Hawaii Sees Fewer Humpback Whales Returning for Winter
Source: Time But it might not be bad news for the whales Humpback whales are one of Hawaii’s many tourist draws, but this year experts say fewer of them than […]
Keeping Church and State Separate
Source: Huffington Post On January 1, 1802, President Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, who had requested clarification about the meaning of the First Amendment […]
Somali al Shabaab militants use Donald Trump in recruiting film
Source: MSN.com RIYADH, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United […]
Armed protesters take over federal wildlife refuge in Oregon
By Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN Updated 5:28 AM ET, Sun January 3, 2016 (CNN) A group of armed protesters have taken over a building in a federal wildlife refuge […]
The Year is 1915-Just 100 years ago
Dramatic changes have occurred in the last 100 years; what is in store for us in the next?
Clinton Most Admired Woman for 2015
Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time Source: Gallup By Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man […]
Muslim Americans Are More Likely to Reject Violence, Intolerance Than Many Other Americans
Source: Huffington Post By David Bier; Director of Immigration Policy, Niskanen Center and Matthew La Corte; Research Associate at the Niskanen Center Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry Not As A Muslim, But As An American CNN’s Fareed Zakaria gave his take on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s hateful and […]
Top Judge Stands Up For The Constitutional Rights Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Kim Bellware; Reporter, The Huffington Post Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants had a simple message for Muslim-Americans: “You do not stand alone.” The Massachusetts Supreme Court […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Unequivocal Pledge for Secularism
True Islam and the Extremists Problem Assessment: Years after 9/11, our most recent survey data still indicates persisting concerns among Americans and some Muslim Americans on Islam’s view of important […]
Video: New Jersey Teacher Fired After Showing Malala Video
Malala Yousafzai S.St (Malālah Yūsafzay: Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj];[1] born 12 July 1997)[2][3] is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize […]
Las Vegas Strip sidewalk: Driver hits dozens of pedestrians in ‘intentional’ act
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 5:10 AM ET, Mon December […]
Meriden, CT Ahmadiyya Mosque shooter arrested
Suspect in Meriden Mosque Shooting Charged With Hate Crime http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Suspect-in-Meriden-Mosque-Shooting-Arrested-362937201.html The FBI has arrested a man accused of firing shots at a mosque with a high-powered rifle in Meriden and charged him with a hate crime. The shooting at the Baitul Aman Mosque was reported on Nov. 15, just two […]
We Are All Muslim
Source: Huffington Post By Michael Moore; Oscar and Emmy-winning Director Dear Donald Trump: You may remember (you do, after all, have a “perfect memory!”), that we met back in November […]
Muslim Americans Are More Likely to Reject Violence, Intolerance Than Many Other Americans
Huff Post: Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down mosques. He claims that Muslim “hatred is beyond comprehension.” But the truth is that Muslim Americans are not only integrating into U.S. society, but are actuallymore opposed to violence and more tolerant in many ways than many other […]
Politicizing Beyoncé: controversy after university cancels black feminism
http://gu.com/p/4f52k/sbl THEGUARDIAN.COM/MUSIC/2015/12/16 Beyoncé: ‘There is so much to work with.’ Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images when she declared herself a feminist in blazing lights at the 2014 VMAs, Beyoncé ignited a fierce debate among her fans and critics, who questioned her role in the gender equality movement. Since the release of […]
5th Republican Presidential Debate, December 15, 2015, a Muslim Perspective
Epigraph: Jeb Bush: Trump is a chaos candidate and will be a chaos President, if elected. Commentary by Zia H Shah, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The one […]
Wheaton College professor placed on leave after wearing hijab
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: Would they put Mother Mary on leave if she was to revisit? For our collection of articles on Hijab please click here. Source: Chicago Tribune […]
Know whose ideas about Muslims are scarier than Trump’s?
By By Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s weekly program “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics blog […]
I’m Muslim: My ID Is Mom, Wife and Doctor
Source: Huffington Post Written by: Nadia El-Hillal I am a doctor. I studied and worked hard my entire life to have a career that would allow me to serve others […]