Muslims and America a Survey
For our collection of articles to tackle Islamophobia, please click here Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to […]
Pope Francis questions Donald Trump’s Christianity
Source: BBC The Pope has questioned US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. Pope Francis said “a person who thinks only about building walls… and not of building bridges, is not Christian”. The New York businessman supports deporting nearly […]
Obama Says Donald Trump Won’t Be Elected President in 2016
Source: Bloomberg The presidency ‘is not hosting a talk show,’ Obama says Obama says he’ll eventually have opinion on Democratic primary President Barack Obama said Donald Trump won’t be elected president and the Republican primary campaign has alarmed foreign audiences who expect the U.S. to lead the world. “I continue […]
Meet ‘Average Mohamed’, the gas station manager fighting Isis
Source: The Guardian Sometimes, Mohamed Ahmed gets death threats. But that’s to be expected when you’re taking on Isis. “I say a prayer, and I hope nothing bad happens,” said […]
University of Arizona Students Hurl Insults, and Litter, at Mosque in Tucson
Source: The New York Times TUCSON — Rania Kanawati, a Syrian immigrant, was walking to her car after Friday Prayer last month at the Islamic Center of Tucson when a […]
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics to cross US border to see Pope Francis
Source: The Guardian As many as 200,000 Catholics are expected to cross four bridges from El Paso, Texas into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday to see Pope Francis in a […]
Trump’s interview with the devil (COMMENTARY)
Source: RNS (RNS) It’s August 2016. Slipping in the polls to the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump searches for someone notable to interview him. Satan volunteers. The following is a rush transcript of their wide-ranging discussion of American politics. THE DEVIL: Issue No. 1 for me is immigration. For the past […]
Video: Obama takes on Donald Trump
Watch the video in CNN By Stephen Collinson and Theodore Schleifer Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama has a message for Donald Trump — being president is tougher than being on a […]
Sri Srinivasan: The first Hindu on the Supreme Court?
Source: RNS (RNS) Hindus around the world are wondering whether Sri Srinivasan — the name atop many a list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees — will be the first Hindu to serve on the high court. The India-born Srinivasan put his hand on the Hindu holy book, the […]
Can You Put All 44 Presidents in the Right Order?
Source: Time For Presidents’ Day, put your knowledge of American history to the test With all eyes on the people running to replace President Barack Obama in the White House (and the annual holiday celebrating our Presidents around the corner), now’s as good a time as any to test your […]
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Lead in South Carolina Poll
Source: Time Clinton has strong support from black voters in the state Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their respective primary rivals in South Carolina by wide margins, according to a new poll. The billionaire businessman is currently the top choice among likely Republican primary voters in the state, […]
Religion, patriotism, partisanship: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s Presidents’ Day history lesson
Source: Salon If the vague, yet oft-touted, religiosity of presidential wannabes remains a factor in elections these days, there may be a good historical explanation for why that is, beyond […]
Bernie Sanders Spars Over Reparations at Race Forum
Source: Time Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was pressed to answer questions about reparations during a forum on race and economic opportunity in Minneapolis on Friday, a month after he said […]
Donald Trump Might Be Able to Sue Ted Cruz, Legal Experts Say
Source: Time But they’re divided on how a court would handle it Donald Trump continued to push the contentious issue of Ted Cruz’s presidential eligibility on Friday, threatening that he […]
Hillary Clinton versus Bernie Sanders
By Saeed Qureshi With a backlog of the double-digit defeat in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton bounced back with a renewed vigor and robust confidence during the sixth debate […]
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79
Watch a video in CBS Source: CNN By Jamie Gangel, Bill Mears, Evan Perez and Kevin Bohn U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, […]
Is West Virginia Going to Pass a “Get of Jail Free” Bill?
Source: Slate What with New Hampshire primaries and Zika scares and Syria deals, you might have missed that it was also a big week for “religious liberty.” In West Virginia, […]
Teaching about religion in a children’s museum
Source: RNS INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the largest children’s museum in the world, may be a place for fun, but it has also addressed difficult subjects, including […]
The Pope, the Donald, and the wall between them
Source: CNN (CNN)Imagine this split screen: On one side is Donald Trump, repeating his campaign pledge to build a big wall between the United States and Mexico. On the other […]
Trump: Pope Francis doesn’t understand border issues
Source: Crux The day before Pope Francis will arrive in Mexico for the start of a five-day visit that includes a stop along the US-Mexico border, Donald Trump says that Francis […]