Scotland holds the key to understanding how life first walked on land
Source: The Guardian I was looking at Romer’s Gap the other day. No this isn’t a dirty confession, although I did come back with sand in my hiking boots. Just […]
Is the Vatican really surrounded by walls?
Source: CNN CNN)Shortly after Pope Francis called Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border “not Christian,” the GOP front-runner’s campaign was ready with a response: Isn’t […]
Muslim man sues Oklahoma gun range for refusing him service
Source: Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A U.S. Army reservist from Tulsa asked to leave a gun range in eastern Oklahoma after identifying himself as a Muslim sued the […]
Pope Francis signals openness to birth control for Zika virus
Source: Crux ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — While strongly rejecting abortion as a solution to the Zika virus now sweeping across Latin America and elsewhere, Pope Francis nonetheless appeared […]
Muslims in France Say Emergency Powers Go Too Far
Source: The New York Times PARIS — Depending on who is telling the story, Daoud Muradyan, a blind 21-year-old, is either a potential terrorist or a harmless immigrant who embodies everything that is wrong with France’s broad new antiterrorism powers. Mr. Muradyan came under suspicion after having contact with a […]
CBC Information Morning on Halifax Muslims
CBC Information Morning broadcasting live from Ummah Mosque The program will focus on the Muslim community, which consists of more than 25,000 people in Halifax. It’s one of the fastest […]
Study finds Bible angrier, more violent than Quran
By Noha Medhat A startling new study of the Christian and Islamic texts has revealed that violence and anger are more common in the Old and New Testaments than in […]
Here’s why Islam is practiced so differently from country to country
Source: Business Insider No religion is unified. How Catholicism, for example, is practiced in rural Italy differs from the way this is done, say, in New York city. Language, culture, […]
Gene Editing: The Dangers of Playing God
Science can help save lives — and destroy future generations The most vulnerable among us are in danger when it comes to advances in scientific genetic modification. The Human Fertilization […]
Trump on Invasion of Iraq by President Bush
Trump: Iraq invasion possibly worst choice made by any U.S. president. Watch: https://t.co/HAhU3M4HnF #GOPTownHall https://t.co/uvQl5Y7fSi — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 19, 2016 Suggested Reading Where are the bodies of […]
Muslims and America a Survey
For our collection of articles to tackle Islamophobia, please click here Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to […]
Defenders of Finality of Prophethood – a threat in Sri Lanka!
Lankaweb: In Pakistan organisations like Khatme Nubuwwat have been allowed to grow and flourish and they now yield considerable power and influence over the government. Their religious ideology is now intrinsically woven into the political structure leading to extremism that has now spiralled out of control. “…..it is now beyond […]
Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’
NY Times: ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRLINER — Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border. “A […]
‘Create Not Disorder in the Earth’: The Mercy of Allah Looks to Those Who Do Good
“Personally, I’ll admit that I was a bit surprised that the concept of ‘Mercy’ was most prevalent in the Quran.” —Tom H. C. Anderson upon completion of his analysis assessing if the Holy Quran were more violent than the Holy Bible. As the fear of Islam continues to permeate society, […]
What Abraham Lincoln Could Have Learnt From the Prophet Muhammad
http://amsa.org.uk/: This series, entitled ‘Islam and Slavery’ will examine the practice of the Prophet Muhammadsa with regards to the institution of slavery. It will compare the success of his policies and […]
4 Goals for Muslim College Students in 2016
Source: Huffington Post The year 2016 is one of both regression and progress, a time when anti-Muslim bigotry has reached new levels but also a time when the people speaking […]
Zika virus: Pope hints at relaxation of contraception ban
Source: BBC Pope Francis has hinted that the Catholic Church could relax its ban on contraception for women at risk of contracting the Zika virus. The pontiff insisted that abortion […]
Pope Francis questions Donald Trump’s Christianity
Source: BBC The Pope has questioned US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. Pope Francis said “a person who thinks only about building walls… and not of building bridges, is not Christian”. The New York businessman supports deporting nearly […]
‘Five-dimensional’ glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years
Source: The Verge Photographs fade, books rot, and even hard drives eventually fester. When you take the long view, preserving humanity’s collective culture isn’t a marathon, it’s a relay — […]
Edward Snowden defends Apple in fight against FBI
Source: CNN Edward Snowden — the ex-NSA contractor who started this whole privacy debate — has joined the ranks of Apple defenders. On Tuesday, a federal magistrate-judge ruled that Apple […]