Sanders keeps his Judaism in the background, irking US Jews
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Bernie Sanders headed toward victory in New Hampshire, pundits noted the barrier he was about to break: Sanders would become the first […]
Meet the ‘Nones,’ the Democratic Party’s biggest faith constituency
Source: The Washington Post Joe Stone is part of an enormous but invisible voting constituency. A “troubled atheist,” the retired Virginia accountant calls himself spiritual, celebrates Christmas and defines religious […]
How a snowstorm led 3 friends to accept the kindness of strangers
A short cross-border shopping trip takes an unexpected turn for writer Rania Mirza. Print Nick Kozak / For the Toronto Star Rania Mirza learned to accept the kindness of strangers when a winter storm stranded her and her two friends on a cross-border shopping trip. By: Rania Mirza Special to […]
What If America Looked Like Dearborn, Michigan?
Source: Huffington Post By Brian Stone; LGBT advocate, U.S. Navy Veteran and Dearborn, Mich. resident In this small town of a hundred-thousand residents, folks are used to being accused of […]
It’s Almost Impossible to Crash This New Drone
Source: Time The DJI Phantom 4 can see and avoid obstacles in its path. Chinese drone maker DJI wants to make flying a drone so easy that anyone can do […]
High Stakes for Supreme Court Arguments on Abortion Case
Source: Time Three years ago, Wendy Davis gained national attention during an 11-hour filibuster of one of the toughest abortion bills to come to the Senate floor: it would ban […]
Iraqi PM and US issue warnings over threat of Mosul dam collapse, 1m could die
Iraqi engineers involved in building the Mosul dam 30 years ago have warned that the risk of its imminent collapse and the consequent death toll could be even worse than […]
Pennsylvania grand jury finds widespread sex abuse by priests
Source: Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of children in western Pennsylvania were sexually assaulted by about 50 Roman Catholic priests over four decades while bishops covered up their […]
Video: Australian converts share their views on Islam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Islam in Australia is a minority religious affiliation. According to the 2011 census, 476,291 people, or 2.2% of the total Australian population, were Muslims.[1] This […]
Hillary Clinton’s entire Super Tuesday speech
Source of the transcript: Vox You know all across our country today Democrats voted to break down barriers so we can all rise together. I am so delighted to be […]
If You Want to Really Hang Qadri, Repeal the Second Amendment
Written by Abdul Alim: Before it gets out of hand, let us inject a sense of sobriety in what is seen to be a “turning around” of Pakistan. Optimistic elements desperate for signs of hope, have cast the hosting of Oscar winning Shirmin Chinoy in Prime Minister’s house, the passing […]
Why the right hates American history
Source: Salon By THOM HARTMANN, ALTERNET Sure, the war on education helps Republican lawmakers destroy unions and slash government spending, but it’s our history of progressive change that makes Conservatives hate […]
In Pakistan, religious right criticizes women’s protection law
(RNS) Some right-wing Islamist leaders in Pakistan are denouncing a newly passed law criminalizing violence against women in Punjab province, saying it contradicts the Quran and will increase divorce rates. “This law is in conflict with the Holy Quran, the life of [Muhammad], Constitution of Pakistan and values of our country,” Maulana […]
Annual Peace Symposium in Toronto
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association of Canada is going to hold its 1st Annual Peace Symposium on March 6, 2016 at Tahir Hall Community Center (10610 Jane St, Maple, ONL6A 3A2) […]
The place where you can walk through the multiverse
Source: BBC On a Scottish hillside, a former mining site has been transformed into a landscape of the multiverse – exploring both its galaxies and mysteries about how it all […]
Huffington Post is tracking Islamophobic incidents across the U.S. throughout 2016
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection to tackle Islamophobia After last year’s terror […]
Kids Are Facing Criminal Charges for Using Emoji
Source: Time Cops are taking postings of gun emojis as legitimate threats Emojis are quickly becoming the language of the Internet, but with that power comes a raft of new […]
This Is How March Became Women’s History Month
Source: Time “Women’s history is women’s right” Many things have come to womankind surprisingly recently: The right to vote. The right to own property. And, perhaps less surprisingly, the existence […]
Indonesia: Unmarried couple publicly caned for spending time together
INDONESIA: Eighteen people were publicly caned Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia’s Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who were caught spending time alone together. A hooded man meted out lashings with a rattan cane on a stage next to the mosque in Banda Aceh, the capital of the […]
The world’s most secretive places
Source: BBC The most alluring things in life are often those that are off-limits. And as travellers, this means that we’re fascinated by places that we’re not allowed to visit. […]