Mammoths Won’t be Back ‘In Two Years’
Source: BBC By Helen Pilcher Woolly mammoths are in the news again. According to recent news reports, they are “on the verge of resurrection” and “will be back from extinction […]
Let Us Celebrate President George Washington’s Birthday Today: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American […]
Muslim Americans unite to raise funds for vandalized Jewish cemetery
Source: CNN A fundraiser for a vandalized Jewish cemetery is sending a strong message of unity and tolerance. The effort organized by Muslim-American activists Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi was launched this week to fund the repairs of nearly 200 headstones that were damaged and toppled in the Chesed Shel […]
New US orders enable deportation of millions of immigrants
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security issued two sweeping orders on Tuesday, placing the vast majority of 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country at risk of deportation. The orders would also end the practice of allowing under trial immigrants to stay and working in the United States […]
Triple talaq: India’s battle against three words that grant instant divorce
Source: CNN By Huizhong Wu, CNN Jaipur, India (CNN)With just three words, Farha, a 30-year old woman from the northern Indian city of Jaipur, became a single mother of three […]
Freed Slave Writes Letter to Former Master: You Owe Us $11,680 for 52 Years of Unpaid Labor (1865)
in History, Letters| November 11th, 2015 No matter how long I live, the dehumanizing insanity of racism will never fail to astonish and amaze me. Not only does it visit great physical and psychological violence upon its victims, but it leaves those who embrace it unable to feel or reason […]
Trump Talk of Terror Listing for Muslim Brotherhood Alarms Some Arab Allies
Source: The New York Times By DECLAN WALSH CAIRO — In Morocco, it would tip a delicate political balance. In Jordan, it could prevent American diplomats from meeting with opposition […]
Ohio, Where Muslim and Christian Refugees Form ‘Impossible’ Friendships
Source: The Atlantic By SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY Stepping out of an apartment complex into a warm Ohio night, Nashwaan Saddoon got into an old minivan and drove through Toledo to a […]
The Social Scientific Case Against a Muslim Ban
Source: The New York Times Gray Matter By SARAH LYONS-PADILLA and MICHELE J. GELFAND FEB. 18, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Photo CreditBrian Stauffer There […]
‘Jane Roe’ made abortion legal. Then a minister made her rethink.
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk When Flip Benham opened an office of his antiabortion group next door to an abortion clinic that employed Norma McCorvey, the two saw […]
Wary of Modern Society, Some Christians Choose a Life Apart
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett | Photographs by Max Whittaker/Prime for The Wall Street Journal When the first few monks arrived in Hulbert, Okla., in 1999, there […]
Swedish capital rocked by riots
Source:CNN Riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Stockholm Monday night, as residents clashed with police officers and set vehicles on fire, Swedish police say. Officers were forced to call in reinforcements when a crowd began to gather in the neighborhood of Rinkeby during the arrest of a […]
Is more school prayer answer to social ills?
Source: IndyStar By Robert King The pastors came before the politicians Monday to ask for help with a wide variety of societal ill: poverty and drug use, suicide and school […]
Vandals damage 100 headstones at Jewish cemetery, police say
Source: CNN Tensions remain high in Jewish communities across the United States as police in Missouri are investigating vandalism at a historic Jewish cemetery. Vandals toppled and damaged about 100 headstones at the St. Louis area’s Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in the past week, police said Monday. University City […]
Malcolm X was Murdered This Day in 1965 – He Suggests Cure To Racism In a Newly Discovered Handwritten Letter
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards; Trends Writer, The Huffington Post Malcolm X Suggests Cure To Racism In Newly-Discovered Handwritten Letter A recently-discovered letter reportedly handwritten by Malcolm X in […]
Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah’s Witnesses
Source: NPR By LUKE VANDER PLOEG Growing up on Long Island, Zachary Linderer was obsessed with science. He grew up a Jehovah’s Witness, and like many others in the faith, he […]
Marine Le Pen in Lebanon row after refusing to wear headscarf
Source: CNN France’s Marine Le Pen canceled a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Tuesday after refusing to wear a headscarf. The far-right presidential candidate is on a two-day tour of Lebanon where she is courting Franco-Lebanese votes ahead of the first round of French elections on April 23. Le Pen […]
President Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Are Alarming Europe
Source: Time James Stavridis / Munich Feb 20, 2017 Admiral Stavridis was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and is Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy […]
How to Build a Healthy Meal That Actually Keeps You Full
Source: Time Cynthia Sass / Health.com Dec 05, 2016 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Do you ever eat a healthy lunch only to find yourself starving by 3 […]
“The True Islamic Jihad” – Address Delivered by Khalifa of Islam Hazrath Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba)
Source: https://www.alislam.org/library/articles/true-islamic-jihad/ c Address Delivered by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V(at) At Khilafat Centenary Celebration Reception and Dinner Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, Virginia USA June 23, 2008 (Transcribed by Ruqayya Rehmatullah, daughter of Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah) All distinguished guests present here, Assalamo Alaikum Wa Barakatohu, peace and blessings of Allah be upon […]