to former Vice President Dan Quayle (R-IN) at the White House. He is the author of Poison Tea Russian intelligence agencies have allegedly recently digitallybroken into four different American organizations that are affiliated either with Hillary Clinton or the Democratic Party […]
The Hit-and-Run That Led the NYPD to an Imam’s Alleged Murderer
Source: The Daily Beast By MICHAEL DALY The Hit-and-Run That Led the NYPD to an Imam’s Alleged Murderer Less than 48 hours after an imam and his assistant were gunned […]
Social Media Conversations About Race
Source: Pew Research Center How social media users see, share and discuss race and the rise of hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter BY MONICA ANDERSON AND PAUL HITLIN Americans are increasingly turning to social media for news and political informationand to encourage others to get involved with a cause or movement. Social […]
NY: Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
NYTimes.com 2016/08/16 Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers in Queens, the police said late Monday that a man they had in custody had been charged in the killings.he funeral prayers for the two slain men drew hundreds of mourners. CreditChristopher Lee for The […]
Largest transfer of Gitmo detainees under Obama announced
(CNN) The US announced Monday that 15 detainees have been transferred out of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It’s the single-largest transfer since President Barack Obama took office, […]
Donald Trump calls for ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants to US
Source: BBC US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he would enact “extreme vetting” of immigrants. In a speech in Ohio, the candidate outlined his plans to combat Islamic extremism, including a new screening test for arrivals to the US. Applicants will be tested to determine if they […]
To Clinton and Trump, it’s all about the middle class. To Jesus, it’s about the poor.
Source: The Washington Post By Ryan McAnnally-Linz and Miroslav Volf Finding things that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on is no easy task. ISIS is bad. New York is great. And, a bit more surprisingly: The next president ought to focus on supporting America’s middle class. Clinton’s campaign claims […]
‘Our Community Lost Its Heart’: Queens Imam Is Recalled as Peacemaker
Source: The New York Times By LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK Imam Alauddin Akonjee delivered his weekly sermon on Friday in his quietly powerful manner, drawing, as […]
2 Killings Near Mosque Plunge a Queens Neighborhood Into Fear
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and NOAH REMNICK On Sunday afternoon, Nurul Khan changed clothes after working around his house on a sweltering day and set off […]
American Muslims and the Politics of Division
Declan Walsh ABROAD IN AMERICA AUG. 11, 2016 NYTimes.com The debate “led to an internal moral dilemma,” said Dalia Mogahed, a former adviser to President Obama on faith issues, and now a research director at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. “Finally, here was someone with the moral authority to […]
Bronze for hijab-wearing US fencer Ibtihaj Mohammad
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: Dawn News RIO: Fencer Ibtihaj Mohammad came to the Rio Games determined to show […]
Why You Should Care About Zika
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin The U.S. declared the Zika virus outbreak in Puerto Rico a public health emergency on Friday, which U.S. Health and Human Services says means the virus is a “significant threat” to the territory. The declaration comes amid massive spread of Zika through Puerto Rico, infecting well […]
Milwaukee Officials Call for Calm After Unrest Over Shooting
Source: Time By Gretchen Elke MILWAUKEE (AP) — Simmering anger over the fatal shooting of a man by police erupted in violence on Milwaukee’s predominantly black north side, with protesters skirmishing with officers over several hours and setting fire to at least four businesses in an outburst the mayor says was […]
Trump Spokesperson Says Obama Invaded Afghanistan. He Didn’t.
Source: Huffington Post and Youtube By Sam Stein; Senior Politics Editor, The Huffington Post A spokesperson for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has blamed PresidentBarack Obama for invading Afghanistan ― a foreign […]
Imam and his assistant shot dead in Queens, New York
Source: BBC An imam and his assistant were shot dead as they walked along a street in the New York borough of Queens. The men were approached from behind by […]
Most states allow religious exemptions from child abuse and neglect laws
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM All states prosecute parents whose children come to severe harm through neglect. But in 34 states (as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and […]
Religious Freedom Is A Shield Not A Weapon
Source: Huffington Post By Roy Speckhardt; who is executive director of the American Humanist Association. Religious freedom isn’t an excuse to be a bigot, it isn’t a free license to discriminate, […]