Source: Humans of New York An Open Letter to Donald Trump: Mr. Trump, I try my hardest not to be political. I’ve refused to interview several of your fellow candidates. […]
Shamila Ghyas is a young Pakistani blogger and writer who is challenging Islamism in Pakistan through her writing and on social media. BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND, Mon, March 28, 2016 Shamila Ghyas. (Photo: © Shamila Ghyas) Shamila Ghyas is an author, blogger and satirist from Pakistan. She writes for The Nation, Dawn and the Express […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]