Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s vice president on Monday called on Islamic leaders to spread messages about a tolerant Islam to curb extremism that often springs from […]
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, and its most troubled. A wave of anti-Semitic violence in recent […]
Source: RNS By Elizabeth Bryant PARIS (RNS) On a sunny spring morning, an 18-year-old college student wrapped a scarf around her head to feel what it would be like to […]
Source: CNN Money Donald Trump says he can “make a deal” on America’s debt. Last week, he implied that he could negotiate with America’s creditors to get them to accept […]
NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. “This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler,” said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Zahira Torres Contact Reporter A High school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab. Bayan Zehlif, […]
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler in Houston Alfonso Flores looked relieved. Standing at the front of the prayer hall, the 29-year-old dental technician accepted hugs and handshakes from other members of […]
Source: The Baltimore Sun By Alison Knezevich Contact Reporter The Baltimore Sun The Archdiocese of Baltimore has posted a list of dozens of priests and religious brothers accused of sexual abuse in a move church officials say came from listening to feedback from abuse survivors. All of the names had previously been […]
Source: Muslimwise A blog of the Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London By Michael Mumisa (Shaykh) In January this year (2016), the “Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of […]
Source: ABC News By ARLETTE SAENZ President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visitHiroshima when he travels to Japan later this month, the White House announced this […]
Source: Time By Olivia B. Waxman The bison has been named America’s first national mammal, after the President signed the National Bison Legacy Act on Monday, the culmination of a […]
Source: Time By Mark Leftly / London Sadiq Khan, 45, was declared the new mayor of London in the early hours of Saturday, becoming the most powerful Muslim politician in Europe. A Transport Minister in the Labour government of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Khan came under severe attack during the […]
Source: BBC Sadiq Khan has rejected US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s offer to make the new London mayor an “exception” to a ban on Muslims travelling to the US. “This […]
Source: BBC A man who killed a commuter and injured three others in a knife attack at a railway station near Munich suffered from psychological problems and drug addiction, state […]
Source: Business Insider By Mark Abadi It’s all too common for veterans in the US to wind up in jail. And behind bars, many of them don’t have access to the […]
Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart chimed in on the presidential election Monday, calling Donald Trump a “man-baby” and jokingly questioning the presumptive Republican nominee’s eligibility to be president. To […]
Charity wants Muslims to donate money to victims of the Syrian Civil War. England cricketer Moeen Ali supports the advertising campaign. Source: Khalij Times London’s iconic red buses and public […]
By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Updated 5:08 PM ET, Mon May 9, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/living/methodist-clergy-lgbt/index.html# (CNN)Dozens of United Methodist clergy members came out as lesbian, gay or bisexual on Monday, defying their church’s ban on “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” serving in ministry and essentially daring their supervisors to discipline them. In a […]
Guardian: There are 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide, and Muhammad, or one of its variants, is the most common name in the world. In America, 3.3 million people identify as Muslim, according to a recent Pew study. While former GOP contender Ben Carson would “absolutely not agree” with the US being […]
NY Times: As the military and political battle against the Islamic State escalates, Muslim imams and scholars in the West are fighting on another front — through theology. Imam Suhaib Webb, a Muslim leader in Washington, has held live monthly video chats to refute the religious claims of the Islamic […]