U.S. grand jury indicts man accused of Manhattan terror attack
Source: Reuters BY Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of […]
China church demolition sparks fears of campaign against Christians
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians […]
Why South Africa is laying a welcome mat for Muslim visitors
Source: CNN Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) – With more than one million visitors in 2016, Cape Town already ranks highly among the most popular destinations in Africa. But South Africa’s legislative capital […]
Tunisia: Jewish population determined to stay despite anti-Semitic violence
Source: DW Tunisia has declared itself a multi-faith state. But the attack on the Jewish school in Djerba shows that radical anti-Semitism has its adherents in Tunisia, too – primarily […]
What is the Shia-Sunni divide?
By Ken Chitwood | June 8, 2017 A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2017. Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA via Reuters (The […]
New York Times Responds To Backlash From Mormons Over Late Leader’s Obit
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg GEORGE FREY/GETTY IMAGES Thomas Monson, the late president of the Mormon church, died at the age of 90 on Jan. 2. More than 160,000 people have signed a petition urging The New York Times to rewrite its obituary for Mormon leader Thomas Monson, who died […]
God’s Existence and Natural Disasters
Source: The longest serving Muslim publication of North America: Muslim Sunrise Winter 2017 volume November, 2017 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hurricane season […]
Muslims May Become America’s Second-Largest Religious Group By 2040, Pew Report
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla MUSLIM GIRL VIA GETTY IMAGES The Pew Research Center estimates that Muslims make up about 1.1 percent of Americans. America’s Muslim population is growing […]
Sharia for New Year’s
Source: Gate Stone Institute By Bruce Bawer, who is the author of the new novel The Alhambra (Swamp Fox Editions). His book While Europe Slept (2006) was a New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The same reporters and commentators who insist that it is absurd to worry about sharia coming […]
Canada: Trudeau’s Support for Islamists a Warning to America
by Thomas Quiggin January 9, 2018 at 4:30 am https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11679/trudeau-support-islamists Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has an nine-year long record of supporting the Islamist cause while refusing to engage with reformist Muslims. Perhaps most disturbing were Trudeau’s comments to a gathering of Islamist front groups: he told them that he […]
Germany worried about ‘imported anti-Semitism’ after immigrant protests
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan (RNS) — Germany is rethinking its approach to combating anti-Semitism after a protest against President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital turned the […]
Pakistan’s Transgender Women, Long Marginalized, Mobilize For Rights
Source: NPR BY DIAA HADID In a Muslim shrine in Lahore’s ancient quarter, men and women pray around the tomb of a local saint. They hurl garlands and flower petals toward […]
Tunisia arrests 237 in clashes with protests as Jewish school gets attacked
Source: Reuters By Tarek Amara, Ulf Laessing TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police arrested 237 people, including two Islamists, for attacking police stations and government buildings and for vandalism in anti-government protests, […]
Oprah: Prophet, Priestess … Queen?
Source: The New York Times In the fall of 2014, Oprah Winfrey ran a “transformative two-day live event,” a traveling roadshow that was held in eight cities around the country. For this […]
Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump Promote the Same Populist Theology
Source: Time By ELIZABETH DIAS January 9, 2018 Oprah Winfrey’s public image could not be more different from Donald Trump’s. While the longtime talk show host is famous for getting her […]
How US mosques are dealing with Muslims’ mental health issues
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — They meet in a conference room on the second floor of the Islamic Association of Raleigh, a therapist and a member […]
An American Muslim Preacher Faces His Own Mortality
Source: NPR BY LEILA FADEL On a recent night in Chicago, a Muslim preacher sits on the floor in the center of an ethnically mixed and mostly young group of men […]
Mohammed bin Salman’s Next Saudi Challenge: Curtailing Ultraconservative Islam
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Margherita Stancati Updated Jan. 10, 2018 7:16 a.m. ET ABHA, Saudi Arabia—Arwa Alneami wanted to be an artist ever since she was a child. […]
Exiled Iranian royal sees chance to end the Islamic Republic
Source: Associated Press By BRADLEY KLAPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — Reza Pahlavi concentrates intently on the little cellphone in his hand, scrolling through clips of chanting Iranians and explaining why the […]
Joe Arpaio, the Controversial Sheriff President Trump Pardoned, Is Running for Senate
Source: Time (PHOENIX) — Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Flake. The 85-year-old Arpaio is a […]