WASHINGTON — An Islamic imam led the U.S. House of Representatives in prayer ‘in the name of Allah’ this week, as those representing the people from states across America stood with their heads bowed and eyes closed. Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey in Monmouth opened the day on Thursday, […]
WASHINGTON — A woman who proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ during the first-ever Islamic Jumaa prayer gathering at Washington’s National Cathedral was ejected from the building on Friday. “Jesus Christ died on that cross over there,” the unidentified woman declared as she stood in the front of the room. “He is the reason why we […]
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey state Assembly approved a bill to legalize assisted suicide on Thursday, leaving the matter now in the hands of the Senate and Governor Chris Christie as to whether or not the proposed legislation will become law. The “Aid in Dying for the Terminally Il Act” cleared the assembly by […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — Over twenty years after pleading guilty to sex crimes against teenage girls, an Ohio abortionist has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. Thomas Michaelis, 69, of the Capital Care Network in Toledo has been charged with possession of child pornography in both receiving and distributing pornographic material. According to local television […]
MADISON, Wisc. — An appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that struck down a law granting U.S. pastors tax-free housing allowances. As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had filed suit in August 2012, challenging the 1954 “parish exemption” granted by Congress. “In the case of a minister of the gospel, […]
WASHINGTON — For the first time in American history, Muslims will offer prayers at the historic National Cathedral located in the heart of Washington, D.C., likely raising concerns from many across the country. While the national cathedral has hosted interfaith gatherings in the past, the Islamic Jumaa prayers to be presented this Friday at the historic […]
DAYTON, Ohio — A mother in Ohio is expressing horror after discovering that what appeared to be a pink princess wand that she purchased for her toddler at a local dollar store included a hidden photo of a girl slashing her arm with a knife. “I’m outraged over it,” parent Nicole Allen told local television station […]
Experimental mice have been telling us this for years, but pot-smoking humans didn’t want to believe it could happen to them: Compared with a person who never smoked marijuana, someone who uses marijuana regularly has, on average, less gray matter in his orbital frontal cortex, a region that is a key node in the brain’s […]
The pro-life personhood movement lost Tuesday in North Dakota and Colorado, with voters rejecting amendments to grant the unborn constitutional rights. In North Dakota — a strongly anti-abortion state considered the personhood movement’s best chance of victory — the proposed ballot measure would have amended the state constitution to say the “inalienable right to life […]
ATLANTA — Video footage has surfaced online of Muslim men in Lilburn, Georgia—along with children and teens—beating themselves bloody as part of an Islamic ritual that seeks to commemorate the death of the grandson of Mohammad. As previously reported, last week, Muslims around the world observed the Day of Ashura, which marks the death of Husyn […]