In Orlando, a Son of a Muslim Immigrant Rushed to Heal Pain Caused by Another
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 […]
Protest at church that praised Orlando shooter reveals America’s faultlines
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 […]
What Does the Military Think of Donald Trump?
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 […]
WATCH: 8th-Grader Nails Impersonations Of Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders
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 […]
How to make ‘thoughts and prayers’ meaningful again
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 […]
Republicans Prefer Blunt Talk About Islamic Extremism, Democrats Favor Caution
Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to justify their actions Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president […]
Is Islam Responsible For The Orlando Nightclub Shooting?
Source: Huffington Post By Todd Green, Ph.D. Author, “The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West” Donald Trump wasted little time after the news broke of the […]
Seattle Man Arrested For Threatening Mosque On Facebook
Source: BuzzFeed News By Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter A man who was arrested in Seattle on Tuesday after making violent threats on social media against an area mosque is being […]
Southern Baptist leader defends religious liberty for Muslims
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Southern Baptists are usually the first to defend religious freedom. But when it comes to Muslims, some want to draw a line. At their annual […]
Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
Source: Reuters BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that […]
Obama, Dalai Lama anger China with White House meeting
Source: Associated Press By DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama thanked the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for offering condolences after 49 people were killed in the worst mass […]
Muslim leaders push back against Trump for incendiary speech in wake of massacre
Source: Washington Post By Joel Achenbach and Lateshia Beachum The Council on American-Islamic Relations had planned to hold a news conference Tuesday unveiling a report on Islamophobia, including the rise […]
‘Not the America we want’: Obama blasts Trump’s Muslim plans
Source: Associated Press By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as […]
I’m a Dad of 3 Boys. I Married a Rape Victim—& I Have Something to Say to Brock Turner’s Father
faithit.com: by Kyle Suhan — Sex is always intentional, and they are going to understand that even consensual sex needs to be cared for with the utmost delicacy. ‘That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life. The […]
Here Are 4 Concepts In Islam Muslims Wish You’d Talk About More
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor For years, Islam has been misunderstood and politicized by American pundits and politicians. The consequences of this climate are evident in the growing number of anti-Muslim incidents that are occurring across the country. Although it’s a ridiculously unfair burden to put on American Muslim […]
The Orlando Shooting Is a Haunting Reminder of Just How Many Guns Are in America
Source: Time By Jacob Davidson The U.S. has more firearms than any other country in the world. At least 50 people died and more than 50 were injured after a gunman identified by police as Omar Mateen opened fire in a crowded Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, the worst mass shooting […]
I’ve studied radicalization – and Islamophobia often plants the seed
Source: The Guardian: By Sarah Lyons-Padilla, who is a research scientist at Stanford SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world Questions The evidence shows that alienating an entire religious community, as Donald […]
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to Meet as Democrats Head for Truce
Source: Time By Sam Frizell How the two rival campaigns are finally talking to each other In the bright lights of the political revolution, Bernie Sanders does not sound like a […]
Orlando shooting: Vigils held around world to honour victims
Source: BBC Vigils have been held in Orlando, Florida, and around the world for the victims of Sunday’s deadly gun attack on a gay nightclub. A Muslim cleric told those […]
White House: Obama will not call it ‘radical Islamism’
Source: Politico By NICK GASS When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s pronouncement earlier Monday that “radical Islamism” and “radical jihadism” are “the same thing” in discussing the Orlando, Florida, terrorist […]