He didn’t understand white privilege until he married a Muslim woman
Source: Fusion By Alaa Basatneh If you saw someone on the street sitting next to a sign that read “Ask A Muslim,” what would you ask? Sebastian Robins has probably […]
French minister compares veiled women to ‘negroes who supported slavery’
Source. Tribune French families minister Laurence Rossignol (pictured) sparked outrage on social media with her comment comparing women who wear the veil to “negroes who supported slavery” PHOTO: AFP PARIS: A French government minister on Wednesday compared women who wear the veil to “negroes who supported slavery” amid a backlash against […]
Why the Quran Protects Against Radicalization: A Rebuttal to USA Today’s Nabeel Qureshi
Source: Patheos.com By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when the first anti-Islamic articles started appearing in major news outlets. In particular, Christian pundit […]
Can Pakistan win its war against the Taliban?
Guardian: Paranoid parents have always known that children’s parks are potentially dangerous places. That rickety seesaw might fling your child skywards. That slide is always too steep. That swing will snap one day. That toy plane that vibrates after you insert a metal token and sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star […]
Anti-Muslim campaign rhetoric endangers US, says secretary of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON–(Reuters) – Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a specific […]
French women’s rights minister accused of racism over term ‘negro’
Source: The Guardian By Kim Willsher The French minister for women’s rights has been accused of racism after comparing women who wear the burqa to “negroes” who supported slavery. Laurence Rossignol […]
Canadian priest claims to have gambled away funds earmarked for Iraqi refugees
Source: The Guardian By Ashifa Kassam Police in Canada have launched an investigation after a Catholic priest in southern Ontario claimed he had gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked […]
Can Pakistan win its war against the Taliban?
Source: The Guardian By Mohammed Hanif, whose novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes was longlisted for the Booker prize, shortlisted for the Guardian first book award, Commonwealth literary prize and […]
‘Pakistan a problem for US because they have nuclear weapons,’ says Trump
Source: Dawn WISCONSIN: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday said that amongst all the presidential hopefuls only he can solve the problem of “radical Islamic terrorism”. During an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Trump termed Pakistan “a vital problem” for the United States (US) “because they have a […]
THE CRACKS RIPPING EARTH APART
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Standing on a high vantage point at Thingvellir Park, I overlook a vast rocky, snow-covered rift valley. Fissures and cracks scar the landscape, filled with […]
Donald Trump: Women should be punished for illegal abortions
Source: BBC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for “some form of punishment” for women who have abortions, if it becomes illegal. However, the front-runner did not disclose what […]
Trump: Women who have abortions should be punished
(CNN) Donald Trump said Wednesday that women who undergo abortions should face “some form of punishment” if the procedure were outlawed. Trump, who once supported abortion rights, now favors outlawing […]
Bernie Sanders is this year’s biggest story
Source: CNN By Sally Kohn, CNN Political Commentator Sally Kohn is an activist, columnist and television commentator. Follow her on Twitter: @sallykohn. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. […]
Poland’s leaders want no refugees after Brussels blasts
Source: Hindustan Times Poland’s president on Thursday threw his support behind a government decision to renege on a deal to accept thousands of refugees, blaming security concerns raised by Tuesday’s […]
Mississippi Senate OKs bill allowing armed guards in church
Source: Associated Press By JEFF AMY Mar. 29, 2016 4:20 PM EDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Asked to choose between a Christian spirit of peace and a God-given right of self-defense, Mississippi senators are overwhelmingly favoring the latter. The Senate voted 36-14 Tuesday to pass the bill, known as the […]
Nev. candidate says Reid urged him to quit, because ‘a Muslim cannot win this race.’
Source: The Washington Post By David A. Fahrenthold A Muslim Democrat running for a U.S. House seat in Nevada says that — in a private meeting last year — Senate […]
Campaign rhetoric on Muslims harms U.S. security efforts: Homeland Security chief
Source: Reuters Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday. Asked […]
What the Slaughter of Christians in Lahore Says About the Global Jihad
Source. The daily Beast LONDON — At least 72 people were killed and 300 injured by the suicide blast that shook the crowded Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan, on the evening of Easter Sunday. Many of the victims were children. A Taliban splinter group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has claimed responsibility for […]
Russia’s Secret Weapon of the ISIS War
Source. The daily Beast Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces battling to recapture the ancient city of Palmyra had a lot of help from above. At least one Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter—Moscow’s answer to the U.S. Army’s fearsome Apache gunship—flew top cover as Syrian tanks and infantry stormed the modern city […]
Iran: We view renewal of Ahmed Shaheed mandate as ‘animosity’
Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – On Thursday, Iran reacted angrily to the passage of a resolution which renewed the mandate of Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, for another five years. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the renewal of Shaheed’s mandate is […]