W.Va. public school district halts weekly Bible classes
Source: The Washington Post By Joe Heim A West Virginia public school district has decided to suspend weekly Bible classes for elementary and middle school students for the next academic […]
Indian court orders suspension of ban on trade in cattle for slaughter
Source: Reuters An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in the case said, giving some relief to Muslim-dominated […]
Ayodhya dispute: India BJP leaders charged with criminal conspiracy
Source: BBC A special court has charged senior leaders from India’s ruling party with criminal conspiracy in relation to the destruction of a 16th Century mosque. Former BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani, veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi and federal minister Uma Bharti were among those charged in the court on […]
Iftar is the nightly meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. This year, it’s a chance to share more than food.
Source: Boston Globe By Sheryl Julian In a traditional long, aqua Pakistani tunic and slender trousers, a finely woven tan shawl draped over one shoulder, Farah Abbas doesn’t look like […]
Oregon Man Accused of Deadly Anti-Muslim Tirade Continues Rant in Court
Source: The New York Times By PHOEBE FLANIGAN and MATT STEVENS MAY 30, 2017 Jeremy Joseph Christian shouted as he was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., […]
Town that denied mosque permit to pay Islamic group $3.25M
Source: Associated Press By DAVID PORTER A New Jersey town will pay an Islamic group $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit over its denial of a permit to build a […]
The bees that have to deal with a cunning honey thief
Source: BBC Watch the moment when Sir David Attenborough and BBC filmmakers recorded chimpanzees stealing honey. The video shows how a chimpanzee steals honey hidden beneath a bark of a […]
Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson jailed for 15 years
Source: BBC Breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary operations. Paterson, 59, operated on nine women and one man after falsely telling them […]
‘My deja vu is so bad I can’t tell what’s real’
Source: BBC By Pat Long From Mosaic 31 May 2017 One drab afternoon a few years ago something very unusual happened to me. I was lounging under a tree in […]
Kabul explosion: Blast kills 80 near diplomatic area in Afghanistan
Source: CNN Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)A huge suicide bomb ripped through a secure area of Kabul at the height of the Wednesday morning rush hour, killing at least 80 people and […]
Kabul bomb: Diplomatic zone attack kills dozens
Source: BBC A powerful vehicle bomb has hit the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 80 people and injuring 350. It struck near Zanbaq Square in […]
India’s Muslim meat traders plan legal action over new rules
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das | NEW DELHI Indian meat traders plan to take the government to court over new rules banning the trading of cattle including buffalo for […]
Jury selection begins for minister accused in member beating
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday for a North Carolina church minister accused of beating a man to expel […]
Protecting Muslim women
Source: Dawn It was 4:30 in the afternoon, just before rush hour. The trains were crowded but not as much as they would soon be. Some witnesses in the Portland commuter train said that all the seats were taken and many passengers were standing, holding on to the handrails as […]
Trump’s statement on Ramadan is almost entirely about terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey President Trump speaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump issued a statement on Ramadan — a holy […]
Muslims thankful for support after rant, deadly attack
Source: Associated Press By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Muslims in Portland, Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of […]
Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Coco Douglas, 8, on Saturday at a memorial in Portland, Ore., for two men who were killed when they confronted a man […]
If Germany can’t count on old friends, perhaps it’s time to make new ones
Source: BBC It was no doubt planned many months ago, but the timing of Narendra Modi’s short tête-à-tête with Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday will be interpreted as deeply symbolic in Germany and beyond. Could there be something of a pivot to Asia going on in Europe’s economic powerhouse? […]
Indonesian Muslim preacher named as porn case suspect
Source: BBC Indonesian police have named a controversial hardline Muslim preacher as a suspect in a pornography case. Rizieq Shihab is accused of exchanging graphic messages and nude pictures in text conversations with a woman. The cleric, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, has denied the accusations. Mr Rizieq heads […]
Why young male refugees are turning to prostitution
Source: The Local They fled to Germany with the hope of finding a better life. Now some young, male refugees say that drugs and prostitution are their only means of getting by. Farid sheepishly stands before a small bathroom shelter at the entrance of Berlin’s central Tiergarten park. Young men […]