Forty year low for UK butterflies
Source: BBC It’s not been a good four decades for the UK’s butterflies. Those are the findings from the latest State of the UK’s Butterflies report to be published. The […]
5 Pillars of Knowledge: What Everyone Should Know About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Andrea Oranday Student, Trinity University Let me preface this by saying I do not believe Islam can be fully captured in five main points. I believe […]
USA: Walking In Fear as a Muslim
Walking In Fear as a Muslim By Mubeen Shakir, December 13, 2015 A 12-year-old girl is beaten at school in New York, is called “ISIS” and nearly has her hijab torn off by her classmates. A 16-year-old Somali American dies in a fall from a six-story building in Seattle that […]
Do you believe that Muslims can be moral despite their faith, rather than because of it? I’m not surprised
independent.co.uk: A recent Dutch experiment involved members of the public being read out violent or misogynistic passages from a scriptural text. At first they were told these verses were from the Qur’an, and those listening expressed their horror. ‘How could anyone believe in this!?’ one woman exclaimed. Several individuals then […]
Liberal senator warns against Abbott’s ‘simplistic’ call for reformation in Islam
theguardian: by Daniel Hurst — In rebuke to Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells argues ‘megaphone politics’ could jeopardise Australia’s relations with neighbours such as Indonesia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also chides MPs who indulged in a ‘public flogging’ of Australia’s grand mufti. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” […]
Amid Rising Fear, Muslim Women Arm Themselves With Self-Defense
Huff Post: by Yasmin Nouh — “We want to show that Muslim women are not afraid.” A steady stream of Muslim women filled a large studio in Manhattan on Saturday evening, awaiting an introductory lesson in self-defense. Most of them wore colorful headscarves and long skirts or loose, […]
Four Reasons for Decline of Religion
Source: Huffington Post By Steven Reiss; Educated at Dartmouth, Yale, and Harvard, I was a professor of psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago and Ohio State University. Religious participation is […]
Let Me Tell You Why This Hateful Joke Isn’t Funny
Source: Huffington Post By Greg Worthington Former Teacher, UT-Austin Ed Policy PhD Student, Advocate, Beloved Son, Proud San Antonian, Hoping/Praying to be a Change Agent. Never not a student. Recently, I came across a racist meme featuring my friend. His name is Darsh Preet Singh. For those who know Darsh, […]
Man arrested on hate crime and arson charges in fire at Coachella Valley mosque
Source: Los Angeles Times A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and arson related to a fire Friday afternoon at a Coachella Valley mosque. Carl Dial was arrested about 9 p.m. Friday and booked on five felony charges, including commission of a hate crime, arson, […]
Muslim community holds prayer vigil
Source: WGRZ NIAGARA FALLS, NY – In the light of the horrific tragedy in San Bernardino, the local Muslim community is sending their condolences to the victims and their families, […]
As a Muslim, My Heart Freezes with Fear
Source: Huffington Post By Manal Omar Associate Vice-President, Middle East and Africa Center at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. This is a defining moment for America. It […]
Sikh Soldier Allowed to Keep Beard in Rare Army Exception
Source: The New York Times On his first day at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Simratpal Singh sat in a barber chair where new cadets get their […]
Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
Source: Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father’s South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by people who […]
How some evangelicals are challenging a decades-long stance of blanket support for Israel’s government
Source: The Washington Post JERUSALEM — Lynne Hybels is revered for her work helping the impoverished around the world, but some people view her as dangerous. Hybels, cofounder with her […]
How Well Do You Know Religion?
Source: The New York Times Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from America may be a gift to ISIS recruitment and a grotesque echo of the sentiment behind the Chinese […]
Your Christmas Nativity Scene Is a Lie
Source: The Atlantic What happens when you cross the newborn baby Jesus with The Walking Dead? Upset neighbors and a whole of of controversy—especially if you’re the couple in Ohio […]
Los Angeles closes all public schools over threat, affecting more than 600,000 children
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Derived from 5:32/33) Source: […]
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community says injustice is root cause of world conflicts
The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has responded to critics of Islam who claim that the religion justifies […]
Know whose ideas about Muslims are scarier than Trump’s?
By By Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s weekly program “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics blog […]
Does the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Speak for Islam? A Response to Dr. Stephen Kirby’s Implication
By Zahid Mian Patheos.com: Dr. Stephen M. Kirby is a noted bigot whose mission is only to spread hatred of Muslims. He makes no bones about his hatred for Islam or Muslims. His stated goal is to prove that the violence committed by the likes of ISIS is inspired by […]