Mosque bacon attack could get Titusville suspect life in prison
Source: Florida Today An attack on a mosque using raw bacon and a machete could potentially garner a Brevard County man up to life in prison as a result of […]
Lancaster County residents warned their Amish neighbors of tornado alert, saving lives, officials say
Source: PennLive SALISBURY TOWNSHIP – It’s a story of neighbors helping neighbors, pitching in to repair each other’s homes after they were damaged by a massive storm Wednesday night. And the following […]
Georgetown gets $10 million for Holocaust research as Jewish studies grow at Catholic school
Source: The Washington Post Georgetown University, a Catholic institution long known for scholarship on the Arab world, is intensifying its study of Jewish civilization with aid from a series of […]
Bill and Melinda Gates: What superpower do you wish you had?
Source: CNN (CNN)If you could have one superpower, what would it be? We were asked that question recently by high school students in Kentucky. Our answers must have sounded pretty lame to fans of superheroes like Supergirl and the Flash — we simply wished for more energy and time to […]
Muslim Student Association looks to bring understanding, love to Islam dialogue
Source: The Daily Nebraskan The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Muslim Student Association will host “Islam 101” this week to educate students and combat Islamophobia in society. MSA began preparing for the […]
Why Donald Trump’s glitzy style is attracting evangelical voters
Source: The Washington Post Donald Trump seems to be the unlikeliest Republican candidate for evangelical voters, with his three marriages, his ownership of casinos and beauty pageants, and his belated […]
Bernie Sanders Is Jewish, but He Doesn’t Like to Talk About It
Source: The New York Times When Senator Bernie Sanders thanked supporters for his landslide victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, he wistfully reminisced about his upbringing as “the son […]
Why I Left the Right: How Studying Religion Made Me a Liberal
Source: Huffington Post By Susie Meister PhD in Religious Studies, Host of The Brain Candy Podcast It was January 20, 2001, and I was at George W. Bush’s inaugural ball. I […]
Ken Ham of Noah’s Ark, Key to Understand Trump’s Lure
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Donald Trump had a sweeping victory in Nevada, last night, despite his spat with the Pope, his […]
Antonin Scalia death: Senate to block Obama’s court nominee
Source: BBC The US Senate will block a vote on any Supreme Court nominee from President Barack Obama, the Republican Majority Leader in the chamber has warned. Sen Mitch McConnell […]
State to revoke anti-Muslim license plate
Source: SC Times The Minnesota Department of Public Safety apologized Monday for issuing vanity license plates containing a slur against Muslims and said it will revoke them immediately after a photo of the […]
This Marine vet was banned from his kid’s school after objecting to Islam lessons
Source: The Washington Post John Kevin Wood says his daughter’s school has banned him from campus for more than a year, illegally punishing him for raising objections to classroom lessons […]
Life as a Muslim convert in Alabama
Source: Alabama Allie Larbi of Mobile, Ala., who converted to Islam after Sept. 11, 2001, plays with children before prayers at the Islamic American Center of Mobile on December 18, […]
The Pentagon Releases Plan To Close Guantanamo, Despite Republican Opposition
Source: Huffington Post By Jessica Schulberg; Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a long-anticipated plan outlining the steps the Obama administration will take to close […]
Thirteen Years Later, GOP Voters Reject Iraq War and Interventionism
Source: Huffington Post It is official. The voters in the Republican party believe that the war in Iraq was wrong, based on lies, and led to the birth of ISIS. […]
Kentucky Noah’s Ark park developer may alter religious worker rules
Source: Reuters The leader of a group that successfully sued Kentucky to get tax incentives for a Noah’s Ark-themed attraction said on Saturday that the religious organization may hire individuals […]
End-of-Life Option bill sparks emotional debate about personal rights, suicide
Source: Maryland Reporter By Alessia Grunberger In an emotionally charged, eight-hour hearing Friday, more than 30 advocates made heartfelt pleas to lawmakers in an effort to make Maryland the sixth […]
Kalamazoo Shooting Suspect Was an Uber Driver, Company Says
Source: Time The gunman who killed at least six people Saturday during a random shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Mich. was a driver for Uber, the company said. Jason Dalton, 45, […]
Memo to Trump: pork isn’t Kryptonite to Muslims
Haroon Mughal, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/20/donald-trump-pork-not-muslim-kryptonite-bigotry? On Friday night, Donald Trump recounted for his supporters an inaccurate story about John Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, who he alleged decided to summarily execute 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners while helping to put down a rebellion in the Muslim […]
Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outmaneuvered
Source: The New York Times COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jeb Bush dropped out of the presidential race on Saturday, ending a quest for the White House that started with a war chest of $100 million, a famous name and a promise of political civility but concluded with a humbling recognition: In […]