Muslims Sue Over Denial of Bid to Build Mosque in New Jersey Suburb
Source: The New York Times In a prosperous New Jersey suburb about an hour west of Manhattan, a retired AT&T executive decided with some friends to open a mosque in the […]
Zurich hears recipes for ending jihadi recruitment
ROOTS OF EXTREMISM MAR 11, 2016 – 15:41 Homegrown jihadism “is coming” to Switzerland, argues a former Islamic extremist – unless new ideologies are presented to young Muslims. Young people in the country have vanished from their homes and gone to join jihadi movements. And a Winterthur mosque has been […]
The end of American exceptionalism?
Mar 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – I have kept the pledge I made many months ago not to waste my time reading any press articles on the American presidential nominating contests, because the 15 or so candidates on the Republican side meant that nothing would become clear until after the first […]
‘Collective punishment’
Mar 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh A week ago, my mailbox had a surprising letter addressed to my wife and me by a David Trone, who only provided a post office number and the name of a nearby neighbourhood for his address. The opening line was addressed to “dear […]
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 […]