Brussels bomb suspect was Moroccan and ‘known to police’
Source: BBC News A man suspected of setting off a bomb at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday has been identified as a 36-year-old Moroccan from a city district that has […]
Breaking Fast With Uncle Sam in Paris
Source: The New York Times By AKRAM BELKAÏD PARIS — On June 8, I was invited to break the Ramadan fast at the residence of the United States ambassador. It […]
The Silence of the Lambs
Source: New Republic Are Protestants concealing a Catholic-size sexual abuse scandal? BY KATHRYN JOYCE June 20, 2017 It was a hot day in July, a Saturday afternoon, and Kim James […]
Ken Ham disputes reports the Ark Encounter is sinking
Source: Religion News Service By Emily McFarlan Miller | June 19, 2017 The full-scale Noah’s Ark replica at the Ark Encounter during a preview of the park on July 5, […]
12-year-old girl comes out to her Mormon congregation
Source: CNN By Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN)Savannah, 12, made a decision this January; she was going to come out as lesbian at her Mormon Church. Nothing was going to […]
Supreme Court Rules Former Detainees Cannot Sue Bush Administration Officials
Source: NPR BY MERRIT KENNEDY The Supreme Court has ruled that six men detained after the September 11 attacks are not legally able to sue top officials from the Bush […]
Arabia: Saudi King upends royal succession, names son Salman as 1st heir
Riyadh, June 21 , Tribune India Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince, placing him firmly as first-in-line to the throne and removing the country’s counter-terrorism czar and a figure well-known to Washington from the royal line of succession.Crown Prince Muhammad […]
Why Do Muslims Fast?
Source:/www.academia.edu Certain truths are by nature evident and need not be discussed in normal circumstances. But,in a day and age when the most evident truths are shrouded by the clouds of doubts and questioned, one is forced to discuss even the most obvious of them. One such truth is the necessity for […]
Saudi Arabia’s king deposes crown prince, promotes son as successor
Source:CNN In a surprise reshuffle at the top of Saudi Arabia’s royal hierarchy, the country’s king has deposed his nephew as crown prince in favor of his son, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. Mohammed bin Salman will now be first in line to succeed his father King Salman as ruler […]
‘Deadlier than terrorism’ – the right’s fatal obsession with red tape
Guardian: Everyone loves to hate “red tape”. The EU rules and regulations that supposedly restrict Britain’s freedom were the primary theme of the non-racist wing of the leave campaign during the referendum. Brexit, we continue to be told by its champions, is a golden opportunity to make a “bonfire of […]
Muslims today face a deep malaise. We must confront it
Source: The Guardian By Nabil Echchaibi My existential crisis as a Muslim man haunts me to the core of my being. Amid the horrendous nihilism of Isis, the dull orthodoxy of […]
UK PM May says Islamophobia is a form of extremism, marking shift in rhetoric
Source: The Guardian By Alan Travis Home affairs editor The prime minister had previously made it clear her ‘drive against extremism’ was aimed at radical Islamist ideology Theresa May’s Downing […]
Suspect in London Mosque Attack Is Facing Terror Charges
Source: Time Associated Press 9:17 AM ET (LONDON) — British media have identified the suspect held in connection with the van attack outside a London mosque as Darren Osborne, from […]
Uber’s Finance Head Leaves Amid $708 Million Loss
Source: Fortune Uber Technologies Inc’s head of finance is leaving as the ride-hailing company reported continued big losses for the first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The […]
The Killing of a Muslim Teen in Virginia is Being Investigated as Road Rage, Police Say
Source: Time By Ryan Kilpatrick 4:31 AM ET Police in northern Virginia say they are investigating the killing of a Muslim teenager Sunday as an incident of road rage. Fairfax […]
Syria conflict: US jet ‘downs Iranian-made drone’
Source: BBC News A US jet has shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by forces backing the Syrian government in the south of the country, American officials say. The drone […]
India arrests 15 for cheering Pakistan in Champions Trophy
Source: BBC News Fifteen Muslim men have been arrested in India for allegedly shouting “anti-India and pro-Pakistan” slogans during the Champions Trophy cricket final. The men were denied bail in […]
USA: Road Rage cited in the killing of Muslim teenage girl
The killing of a Muslim teenager in Virginia whose body was found in a pond on Sunday was most likely a “road rage incident” and not a hate crime, the Fairfax County Police Department said on Monday night. The teenager, Nabra Hassanen, 17, was killed on Sunday after she and […]
Meet the women who run their law firm in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: It was their first day at Punjab Law College, Rawalpindi in 1999 and Ambreen Nawaz Chaudhry and Aaliya Zareen Abbasi were beyond themselves with happiness to have made it there, sitting among this group of future lawyers. When the lecturer asked who in the class had passed college in […]
Here’s What It’s Like To Convert To Islam In The Age Of Trump
Four Muslim Converts tell their story. Posted on June 18, 2017 Rhonda Elnaggar BuzzFeed Staff More One in five Muslim Americans were actually raised in another religion before deciding to convert to Islam, or didn’t practice any faith at all, according to the Pew Research. Tareq Saifur Rahman / Via […]