PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota has become the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring that public school students use the restroom or locker room that corresponds with their birth gender. On Tuesday, the state Senate voted 20-15 in approval of H.B. 1008, just weeks after the House advanced the bill 58-10. “Every restroom, […]
BRILLION, Wisc. — A prominent Islamic group says that it is considering filing a federal complaint after seven Muslim workers were fired from a manufacturing company after they failed to comply with its policy mandating that they only leave the production line to pray during their scheduled breaks. As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based lawn mower and snow […]
(BBC) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says he will set up a new special prison for violent extremist offenders. The facility would prevent jihadists from spreading their extremist ideology to the rest of society, he said. The country’s anti-terror law allows security forces to detain people suspected of terrorist activities for a long period without […]
NIGERIA — A two-year old boy who was abandoned by his family after being accused of being a witch was recently rescued from death by a Danish aid worker, and online photos of the child’s plight have prompted nearly $150,000 dollars in donations toward his medical fees. The child, who has now been named Hope, […]
DENVER, Co. — Lawmakers in Colorado have rejected two bills that would have outlawed abortion in the state and criminalized those who kill infants in the commission of a crime against their mother. H.B. 16-1113, also known as the “Protect Human Life at Conception Act,” was introduced by Rep. Stephen Humphrey, R-Windsor. “It is the intent […]
FAISALABAD, Pakistan (Express Tribune) — An inquiry committee has been formed by the district administration of Faislabad to probe allegations of employment discrimination by a Christian waterman who says his school headmistress is forcing him to work as a sweeper because of his religion. Qaisar Jahan, a waterman at Government MC Girls’ High School in Partap […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Senate failed by a single vote last week to repeal a rule that required public facilities to permit persons who identify as the opposite gender to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their preferred identity. “All covered entities shall allow individuals the use of gender segregated facilities, such […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A Muslim woman led the first prayer to Allah on the Wisconsin Assembly floor on Thursday. Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, had been invited to give the invocation by Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, who professes to be a Christian. He told reporters that he invited […]
Ukraine (Mission Network News) — The ongoing crisis in Ukraine has been the reason for an increasing number of broken families and orphaned children. Backyards have been turned into war zones. More than 8,000 have been killed since it’s start in 2013 and 2 million more have fled their homes in eastern Ukraine. Suffice it […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — During Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Donald Trump said that if he were to nominate a judge to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, he would consider Diane Sykes or Bill Pryor, the latter of which prosecuted “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore. “If I were president now, I would certainly want […]