When 33-year-old Syrian native Ahmad won the diversity lottery and a chance to get a visa to the United States in May 2018, he was in disbelief. It was his third attempt applying for the Diversity Visa Program, which gives up to 50,000 people a chance to apply for a U.S. green card every year. […]
Two progressive U.S. lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill that would replace the expired federal child tax credit with more generous benefits. Millions of poor and working-class American families were affected by the recent lapse of the benefit. Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Mondaire Jones of New York introduced th...
Former Florida Republican Representative Dave Jolly called out Mike Pence and his top aide for not speaking out earlier about attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Attempts, he said, that were spurred at former President Donald Trump’s request. Jolly spoke with MSNBC host Alex Witt on Sunday after watching a clip of former Pence aide [&helli...
A Toronto-area Ahmadiyya missionary is facing child pornography and extortion charges in the United States. Luqman Rana is charged with 10 counts of producing pornography of five children and extorting them by threatening to injure their reputation for personal gain. If convicted of all counts, he faces a mandatory term of 15 to 160 years [&he...
Hundreds of people protested Saturday in Istanbul as human rights organizations gathered outside the Greek consulate. They carried signs and banners, and chanted slogans. Representatives of human rights groups criticized Greece’s refugee policy. Kenan Alpay, Deputy Chairman of the humanitarian group Ozgur-Der, said they gathered to protest th...
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense Sunday announced five Afghan air force pilots who left after the previous government’s collapse, have returned to resume work. Officials said they will continue to encourage all professional staff of the previous government to return to Afghanistan. Following the Taliban’s takeover last fall, many experienced ...
An award-winning Muslim Arts and Culture International Festival, MACFEST, returns to Manchester this February. The festival, which started Saturday, offers more than 75 events celebrating the cultural heritage of Muslim communities. It will include talk panels, art exhibitions, and numerous workshops covering the topics of Muslim literature, a...
More detais are emerging in the killing of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. Neighbors say they had no idea that he was the head of the terrorist group. When U.S. forces flew over the Syrian town of Atme, wherel-Qurashi was hiding, resident Mahmoud Shehadeh mistook the sound of helicopters for a storm. In the […]
US Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday Russia could stage a fake attack by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory or people to justify its actions near Ukraine’s border. Veteran Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled a US State Department spokesperson over the U.S. government’s refusal to provide direct evidence. Invoking the ...
Munira Mirza, one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top advisers, quit Thursday amid a row over a conspiracy theory the British leader spread. Mirza stepped down after Johnson did not apologize over the use of a discredited claim, that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute pedophile Jimmy Savile. She announced her resignation in [...
