Michigan Muslims move toward Clinton
Source: Politico By KATIE GLUECK 06/16/16 09:37 AM EDT Hillary Clinton wasn’t the first choice of Dearborn’s Muslims. But thanks to Donald Trump’s escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric she’s quickly moving into […]
Catholic church accused of using ‘mafia-like’ tactics to fight sex abuse bill
Source: The Guardian Stephanie Kirchgaessner in New York The Catholic church in Pennsylvania has been accused of employing “mafia-like” tactics in a campaign to put pressure on individual Catholic lawmakers […]
In Orlando, a Son of a Muslim Immigrant Rushed to Heal Pain Caused by Another
Source: The New York Times By DAMIEN CAVE ORLANDO, Fla. — When Dr. Joseph Ibrahim heard that the attack at the Pulse nightclub may have been linked to terrorism, he […]
Protest at church that praised Orlando shooter reveals America’s faultlines
Source: The Guardian Sam Levin in Sacramento, California Renee Hale makes her point outside the Verity Baptist church in Sacramento. Photograph: Sam Levin for the Guardian Adele Sakler has struggled […]
Why Jo Cox’s Shooting Is So Shocking for Britain
Source: Time By Jacob Davidson Jo Cox, a Member of Parliament for the Batley and Spens constituency in the north of England was shot and stabbed to death on Thursday, shocking Britain. and provoking an outpouring of sympathy from citizens and politicians from across the globe. The killing, which police are […]
What Does the Military Think of Donald Trump?
Source: Time By Mark Thompson What was surprising about President Obama’s denunciation of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant terrorism policy Tuesday wasn’t the fact that Obama never mentioned Trump by name. He didn’t have to. “We now have proposals from the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States to bar all Muslims […]
‘It’s still affecting us today’
Source: BBC By Kate Ashford 17 June 2016 Ten years ago, Cathy Tooley and her husband, Chuck, were refinancing their house because interest rates had dropped. “We have always had […]
Driven: Volvo’s one two punch
Source: BBC By Jim Resnick 15 June 2016 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WAS IN DIRE STRAITS in 2009 — and few companies were harder hit than Volvo. The Swedish carmaker faced […]
Jo Cox death: Tributes paid in memory of killed Labour MP
Source: BBC Tributes have been paid around the world to Labour MP Jo Cox, who died after being shot and stabbed. The 41-year-old was attacked before holding a constituency surgery […]
Muslim Hip-Hop Dancers Break Down Stereotypes While Breaking It Down In Niqab
The hip-hop group “We’re Muslim, Don’t Panic“ was conceived of by dancer Amirah Sackett in 2011, a moment Sackett referred to as “a really tumultuous time in history as far as Islam is concerned.” Just seven years earlier, France banned students from wearing hijab to school, the headscarves that in Islamic […]
WATCH: 8th-Grader Nails Impersonations Of Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders
Source: NPR Maybe we’re all just taking politics too seriously these days. Eighth-grader Jack Aiello used his 8-minute graduation speech to impersonate Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, President Obama, Hillary Clinton […]
Gujarat riots: India court jails 11 for life over Gulbarg massacre
Source: BBC A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Of the […]
Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack
Source: BBC An MP has died after she was shot and stabbed in a “horrific” assault in her constituency, police have said. Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, […]
How to make ‘thoughts and prayers’ meaningful again
Source: The Washington Post By Alyssa Rosenberg The massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where 49 people were murdered this past weekend, has prompted outrage at the impossibility of gun control in the United States, memorials at and for gay bars, and sharp debates about whether the shooting was primarily […]
Republicans Prefer Blunt Talk About Islamic Extremism, Democrats Favor Caution
Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to justify their actions Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president […]
Pemra bans Hamza Ali Abbasi from hosting Ramazan show
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has barred actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and TV show host Shabbir Abu Talib from hosting their Ramazan shows on Aaj TV […]
Repeal Islam’s Scarlet-Letter Sex Laws
By Asra Q. Nomani June 15, 2016 The massacre of partygoers at Pulse, a gay club in Orlando, took me back to the late summer of 2005, when an African American woman, wearing a tight headscarf over her staff uniform, stormed out of the kitchen and into a conference room […]
Islam stands above German law for half Turkish Germans – survey
Source: RT.com Published time: 17 Jun, 2016 Almost half the ethnic Turks living in Germany consider following Islamic teaching more important than abiding by the law, a new survey claims. […]
Turkish vote on stronger presidency may come late this year
Reuters International JUN 17, 2016 – 16:00 Mustafa Sentop, head of constitution commission of the Turkish Parliament, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (reuters_tickers) By Orhan Coskun and Nick Tattersall ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not hold a referendum on the powerful […]
Swiss parliament honours murdered British politician
JO COX Swiss parliament honours murdered British politician By swissinfo.ch and agencies JUN 17, 2016 – 10:54 Floral tributes left in memory of Jo Cox in Parliament Square, London (Keystone) The presidents of the Senate and the House of Representatives have expressed their condolences on behalf of the Swiss parliament […]