Religious Pluralism and Civic Rights in a “Muslim Nation”: An Analysis of Prophet Muhammad’s Covenants with Christians Source: MDPI – Open Access Publishing By Craig Considine; Department of Sociology, Rice University, Houston, […]
Source: Review of Religions By Umar Nasser, who is a final year medical student at Imperial College, London. He is currently serving as Chair of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association UK, and is the co-founder of Endofatheism.com, an initiative seeking to provide coherent answers to the questions posed by atheism in the […]
Esquire.com Leave it to Nobel Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai to tell it like it is. In an interview with United Kingdom’s Channel 4, Yousafzai warned hateful politicians about the danger of their anti-Muslim messages: “The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create,” she said. A good point—and […]
By Professor Mark W. Muesse, Ph.D. Learn how to better live in harmony with the realities of the world and to feel more deeply connected to the whole of life […]
“To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well-studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men […]
Source: BBC India has in recent weeks seen some of its most concerted protests because of caste. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in violent protests by […]
Source: BBC Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam’s lawyer says he plans to take legal action against a French prosecutor for breach of confidentiality. The Paris prosecutor told reporters that Abdeslam […]
Source: Tehran Time TEHRAN —“Muslim world had made such extraordinary headway in mathematics, algebra, medicine, and the sciences in general, it was inevitable that its philosophical contribution needed to be taken seriously by medieval philosophers,” Charles Taliaferro tells the Tehran Times. Taliaferro, who teaches philosophy at St. Olaf College, says, […]
Source: TNW News Earlier this week we brought you news that Anonymous was planning to launch “total war” on Donald Trump. Today, the hacktivist’s fired the opening salvo. The group followed through on earlier threats by posting extensive personal information about Trump — including a social security number, home address, birth certificate and […]
Source: Time Three protesters were arrested Saturday for blocking the road near a Donald Trump rally in Arizona. According to CNN, dozens of protesters parked vehicles sideways to block both lanes of traffic on the main roadway leading to Fountain Hills where Trump was set to hold his rally. Sheriff’s […]
Source: Time Until just a few days ago, the manhunt for the most wanted fugitive in Europe seemed at an infuriating dead-end. Indeed, it was not even clear to intelligence officials and police whether Salah Abdeslam—the sole surviving alleged perpetrator of last November’s Paris attacks, which killed 130 people— was […]
The incredible story of 18 cows that became Israel’s most wanted fugitives and symbols of Palestinian resistance. 18 Mar 2016 11:12 GMT | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has borne witness to numerous tragedies but in The Wanted 18, an award-winning and astonishing true story, animation, claymation and interviews highlight an absurd […]
The real test is creating a strong foundation for women’s empowerment. 19 Mar 2016 12:48 GMT | Senegal’s experiment, as well as other global trends, is worth watching and learning from to ensure fundamental changes for women, writes Frantzman [AP] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Seth J Frantzman Seth J Frantzman is […]
The fixation on jihadists is distracting attention away from the troubling rise of far-right extremism in Europe. 17 Mar 2016 07:23 GMT | The exaggerated hype around jihadists makes ordinary Europeans feel much less safer than they actually are and shakes their trust in their Muslim compatriots, writes Diab [The […]
Promoted post: Book Review: To overcome the sectarian divide, first we need to learn it Happy Nowruz to all our Iranian readers form the editorial team of the Muslim Times. From […]
Source: The National By Dr HA Hellyer An associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Rafik Hariri Centre for the Middle […]
Source: The National In 2016, many parts of the Arab world are in a state of disarray. The instability that one sees relates to political disorder that exists in both […]
Barack Obama’s perspective on Islam is mistaken Source: The National By Dr HA Hellyer, who is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a non-resident senior […]
Source: Huffington Post Early in its existence, the Soviet Union turned Vladimir Lenin’s dictum that “religion is the opium of the people” into official policy. Atheism was what Lenin wanted […]
Source: Time By Linda K. Wertheimer A journalist and the author of Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion In An Age of Intolerance. The cost of not teaching children about different […]