Trump hits back at Buzzfeed report he ‘instructed lawyer to lie’
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has hit back over a news report that he directed his then personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress. Buzzfeed News said […]
Inside the GM plant where nooses and ‘whites-only’ signs hung
Source: CNN By Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner This story addresses hate speech and contains offensive language that may upset some readers. The N-word is spelled out several times in this story to […]
Oregon Man Charged With Hate Crime For Alleged Attack On Sikh Store Owner
Source: Huffington Post An Oregon man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking a Sikh convenience store owner and attempting to steal his turban. Police say Andrew […]
Trump Administration May Have Separated Thousands More Migrant Families Than Initially Thought
Source: Time By COLLEEN LONG AND RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / AP (WASHINGTON) — Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part […]
Israeli museum to drop ‘McJesus’ sculpture after protests
Source: Reuters By Rami Ayyub HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli museum plans to withdraw a sculpture depicting the McDonald’s mascot as the crucified Jesus following protests which briefly united […]
Ukraine OKs property law that could affect 12,000 churches
Source: Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday adopted a bill spelling out procedures for transferring church property after a new unified Ukrainian Orthodox church was granted […]
Thousands flee north-east Nigeria after devastating Boko Haram attack
Source: The Guardian BY Ruth Maclean in Dakar Thousands of people have fled into Cameroon from north-east Nigeria following violent attacks by a faction of the militant group Boko Haram, which looted and […]
New York to become 15th state to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’
Source: NBC News By Dan Avery The New York State Legislature voted Tuesday to ban so-called gay conversion therapy on minors, with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo expected to sign the bill […]
Court rules against Pfizer in religious discrimination suit
Source: Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A woman who said she was fired by a major pharmaceutical company because of her religious beliefs won a court victory Wednesday when […]
‘Blood on your hands’: Scientology blames high-profile critics after deadly Sydney attack
Source: The Washington Post By Kyle Swenson Set on a tree-crowded campus in Sydney’s Chatswood neighborhood, the Church of Scientology’s Australian headquarters is a striking three-story building sprawling over 145,000 square […]
With tears and trepidation, Saudi teen embraces newfound freedom
Source: The Star By NICHOLAS KEUNG More than 10,000 kilometres away from home in Saudi Arabia, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun pauses when asked about the family from whom she fled. Then the […]
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
Source: Associated Press BY Kathy Gannon ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release […]
Tlaib slams ‘anti-Muslim rhetoric’ after Florida official says she might ‘blow up’ Capitol Hill
Source: The Hill BY MORGAN GSTALTER Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday decried “hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric” after a South Florida official accused her of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.” “This […]
50 Jesuits, Including Some From Top-Ranked N.Y. Catholic Schools, Are Named as Abusers
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas The schools are among the most recognizable Catholic institutions in New York, with reputations extending far beyond the church’s followers and the city’s […]
Ethiopia grants refugees right to work and live out of camps
by Nduta Waweru, at 01:00 pm, January 18, 2019, News The Ethiopian government on Thursday passed a law that gave refugees the right to work and live out of camps. […]
Pakistan bans soft music on its flights: Ah, the naya bans in Naya Pakistan!
From Ahmadis to buffaloes and cheese, Naya Pakistan is newly defining the ABC of bans! | 18-01-2019 DailyBite Pakistan, we’ve been informed, is turning over a new leaf. It has a shiny new Prime Minister, Imran Khan, who wishes to build a Naya Pakistan. For this, he’s started early. […]
Planning Commission votes to deny permit for Islamic retreat site near Warrenton
By James Ivancic and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers Jan 18, 2019 The Fauquier County Planning Commission on Thursday, Jan. 17 voted to deny a special exception permit for […]
Hunza Girl Guides win National Award for pioneering environmental project
The.Ismaili | 18 January 2019 | Pakistan The Hunza Girl Guides recently achieved national recognition from the Pakistan Girl Guides Association for their work to protect the natural environment. The […]
Why the BuzzFeed Trump-Cohen story could be the most damning to date
Source: Huffington Post By Aaron Blake Predicting President Trump’s imminent demise has made fools of people since the moment he launched his presidential campaign. But the latest blockbuster story about the […]
Misrepresentation a ‘constant problem,’ says Muslim-American journalist misidentified by Vogue
Source: CNN “Misrepresentation and misidentification is a constant problem if you are Muslim in America,” she continued. “And as much as I work to fight this, there are moments like this where I feel defeated. Tagouri later told CNN that she wasn’t surprised by the mistake, and that it happens […]