Source: BBC Senator John McCain and other Republican leaders have condemned Donald Trump’s remarks about the family of a fallen US Muslim soldier. Mr McCain said Mr Trump did not have an “unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us”. Mr Trump has come under fire for […]
Source: Time By Jim Vertuno/AP Jon Herskovitz—ReutersA student walks at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on June 23, 2016. Texas is one of the only states to guarantee […]
Source: Huffington Post By Lee Moran Trends Editor, The Huffington Post A shooting in a busy area of downtown Austin, Texas, early Sunday left one person dead and four people injured, police said. One woman in her 20s was killed after an unidentified gunman opened fire into a crowd of people […]
Source: Upprox BY: ANDREW ROBERTS Khizr Khan and wife Ghazala have responded to Donald Trump’s comments on the outspoken father’s speech at the DNC, carrying a far angrier tone than […]
Source: Time By Simon Shuster One afternoon in the fall of 2014, Konstantin Sivkov, a well-known strategist in Russia’s military and intelligence circles, invited me out to a Russian eatery […]
Source: Time (LOCKHART, Texas) — Authorities confirmed Sunday that 16 people were killed in the fiery crash of a hot air balloon in Central Texas, saying it will take “a long process” to identify the victims of the worst such disaster in U.S. history. Although the National Transportation Safety Board […]
Source: theridgewoodblog.net Political Leaders Join Muslims To Discuss True Islam Oldest annual Muslim conference draws public officials to confront extremism Harrisburg PA, Martin O’Malley, former Governor of Maryland and U.S. Presidential Candidate, is one of many political leaders who will be speaking at the longest running annual Muslim convention in […]
Source: Politico By SAMUEL OAKFORD The United Nations has long been bullied by its most powerful members, and U.N. secretaries-general have usually been forced to grit their teeth and take […]
Source: ABC News By STEVE TURNHAM In his first response to a searing charge from bereaved Army father Khizr Khan that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for his country, Donald Trumpclaimed that […]
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency A New Jersey township is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate haredi Orthodox community leaders for alleged “blockbusting,” or trying to pressure large numbers of longtime homeowners into selling their property to Orthodox Jews. The incident is the latest example of tensions between […]
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1#tpp-deal John Kasich OHIO GOVERNOR “Typical politician” “can’t make a deal work” “mathematically dead and totally desperate” “will drop like a rock in the polls” “only looks O.K. in polls against Hillary because nobody views him as a threat and therefore have placed ZERO negative ads against him” “bought and […]
Source: RNS By David Gibson PHILADELPHIA (RNS) If there is one constant in this unconventional presidential campaign it is the unpredictability — and importance — of the Catholic vote. Once […]
Source: Yahoo News By Amy Sullivan Television viewers who watched day two of the Democratic National Convention may have noticed signs with the words “Do All the Good” blanketing the crowd in the Wells Fargo Center. If they tuned in to day three, they probably heard vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine […]
Source: CNBC By Fred Imbert Abdul-Jabaar: Trump’s ideas on Muslims ‘tyrannical’ PHILADELPHIA — The NBA’s all-time leading scorer had some harsh words about Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s views and ideas pertaining […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Igor Bobic Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post PHILADELPHIA ― The father of a Muslim American war hero addressed the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, delivering a […]
Source: BBC By Erin Block Wildland firefighter Grant Davis is called to fight some of the most remote fires in the US – but to reach them, he must first […]
Source: Time Hillary Clinton strode into history books Thursday night with a call for Americans to rally behind her. “Join us” was a refrain as she moved toward the end […]
Epigraph Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change their attitude and that which is in their hearts. (Al Quran 13:11/12) How Hillary Clinton defined her historic moment […]
Source: Huffington Post President Barack Obama offered a moving vision of optimism for the United States on Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention and made it clear why he believes […]
Source: buckscountycouriertimes.com A small contingent of Muslims from Bucks County are among more than 5,000 people expected to attend a three-day spiritual conference in Harrisburg. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will lead the annual peace conference, which aims to “reach into Islam’s fundamentals as practiced by Prophet Muhammad to teach how to be […]