Islam

World 15 hours ago

UK inspectors find book calling for gays to be executed in Islamic boarding school's library

A Muslim boarding school in the United Kingdom failed a government inspection after a book calling for gay people to be killed was found in its library.

U.S. 15 hours ago

Churches have lost millions of congregants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will they return?

With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling congregations have one key question: How many of them will return?

Media 15 hours ago

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser blasts Biden, Sanders for associating with 'Marxists': 'It starts from the top'

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, warned of growing extreme sentiment on the left, as evidenced by what “Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin described as the “Marxism” of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the physical and political “embrace” by President Biden of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. – the latter a member of the far-left “Squad.”

Politics 15 hours ago

Obama education secretary decries violence Palestinian children facing from Gaza strikes

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan decried the violence Palestinian children in Gaza are facing on Twitter Saturday.

World 15 hours ago

Palestinians, Israel police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque; dozens hurt

Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police late Friday at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a major holy site sacred to Muslims and Jews, in an escalation of weeks of violence in Jerusalem that has reverberated across the region.

U.S. 15 hours ago

Church attendance drops below 50% in US, poll finds

A new poll indicates that American church membership has fallen below the majority for the first time.

World 15 hours ago

Iran opposition shines light on century of oppression with new film

The world tends to look at Iran in the context of pre-revolution and post. But according to former Iranian diplomat Mehrdad Khonsari, there is a neat 100-year mark useful for evaluating the country in terms of where it stands and where it should or could be.

Politics 15 hours ago

Pompeo: Chinese Communist Party looking for a 'soft underbelly' in Biden's administration

The Chinese Communist Party is looking for the "soft underbelly" of the Biden administration in the hope of achieving a series of endeavors Donald Trump stymied as president, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Politics 15 hours ago

CAIR demands Biden 'defund' counterterror program

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging President-elect Joe Biden to soften up on Islamic extremism in a new document on issues it hopes the new administration will address during its first 100 days.

Politics 15 hours ago

Flashback: John Kerry says there will be no 'peace between Israel and the Arab world'

Former State Secretary John Kerry said in 2016 that there would be no separate peace between Israel and the Arab world without Palestinian peace.

World 15 hours ago

Muslims call for French goods boycott to protest caricatures

Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests, as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and the limits of free speech intensified.

World 15 hours ago

Human rights groups urge Olympic committee to pull 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing

As tensions continue to escalate between the United States and China, a coalition of human rights groups is urging the International Olympic Committee to rescind its decision to award the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing. 

Media 15 hours ago

Washington Post media critic knocks Joy Reid's 'super-bizarro non-apology' on Muslim comments

Washington Post media critic Eric Wemple tore into MSNBC host Joy Reid for her "super-bizarro non-apology" while addressing her controversial remarks about Muslims. 

Media 15 hours ago

CAIR says it met with NBC to discuss Joy Reid's 'offensive' Muslim remarks

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Wednesday it had met with NBC following MSNBC host Joy Reid's controversial comments about Muslims -- but the host apparently opted not to provide the apology that CAIR requested. 

Media 15 hours ago

MSNBC host Joy Reid declines to apologize for Muslim comments, suggests critics were 'not in good faith'

MSNBC host Joy Reid addressed her controversial remarks that led critics to accuse her of Islamophobia Wednesday, but did not offer an apology, instead suggesting the criticism was "not in good faith."

World 15 hours ago

Mali's president resigns after being detained by mutinous troops

The Mali president resigned Tuesday night after being detained with the prime minister in an apparent coup by mutinied soldiers who surrounded the presidential residence and fired shots into the air.

Opinion 15 hours ago

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: What Biden needs to understand about Prophet Muhammad saying he used at Muslim voter event

I expect Joe Biden to understand the challenge posed by Islamism, Shariah, and the great odds faced by reformers

Politics 15 hours ago

Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls out Biden for quoting Muhammad pronouncing Sharia law in remarks to Muslim voters

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden quoted the Muslim prophet Muhammad pronouncing Sharia law during an address to Muslim voters last month, Hoover Institution research fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali told “Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday.

Media 15 hours ago

State Department envoy on Twitter's hypocrisy on Trump and Iran leader: It's 'clear' their actions are politically-motivated

It is "clear" that Twitter's hypocritical censorship of President Trump -- and not of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- is about the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, U.S. State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim stated Friday.

Politics 15 hours ago

House passes bill that would repeal Trump's travel bans

"I couldn't help but celebrate," Rep. Tlaib tweeted

Politics 15 hours ago

Biden, at Muslim voters summit, says ‘I wish we taught more in our schools about the Islamic faith’

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden spoke to a summit of Muslim voters Monday, telling them he wished American schools taught more about Islam.

U.S. 15 hours ago

Arizona professor sued for including questions about ‘Islamic terrorism’ on a test

A political science professor at a public community college in Arizona is being sued by a Muslim student who alleges he was forced to “either disavow his religion or be punished by getting the answers wrong on the quiz" during the spring semester.

World 15 hours ago

Turkey's president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque

The president of Turkey on Friday formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum.

U.S. 15 hours ago

Ohio governor signs bill expanding religious freedom in school

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law expanding the religious freedom for students in public schools criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

U.S. 15 hours ago

Nashville newspaper advertisement on end-of-world scenario launches investigation: report

An editor at a Nashville, Tenn. newspaper said he was “horrified” after a full-page advertisement paid for by a religious group predicting a terrorist attack on the city next month was published by the newspaper Sunday, The Associated Press reported Sunday.

World 15 hours ago

Saudi Arabia weighs canceling annual Muslim pilgrimage amid surge of new coronavirus cases

Saudi Arabia may cancel the highly anticipated Muslim holy pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time in the kingdom's recent history due to a spike in new cases of coronavirus. 

World 15 hours ago

Iran’s underground church surfaces, offering aid during coronavirus spike: report

Christians in Iran say they are risking their lives to aid their neighbors in an already hostile environment known for exporting radical Islamic terrorism, a religious freedom watchdog told Fox News.

World 15 hours ago

US blames ISIS branch for Afghanistan hospital attack that killed 2 newborns

The United States blamed radical Islamic militants and not the Taliban on Thursday, for an attack against an Afghan hospital that killed at least 16 people, including two newborn children. 

U.S. 15 hours ago

Missouri man who allegedly sparked mosque fire charged with hate crime

A 42-year-old Missouri man is facing hate crime and other charges for allegedly setting fire to a mosque last week, prosecutors said Thursday.

Lifestyle 15 hours ago

Across faiths, religious rules bent as virus alters worship

Across the United States, religious leaders are taking unprecedented steps to shield their congregations from the coronavirus - canceling services, banning large funerals and weddings, and waiving age-old requirements of their faiths.

Faith & Values 15 hours ago

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