ASYLUM DECISION Bunkers to be commandeered for asylum needs MAR 11, 2016 – 16:08 Civilian bunkers, like this one in canton St Gallen, have already been used for asylum seekers in Switzerland (Keystone) Federal and cantonal authorities will soon be able to force local communities to open their civilian bunkers […]
Source: Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A leading Muslim civil rights group is calling on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to apologize for his claim that “Islam hates us.” […]
Photo: DPA No space for Allah as German unis close prayer rooms Published: 11 Mar 2016 16:35 GMT+01:00 Updated: 11 Mar 2016 16:35 GMT+01:00 Three leading German universities have closed down pray rooms used by Muslims, sparking accusations they are singling Muslims out for unfair treatment. German unis offer ‘best […]
Source: NPR The religion of Islam was founded by Muhammad, the 7th century prophet whom Muslims call “the messenger of God.” They don’t consider him divine, but they follow his […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]