Woman ‘fired for wearing hijab’ as boss tells her to ‘keep religion out of the office’
Source: Independent By Rachael Revesz New York A Muslim woman said she was fired as she refused to remove her hijab at work. On the third day at her new job […]
Satanic Temple seeks to start after-school programs in nine US districts
Source: The Guardian After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest […]
Muslim couple kicked off Delta flight for ‘sweating’, saying ‘Allah’ and texting
Source: Independent By Rachael Revesz New York A Muslim couple who accused Delta Air Lines of Islamophobia for throwing them off a flight have spoken of their ordeal for the first time. They said […]
U.S. Public Wary of Biomedical Technologies to ‘Enhance’ Human Abilities
Source: Pew Research Center BY CARY FUNK, BRIAN KENNEDY AND ELIZABETH PODREBARAC SCIUPAC Cutting-edge biomedical technologies that could push the boundaries of human abilities may soon be available, making people’s minds sharper and their bodies stronger and healthier than ever before. But a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. […]
California Recognizes August as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month
Source: NBC News by MONICA LUHAR The California State Assembly voted Monday to pass a resolution that officially recognizes August 2016 as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. The resolution comes at a time of increased anti-Muslim rhetoric, according to a recent civil rights report compiled by the California chapter of the […]
USA: Pakistani American doctor who invented the bionic eye
The man who invented the ‘bionic eye’ ANJUM NIAZ — PUBLISHED FEB 28, 2016 06:32AM DAWN.COM http://www.dawn.com/news/1242055 L PRINT Mark Humayun A Pakistani-American has won the US highest award for technology achievement. Mark Humayun is to receive the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama. It is a “testament to American […]
USA: Convention’s Glare Shakes Up Khans’ American Life
Six minutes and one second. That was all it took for the 66 years of Khizr Khan’s life to become an American moment. It was not something that he could have anticipated. For years, he and his wife, Ghazala, had lived a rather quiet existence of common obscurity in Charlottesville, […]
Jewish groups decry Black Lives Matter platform’s view on Israel
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Dozens of Black Lives Matter organizations jointly released a wide-ranging platform Monday spelling out standpoints on dozens of issues. On almost all of the issues — including education, food insecurity, criminal sentencing and policing — progressive Jewish groups heartily agree. But the new platform’s […]
N.I.H. May Fund Human-Animal Stem Cell Research
Source: The Washington Post GINA KOLATAAUG. 4, 2016 The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday that it was planning to lift its ban on funding some research that injects human stem cells into animal embryos. The N.I.H. announced its proposal in a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the associate […]
Mugshots showing Muslim women without hijabs were ‘a form of public shaming,’ protester claims
Source: The Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Jail officials in Cumberland County, Maine, have a special protocol for taking booking photos of Muslim women who wear hijabs. They’re photographed twice — once while wearing a hijab, and once without. The scarfless photos are never supposed to be seen beyond the walls […]
An American Muslim Fencer Lunges Into U.S. Olympic History In Rio
Source: NPR By HANSI LO WANG Even if fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad doesn’t medal at the Rio Olympics, she is set to make the history books. Once she hits the fencing strip […]
Ryan challenger seeks debate on deporting all Muslims
Source: CNN By Tom LoBianco, CNN Washington (CNN)The Republican challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week that the US should debate deporting all Muslims from the country. “I’m suggesting we have a discussion about it. That’s for sure,” Paul Nehlen said on 560 AM’s “Morning Answer” in Chicago, when […]
Poll: Hillary Clinton Is Beating Donald Trump By 15%
Source: Time By Will Drabold A new poll shows Hillary Clinton jumping to a 15-point lead against Donald Trump in the presidential race. The poll, which comes after both political party conventions, shows Clinton beating Trump 48% to 33% across the country. The McClatchy-Marist poll shows Clinton with one of her […]
President Obama Says Donald Trump’s Claim That Election Will Be Rigged Is ‘Ridiculous’
Source: Time By Daniel White President Obama rebuffed Donald Trump’s suggestion that the general election in November would somehow be rigged, joking that he’d never heard of anyone complaining about cheating before the game was even over. “Of course the election will not be rigged. What does that mean?” Obama said […]
Trump Hates Windmills More Than Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump has many positions on many, many things. Except windmills. He hates them. Bigly. It’s impossible to discern what Donald Trump actually believes, if anything at all, but there is one policy position on which he has never wavered: wind turbines. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/05/donald-trump-hates-windmills-more-than-hillary-clinton.html?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon He fucking hates them, though in true Trump fashion […]
Award winning Ahmadi Muslims at Jalsa Salana USA 2016
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USA: Ahmadiyya Muslims forgive mosque shooter
Ted A. Hakey Jr. was invited to speak at Ahmadiyya Muslim convention in Harrisburg. Source: baltimoresun.com Prophet Muhammad continuously taught that one should forgive the sins of others, which is exactly what the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community demonstrated at their annual convention in Harrisburg, Pa., last week. In November of 2015, […]
American Christianity has long struggled to be on the right side of racial justice
Source: Vox People of faith aren’t exempt from facing each generation’s political and ideological battles. Updated by Victoria M. Massie When Michelle Obama addressed the significance of the first black […]
Newspapers were once full of Bible quotes — and a local professor’s tool lets us learn from them
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer In 1876, a particular verse from the Bible started turning up over and over in newspapers across the United States. 1 Samuel 3:4. “That the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, ‘Here I am.’” Why? At first, Lincoln Mullen was baffled. Mullen built a tool […]