Do Mormons Worship Joseph Smith?
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; who is Mormon in Progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete In church this […]
What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?
Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof ONE puzzle of the world is that religions often don’t resemble their founders. Jesus never mentioned gays or abortion but focused on the […]
Hundreds at New York mosque mourn woman murdered in ‘hate crime’
Source: The Guardian By Mazin Sidahmed Hundreds of people gathered at a mosque in Queens, New York, on Friday to mourn a 60-year old Bangladeshi woman murdered in what they say […]
Egypt’s Christians Say They Are at a ‘Breaking Point’
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND MINYA, Egypt — The Egyptian government has appointed Imam Mahmoud Gomaa, a Muslim cleric, to keep the peace between Christians and Muslims […]
Muslim Gathering Laments a ‘Normalization of Bigotry’
Source: The New York By RON NIXON ROSEMONT, Ill. — An imam of a mosque in New York City and his associate shot dead while strolling following afternoon prayers. A […]
In Orlando, A ‘Modest Fashion’ Boutique For Hijabi Women
Source: NPR At one end of Orlando’s Fashion Square mall, between a karate store and a comic book emporium, is a clothing boutique called Verona. It’s stocked with long-sleeved caftans, […]
Supporters of women as priests see hope in pope’s openness to deacons
Source: RNS By Emily McFarlan Miller NORTHBROOK, Illinois (RNS) Her whole life, Susan Vaickauski felt an internal struggle. But earlier this summer, as Vaickauski lay prostrate at the foot of […]
Inside Detroit’s Radical Experiment to Save Its Public Schools
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn An unprecedented idea may help stabilize the city’s public schools—or signal their demise When Detroit students return to school on Sept. 6, the rodents and mold […]
Obama-Duterte Dispute Risks Overshadowing Southeast Asian Summit
Source: Time By Vijay Joshi and Jim Gomez/Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos — A summit of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to South China Sea tensions opened Tuesday, overshadowed by the Philippine president’s intemperate comments in his debut appearance at the annual meeting. The insult was made more […]
These Are the 5 Big Foreign Policy Stories for the Fall
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer Say this for the summer of 2016: at least Russia didn’t invade anywhere. These are the geopolitical stories to pay attention to this fall. It’s your back-to-school edition of 5 Facts. 1. Turkey, Syria and the Middle East Aside from Brexit—more on that below—the most serious geopolitical […]
Could air pollution cause brain damage?
Source: BBC Tiny particles of pollution – inside samples of brain tissue – could be contributing to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, according to new research. The study, led by scientists […]
China warns Hong Kong democracy activists after election
Source: BBC China has warned that anyone advocating Hong Kong’s independence could be punished, state media say. The stern message came after young pro-democracy activists won seats on Hong Kong’s […]
Germany: Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 concludes with faith-inspiring address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 concludes with faith-inspiring address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ● TUESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2016 More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the […]
India: UP Hindu girl teaching Glorious Quran to Muslim kids
18-year-old Hindu girl Pooja Kushwaha has been teaching the Holy Quran to Muslim children in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to the Times of India, she revealed how she learned to read Arabic and begin teaching the Holy Quran, despite being a Hindu. “Many years ago, there was another woman […]
We pay for terrorism at the gas pumps
Peter Hartcher , The Sydney Morning Herald Saudi Arabia uses the proceeds of its oil exports to pay for, among other things, the missionary spread of the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of Wahhabism. This has spread like a cancer to scores of countries. It has poisoned traditional local interpretations of […]
Jalsa Salana Germany 2016 Concludes with Faith-inspiring Address by Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
More than 38,000 people attend three-day convention in Karlsruhe. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad concluded the 41st Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 4 September 2016 with an inspirational and faith […]
Meet Generation M: the young, affluent Muslims changing the world
Source: The Guardian Book Reviewed by Harriet Sherwood The book written by Shelina Janmohamed Burkinis, misery memoirs and people on camels: the caricatures of Islam don’t leave much room for […]
Muslims should reconsider letting Saudis manage Hajj, holy sites: Khamenei
Source: ET Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to “blasphemous” regional rival Saudi Arabia on Monday, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam’s holiest sites.“Because of Saudi rulers’ oppressive behaviour towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management […]
Time for introspection in the Muslim world
Source: ET It is now time for Muslims to indulge in some deep introspection. On a reflective note, what one finds is that militant outfits have, through force and violence, snatched the mantle of interpreting the verses of the Holy Quran out of context to justify and legitimise their horrendous […]
Children of equal gods
Source: Dawn Black Skin, White Masks is characterised by its eclectic but sharply focused reading and quotations, its neologisms and Creole inflections, and its anger. It details the collective mental illness imposed by racism. Fanon lambasts European psychoanalysis’s obsession with the Oedipus complex. He observes that for non-white subjects, trauma […]