Trump says Islam hates us; but, the Holy Quran says …
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” that he said […]
The media loved Marco Rubio’s defense of Islam. GOP voters? Probably not so much.
Source: The Washington Post Marco Rubio has taken a lot of heat in the press for allowing Donald Trump to drag him into the gutter — a mistake even he has said he regrets — so journalists naturally applauded the Florida senator’s tonal reversal in Thursday’s Republican presidential debate […]
With Little Schooling, ultra-Orthodox Men Struggle to Find Jobs
Source: Haartez Haredi men are being forced into a labor market with little work for people without a higher education. A new study shows how seriously deficient the community is. In 2011, a suit filed in the High Court of Justice asserted that the rights of young ultra-Orthodox Jews were […]
When your veins fill with ice
Source: BBC Most animals hate the cold. When winter comes around many species burrow underground to hibernate or migrate to lower latitudes where conditions are warmer. But a few strange […]
US election 2016: Trump and Rubio row over Islam ‘hate’
Source: BBC Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has attacked Donald Trump for saying that Islam hates America, in a televised debate in Miami. Mr Rubio, who faces a do-or-die contest […]
Afghanistan Women’s Soccer Team Unveils Jerseys With Hijabs
Source: Huffington Post When Afghanistan’s national women’s soccer team takes the field in the near future, the players will be decked in a uniform that marks both their country’s deep-seated […]
Toronto High School students headed for Oxford debating competition
By: Geoffrey Vendeville Staff Reporter, Published on Thu Mar 10 2016 We put two Oxford-bound high school debaters to the test We asked two Oxford-bound high school debaters to argue that Donald Trump should be U.S. president. Kiara Hassan and Dasha Metropolitansky have talked their way to Oxford University. The students from White […]
New National Geographic Series: Story of God by Morgan Freeman
Source: ET Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is embarking on a religious exploration into the concept and history of God, and he’s inviting viewers to join him on the fascinating and […]
8 Things People Who Are At Peace With Themselves Understand
Source: Huffington Post By Brianna Wiest; Writer, editor, professional human being. Founder of Soul Anatomy. 1. You cannot control how other people think of you. You can control how you treat them, […]
The Racialization of Religion Began Long Before Today’s Islamophobia
Huff Post: One of the most prevalent talking points in the 2016 election cycle is the role of religion, and the in-grouping and outgrouping that political figures are using to describe America. While Donald Trump’s comments about banning Muslims from entering the country have drawn the most criticism, the racializing […]
Child Brides and the Quran – Dispelling the Misconceptions on International Women’s Day
Patheos.com: It demands no introduction that many people, including Muslims, believe that Islam permits child marriage. As a result, Islam is often dismissed as a highly misogynistic religion by some non-Muslims, […]
This Christian Is Fed Up With Islamophobic Rhetoric
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Catherine Orsborn spends a lot of her time thinking about how to put an end to Islamophobia forever. It’s part of her job […]
ECB stimulus surprise sends stock markets sliding
Source: BBC European stock markets have fallen and the euro has soared following the economic stimulus measures announced by the European Central Bank. After initially rising following the broader than […]
U.N.C. Football Player Who Ended Up Homeless Had C.T.E.
Source: The Washington Post For so long, Ryan Hoffman, a former college football player I wrote about last year, had the same explanation for his inability to get his life […]
The Racialization of Religion Began Long Before Today’s Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post One of the most prevalent talking points in the 2016 election cycle is the role of religion, and the in-grouping and outgrouping that political figures are using to describe America. While Donald Trump’s comments about banning Muslims from entering the country have drawn the most criticism, the […]
No, Trump, Islam Doesn’t Hate America
Source: The Daily Beast By Dean Obeidallah (born December 17, 1969), he is an American comedian of Palestinian-Italian descent. The Donald told CNN that Islam hates America. Like the Muslims […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on US official visit
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama and Canada’s new liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have lavished praise on each other amid talks at the White House. Mr Trudeau is in […]
Drunk PIA Pilot Irfan Faiz Jailed In Britain
A Pakistani pilot has been jailed for nine months in Britain for being drunk before he was due to fly a plane with 156 people on board. Irfan Faiz, 55, was found to have three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court. http://news.sky.com/story/1172391/drunk-pia-pilot-irfan-faiz-jailed-in-britain […]
How Clinton Shadowboxed Trump at the Democratic Debate
Source: Time Hillary Clinton may have been facing Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s debate, but in reality she was shadowboxing Donald Trump. The Republican frontrunner, who was the only GOP candidate […]
America’s Divisions and Scalia’s Christian Visions
Source: Religion and Politics As efforts are made to assess the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, pundits have avoided discussing the one decision that stands as […]