India’s new government signals Hindu and India-first goals
By Emily Schmall NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a Cabinet on Friday, handing the powerful home affairs portfolio to the president of his […]
Do humans have a ‘religion instinct’?
Source: BBC By Brandon Ambrosino When I was in grade school, there was an anti-drug commercial that regularly came on television. There were a few different versions of it but the gist was, an egg would be shown to the camera as a voice said, “This is your brain.” And […]
In Israel, 53 mosques and churches vandalized since 2009, only 9 indictments filed
Source: Haaretz Over 50 Christian and Muslim sites have been vandalized in Israel and the West Bank since 2009, but only nine indictments have been filed and only seven convictions […]
11-Year-Old Iranian Girl Gets the Highest Mensa IQ Score, Beating Einstein, Hawking
Source: NextShark.com By Bryan Ke·May 30, 2019 An 11-year-old Iranian high school student in the United Kingdom is making headlines for getting a remarkable result on her Mensa IQ test […]
Friday Sermon: Laylatul Qadr and Last Friday of Ramadhan
July 25th, 2014 The last ten days of Ramadan are passing by quickly. Muslims give importance to two matters in these last ten days; one is لیلتہ قدر Lailatul Qadr, […]
Importance of Lailatul Qadr (The Night of Decree)
Author: Bava The night of Laylatul Qadr (the Night of Power / Decree) in Ramadan is of great significance. Holy Quran was sent down in this night. Angels descend in […]
Newly released letters shine light on McCarrick allegations
(RNS) — A series of leaked emails has revived a long-simmering scandal involving defrocked Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, providing new evidence that the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., was disciplined […]
How Saladin became a hero in the West-He defeated the crusaders—and inspired a legend
Source: The Economist The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin. By Jonathan Phillips.Yale University Press THE WEST has few Muslim heroes but, astonishingly, a 12th-century jihadist is one of […]
Committee erupts after Tory MP tells Muslim witness he ‘should be ashamed’
Source: CBC A parliamentary committee exploring online hate descended into chaos this week after a Conservative MP told a Muslim witness he should be “ashamed” after he drew a link between “conservative commentators” and the online history of mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The eruption happened during Tuesday’s committee hearing, when Conservative MP […]
Fleeing persecution, Ahmadi Muslims find safe haven in Nepal
– Tsering D Gurung, Kathmandu May 29, 2019- Kathmandu’s Muslim community usually gathers at the Kashmiri Jama Masjid in Jamal for Jummah, or Friday prayers. But not all Muslims […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at supports KM disaster victims, others
Thursday, May 30, 2019 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at-The Gambia, Tuesday supported 27 disaster victim families in the Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled and the Organisation for […]
The Unaffiliated Billion Can Change the Balance between 2.4 Billion Christians and 1.8 Billion Muslims
Christians remained the largest religious group in the world in 2015, making up nearly a third (31%) of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, according to a new Pew Research Center demographic analysis. […]
Our glorious past is what we remember. The brutality behind it we’ve forgotten
Gary Younge When we choose we can relive 1066, yet we have wilful amnesia about the shameful events of our recent history @garyyounge Fri 31 May I Immediately after the […]
Israel to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians
Calls for Israeli authorities to rebuild West Bank structures confiscated by military Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Fri 31 May 2019 Israel’s defence ministry plans to hold an auction next week […]
The final punishment of Julian Assange reminds journalists their job is to uncover what the state keeps hidden
If we do our job, we will expose the same vile mendacity of our masters that has led to the clamour of hatred towards Assange, Manning and Snowden Robert Fisk […]
The preachers getting rich from poor Americans
Source: BBC By Vicky Baker; BBC News in Texas and Alabama Televangelist Todd Coontz has a well-worn routine: he dresses in a suit, pulls out a Bible and urges viewers […]
Are humans born to be religious?
Do humans have a ‘religion instinct’? Source: BBC By Brandon Ambrosino Are spiritual beliefs an inevitable consequence of evolution? In the second article in a two-part series, Brandon Ambrosino examines […]
Women Are Healthier And Happier Without A Spouse Or Kids And they live longer.
Source: the Huffington Post By Charmaine Noronha Unmarried and childless? Congratulations! You might just be among the happier, healthier population, according to a behavioural and happiness expert. That is, if you identify as a woman. Paul Dolan, professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, told the Hay […]
The necessity of Peace
By Patrick Dele Cole ISLAM has once changed, tolerating and teaching non moslems: mathematics, physics, astronomy, geometry, music, art – these influences smoothen the rougher edges of any religion. It would seem that Islamic fundamentalism was a revival of aspects of Islam – but that revival should not send us […]
Weak Christianity is killing west
by Selwyn Duke They’re from arguably the most anti-Christian part of the West, and they have a message: A lack of robust Christianity is killing the West. The warning was issued on Herland Report TV, where journalist Hanne Nabintu Herland interviewed fellow Scandinavian Iben Thranholm. “The general theme of the […]