An American Muslim couple received appreciation from the American media this month. Dr. Rafat Ansari, an oncologist and Dr. Zoreen Ansari, a family medicine physician, made an extraordinary gift of $ 15 million to Notre Dame University – one of the largest Catholic institutions of higher learning in the United States. The money will be devoted […]
During the WWII, the United States turned away a ship carrying 900 German Jewish refugees, who had made it to Miami after much trouble from Cuba which refused entry to the group. The refugees, escaping the constant fear of extermination under the Nazi-perpetrated horrors, were denied the right to life of freedom and peace. The […]
Iowa Congressman Steve King is not new to controversy. But this week, he went too far in drawing contours and boundaries of civilizations in a self-styled manner that could only be termed as un-American. While expressing his support for far right Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ anti-immigrant thinking, King tried to suggest that America existed as an island […]