Seminaries start Black Lives Matter courses
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) Veora Layton-Robinson, a student in her final year at New York Theological Seminary, had signed up for a full load of courses when she […]
The Book of Mormon touted as fourth most influential work in American literature
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By THOMAS BURR Washington • The Book of Mormon was highlighted Wednesday as one of America’s treasured tomes at the Library of Congress, which displayed […]
She became the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker. A month later, she was harassed in a D.C. cab for being Muslim.
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt After Ilhan Omar moved to the United States in the mid-1990s — fleeing war in her native Somalia and a childhood spent in a […]
Heart-Rending Testimony as Dylann Roof Trial Opens
Source: The New York Times By KEVIN SACK and ALAN BLINDER CHARLESTON, S.C. — She recalled watching the young white man stroll into Bible study, thinking he just wanted to […]
How to stand up against hate
Source: CNN By Emily May and Kio Stark Emily May is the co-founder and executive director ofHollaback!, a nonprofit that works to fight harassment and offers bystander training webinars and […]
Japanese-Americans Imprisoned For Ethnicity Speak Out In Defense Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post BY Jessica Prois Executive Editor at Huffington Post & Kimberly Yam Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Seventy-five years ago on Wednesday, the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. […]
Problems of Organized Religion: Nation of Islam calls former ally Keith Ellison a ‘hypocrite’
Nation of Islam calls former ally Keith Ellison a ‘hypocrite’ Source: Chicago Tribune By Kim Janssen Would-be Democratic National Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison has been catching hell from […]
Recognition of Dr. Salam’s services to Pakistan
ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام کی خدمات کا اعتراف December 7, 2016 1:22 am · 0 comments http://niazamana.com/2016/12/services-of-dr-salam-to-pakistan/ زکریا ورک ۔ ٹورنٹو وزیر اعظم پاکستان جناب نواز شریف کی طرف سے جاری کردے ایک سرکاری اعلامیے کے مطابق وزیر اعظم نے حکم دیا ہے کہ قائد اعظم یونیورسٹی اسلام آباد میں واقع نیشنل سینٹر […]
UK Muslims Not Integrated, New Study
A new report concludes that many UK Muslims are not integrating into British society causing concern for increased likelihood of radicalization. https://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/uk-muslims-not-integrating-new-report A new British government-commissioned report has determined that despite a long and sustained effort by the British government to boost social integration of immigrants, there is a great degree […]
Boris Johnson says Saudi Arabia is a ‘puppeteer’ in Middle East proxy wars
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason Foreign secretary, who has been accused of a series of diplomatic gaffes, breaks with convention by publicly criticising UK ally Boris […]
Britain called Israel a ‘threat to the Middle East’, leak shows
Documents from 2009 show British intelligence services worried about Israel’s position on Iran, spying on Israeli diplomats and the military as well as the Palestinian Authority Bethan McKernan Beirut The UK’s intelligence agency GCHQ carried out surveillance on the Israelimilitary, defence firms and diplomatic missions, French newspaper Le Monde has […]
There’s one key difference between the Second World War and the Syrian conflict – the rebels of Aleppo are no heroes
We refer to them as ‘rebels’ – as if they were the Maquis fighting in the French resistance or Partisans freeing Yugoslavia from the Nazis or, indeed, the insurgents of Warsaw struggling for freedom from the German SS. Which they clearly are not Robert Fisk Warsaw I’ve just spent hours […]
UK: Boris Johnson accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘playing proxy wars’ in the Middle East
The Telegraph UK reports that Boris Johnson has accused Saudi Arabia, one of Britain’s closest political allies, of “playing proxy wars” in the Middle East.Footage has emerged of the Foreign Secretary claiming that politicians in the region are “twisting and abusing religion” for their own political advantage. The video, published by The Guardian, comes from an event […]
TMT collection to refute racism and Obama’s candid reflections on race
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer (CNN) President Barack Obama’s election in 2008 broke a racial barrier that set soaring expectations for an era of improved race relations. Now, […]
Asian Human Rights Commission – Urgent Appeals Programme
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-151-2016 PAKISTAN: Investigate the raid and harassment at Ahmadiyya Headquarters ISSUES: Right to adopt religion and faith, arbitrary arrests, torture, blasphemy laws, no rule of law ——————————————————————— […]
Why has this Nobel winner been ignored for 30 years?
In 1980, soon after Pakistani professor Abdus Salam was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to developing the theory of electroweak unification in particle physics, he was invited to a ceremony at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38238131
First US Somali lawmaker gets ‘Islamophobic threats’ from cab driver
Source: ET The United States’ first Somali American Muslim legislator says she was harassed with “hateful” and “Islamophobic” language by her cab driver while visiting Washington. Ilhan Omar — a former refugee who wears the hijab — was elected in November to the legislature of the midwestern state of Minnesota. She […]
A Dilemma for Humanity: Stark Inequality or Total War
NY Times: Is there nothing to be done about galloping inequality? Last year the typical American family experienced the fastest income gainssince the government started measuring them in the 1960s. But the top 1 percent did even better, raising their share of income higher than it was when President Obama […]
Bringing up the bodies in Bosnia
The Guardian The long read Bringing up the bodies in Bosnia In Bosnia, an international organisation is digging up mass graves and using cutting edge scientific research to give victims’ families some sense of closure and justice by Ed Vulliamy Tuesday 6 December 2016 They are the unquiet dead. Laid […]
Boris Johnson accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘twisting and abusing’ Islam
theguardian: by Patrick Wintour ans Rowena Mason — Foreign secretary, who has been accused of a series of diplomatic gaffes, breaks with convention by publicly criticising UK ally Boris Johnson: ‘Saudi Arabia and Iran puppeteering in Middle East’ – video Boris Johnson accused Saudi Arabia of abusing Islam and acting […]