Interfaith Marriages
Source: Muslim Sunrise, winter 2015 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives […]
Science in the Service of the Scriptures
Source: Muslim Sunrise 2015 winter volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Are science and religion at odds with each other? Cary […]
Book Review: Can Religion and Science Coexist?
Source: The Atlantic Reviewed by JEFFREY TAYLER A new book by the evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne tackles arguments that the two institutions are compatible. In May 1988, a 13-year-old girl […]
Saudi Arabia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran, Foreign Minister Says
Source: Huffington Post RIYADH, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had severed ties with Iran over the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, in a […]
Sweden’s Real Lessons: It’s Not Only All Welfare and Social Justice
By Munir Varraich, Sweden The year 2015 has come to a close with so many of the beastly memories buried in its bosom. Mankind is stepping into the New Year […]
Guest Column: Islam vs. ‘demonic cults’ The distinctions between orthodox Islam and its heretical offshoots
By Abdul Cader Asmal Posted Jan. 2, 2016 at 2:51 PM Sandwiched between demonic terrorists on the one side and malicious Islamophobes on the other, the overwhelming majority of decent American citizens who include their law-abiding Muslim counterparts are askance as to what to make of Islam and the […]
Muslims Spread Truth About Islam in Time’s Square on New Year’s Eve
by Selena Hill (staff@latinpost.com) In effort to combat misconceptions about Islam, a group of Muslim men hit the streets to spread a message of love and peace in the heart of New York City on New Year’s Eve. Salaam Bhatti, a 29-year-old estate planning attorney from Queens, NY, spent Thursday […]
No helmet no problem
Source: BBC In 2006, Lund University industrial design students Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin decided to invent a better helmet as a class project. The first obstacle to overcome was aesthetic; people (notably the two students) simply don’t like to wear helmets. But their research also found that traditional plastic […]
Islamic State video ‘shows killing of five men it says spied for UK’
Source: BBC Islamic State militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who it says were […]
Video: Richard Dawkins on Islam, Jews, science and the burka
Evan Davis speaks to Richard Dawkins. Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English[4][5] ethologist, evolutionary biologist,[6] and writer. He is anemeritus fellow of New College, Oxford,[7] […]
New Zealand Police Rescue Drowning Woman From Car (PHOTOS)
Source: Huffington Post By Simon McCormack Posted: 02/18/2015 10:07 am EST Two police officers pulled a woman from her sinking car a minute before, they say, she would have drowned. […]
Hawaii Sees Fewer Humpback Whales Returning for Winter
Source: Time But it might not be bad news for the whales Humpback whales are one of Hawaii’s many tourist draws, but this year experts say fewer of them than […]
Ai Weiwei wants to raise awareness about refugee crisis
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wants to raise consciousness about the plight of refugees through his, and his students’, art. Ai, who has made his name as much through his clashes with Chinese authorities as through his art, has set up a studio on the Greek island […]
Feature: Refugees on Greek island celebrate New Year with hope
Refugees warm themselves at the fire in the reception center of Moria on Lesvos island, Dec. 31, 2015. (Xinhua/Liu Yongqiu) MYTILENE, Greece, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — The first snowflakes fell on New Year’s Eve at the reception center of Moria in the suburbs of capital Mytilene on Lesvos island […]
This migrant crisis is different from all others
John Simpson World affairs editor 24 December 2015 From the sectionWorld Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionMany migrants have headed for Germany Migrant crisis EU migration: Crisis in graphics Merkel’s demise greatly exaggerated Will Germans embrace or shun refugees? In depth report As winter has approached, the apparently ceaseless flow of migrants heading […]
Tamir Rice’s Mother Calls Out ‘Corrupt’ Criminal Justice System
“We mourn for Tamir, and for all of the black people who have been killed by the police without justice.” 01/02/2016 02:08 pm ET | Updated 22 hours ago Lilly WorknehBlack Voices Senior Editor, The Huffington Post Samaria Rice said she is “mad as hell” over a grand jury’s decision […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia Exchange Heated Words After Execution of Shiite Cleric
By BEN HUBBARD and THOMAS ERDBRINKJAN. 3, 2016 BAGHDAD — A war of words between Middle East rivals escalated on Sunday, with the supreme leader of Iran warning that […]
Keeping Church and State Separate
Source: Huffington Post On January 1, 1802, President Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, who had requested clarification about the meaning of the First Amendment […]
Protest in Tehran after Saudis execute Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, 46 others
Source: CNN (CNN)Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had executed 47 people in a single day, including a dissident Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, who had repeatedly spoken out against the government […]
Somali al Shabaab militants use Donald Trump in recruiting film
Source: MSN.com RIYADH, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United […]