Source: Boston Globe By Matt Rocheleau Anti-Muslim incidents at mosques in the United States surged last year, according to a new report that blames the trend on backlash from terrorist attacks and the rhetoric of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. There were nearly 80 incidents — including vandalism, property […]
Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Quran, revered by Muslims, is the centerpiece of a first-of-its-kind exhibition in the United States as the Smithsonian displays exquisitely decorated manuscripts from one of the top Quran collections. The Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery announced Tuesday that “The Art of the Qur’an: […]
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman Contact Reporter There might not be a budget, but Illinois could become the first state with a law on the books that gives Muslims […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) A Muslim civil rights organization says that a record number of groups are spreading hatred of Muslims and have raised more than $200 million in funding […]
Source: BBC The US Senate has rejected plans to tighten gun controls, including the restriction of weapons sales to people on terrorism watch lists. Four proposals were brought before the […]
Source: Time BY Melissa Chan Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. will have to consider the use of racial profiling in the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre, defending […]
Source: Huffington Post Mollie Reilly Deputy Politics Editor, The Huffington Post As President Barack Obama approaches the end of his second term, there’s been much discussion of what his legacy […]
Donald Trump’s Beatitudes Source: Huffington Post By Michael Stark, Christian philosopher, writer, and speaker. Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton secured her position as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rev. Susan Russell; Episcopal priest and activist from Pasadena, Calif. It has become so predictable that you can practically set your clock by it. I’m talking about the point after a national trauma when actual Christianity gets hijacked by someone spewing the kind of hateful, harmful […]
mcclatchydc.com: WASHINGTON: Hours after Mohammad Abdulazeez fired 100 rounds into Chattanooga military offices, gunning down four Marines and a sailor before being killed by police, the emerging story was one of a “lone wolf” jihadist with possible ties to extremist groups abroad. But Abdulazeez’s family made a decision that would […]
Epigraph: Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3) Source: Huffington Post […]
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer The historic concord between the U.S. and Europe made the West safe and rich. Now it’s in danger of collapse For decades, the transatlantic partnership has been crucial tointernational security and the stability of the global economy. Through organizations like NATO, U.S. and European leaders have […]
Source: Politico By TONY ROMM Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it’s done in the past, […]
Source: Politico By KATIE GLUECK 06/16/16 09:37 AM EDT Hillary Clinton wasn’t the first choice of Dearborn’s Muslims. But thanks to Donald Trump’s escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric she’s quickly moving into […]
Source: The Guardian Stephanie Kirchgaessner in New York The Catholic church in Pennsylvania has been accused of employing “mafia-like” tactics in a campaign to put pressure on individual Catholic lawmakers […]
Source: The New York Times By DAMIEN CAVE ORLANDO, Fla. — When Dr. Joseph Ibrahim heard that the attack at the Pulse nightclub may have been linked to terrorism, he […]
Source: The Guardian Sam Levin in Sacramento, California Renee Hale makes her point outside the Verity Baptist church in Sacramento. Photograph: Sam Levin for the Guardian Adele Sakler has struggled […]
Source: Time By Mark Thompson What was surprising about President Obama’s denunciation of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant terrorism policy Tuesday wasn’t the fact that Obama never mentioned Trump by name. He didn’t have to. “We now have proposals from the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States to bar all Muslims […]
Source: NPR Maybe we’re all just taking politics too seriously these days. Eighth-grader Jack Aiello used his 8-minute graduation speech to impersonate Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, President Obama, Hillary Clinton […]
Source: The Washington Post By Alyssa Rosenberg The massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where 49 people were murdered this past weekend, has prompted outrage at the impossibility of gun control in the United States, memorials at and for gay bars, and sharp debates about whether the shooting was primarily […]