Audio: This Islamic school teaches how to be Muslim, and American
Source: NPR By TOM GJELTEN Like any good fifth-grade teacher, Mike Matthews wants to make his social studies unit on the American West as exciting as possible. So he’s planning […]
Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing shares of the world’s Christians and Muslims
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MCCLENDON If demography is destiny, then Christianity’s future lies in Africa. By 2060, a plurality of Christians – more than four-in-ten – will call […]
‘Allahu akbar’: We have a double standard when it comes to religion and violence
Source: The Washington Post By Qasim Rashid April 19 at 2:58 PM A collection of guns and rifles, displayed at a news conference in Brooklyn. (Colleen Long/Associated Press) Three people […]
Nova Documentary on Mystery of Mathematics
Suggested Reading 2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Deism: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics […]
Yoga isn’t an all-Hindu tradition – it has Buddhist, even Sufi, influences
Scroll In: Yoga is not a culturally homogenous, all-Hindu, Vedic tradition, as is often portrayed by revivalist demagogues and those who have set up a raucous campaign to reclaim its roots. It is, in fact, a liberal, eclectic tradition that absorbed freely from Buddhist, Jain, even Sufist ascetic practices. Roots […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadis continue to suffer, between dictators and democrats
By Lutful Islam, 15 April, 2017 17 years after losing his home in a mob attack, Malik Saleem Lateef, an Ahmadi Muslim, was gunned down in broad daylight on 30 March. 1989 was a historic year for many reasons. The cold war culminated with Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and […]
Emirates to cut US flights after Trump travel restrictions
Source: BBC Emirates will reduce flights to five US cities from next month, after new security rules targeted travellers from the Middle East. The Dubai-based airline said the change was […]
Working from home may actually hurt your career
Source: BBC By Eric Barton 18 April 2017 When Ian Wright started working from his home in London last November, he thought he had the ideal setup. He could spend […]
Ayodhya dispute: India top court orders trial for BJP leaders
Source: BBC Senior figures in India’s ruling party will be tried for criminal conspiracy over the destruction of a 16th Century mosque, the Supreme Court has ruled. The order is […]
Physicists observe ‘negative mass’
Source: BBC Physicists have created a fluid with “negative mass”, which accelerates towards you when pushed. In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same […]
Growing anti-Muslim rhetoric permeates French presidential election campaign
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley PARIS — For some, the French presidential election will alter the course of a troubled nation steeped in economic and social turmoil. For […]
A Match Made in Heaven
Source: The Atlantic BY MOLLY WORTHEN Donald trump has never been known for displays of Christian humility. The first few minutes of his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in February […]
3-Day Trinity Exhibit ‘Hijabs And Hoodies’ Challenges Stereotypes
Source: Hartford Courant BY Susan Dunne Contact Reporter When a wave of violence and police brutality against young African Americans occurred a few years ago, Tracy Keza was paying close attention. […]
Jewish woman in Montana sues over ‘troll storm’ of neo-Nazi harassment
Source: The Guardian BY Lois Beckett A Jewish woman in Montana who was the target of weeks of harassment by neo-Nazi internet trolls is suing the instigator of the “troll storm”, […]
Do Mormons worship Jesus Christ?
Source: Religion News Service By Jana Riess A guest post by Mette Harrison A few months ago, I got into a surprising argument on Facebook about whether Mormons worship Jesus […]
Even a Horrific Murder Isn’t Enough to Shake Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Source: The Diplomat By Usman Ahmad With the sudden fury of a flash storm, images of an angry mob lynching a young man to death at the Abdul Wali Khan […]
Sonu Nigam: we must fight fanaticism, had his head shaved by a cleric
MUMBAI: tribune.com.pk Sonu Nigam recently made headlines when he found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding his tweets about the Azaan. When the situation spiraled out of control and a Muslim cleric reportedly announced a reward of INR1 million for whoever shaves the singer’ head, Sonu responded on Twitter […]
India: Hindus, Muslims resolve row over use of loudspeaker in temple
Setting an example of communal harmony, the residents of Jogirampuri village in Bijnore district on Sunday resolved the dispute over the use of loudspeaker at a Shiv temple. Tension prevailed in the village after the police dismounted the loudspeaker from the temple on Ram Navmi after the Muslims objected to […]