Pope Plans Historic Visit To Iraq As Its Christian Populations Dwindle
Source: NPR BAGHDAD — On a recent Sunday in Baghdad, a congregation of Chaldean Catholics gather — masked and distanced — to attend Mass at the Church of the Holy […]
Palestinian President Abbas gives Christians outsize voice in new legislature
Palestinian Christians are ambivalent about the quota, which would allow at least seven Christians with the most votes to sit on the council. AMMAN (RNS) — President Mahmoud Abbas has […]
China condemns Canada’s motion calling treatment of Uighurs genocide
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that it condemned and rejected Canada’s parliament passing a non-binding motion saying China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide. China have lodged stern representations […]
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Official Trailer | Netflix
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1) In the creation of the heavens […]
Chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers found in Sardinia and Pisa hint at a thriving WINE trade in Islamic Sicily – despite the fact the community likely didn’t drink alcohol
Researchers created a technique to study chemical residues within a container They examined the contents of a special type of medieval jar found in Sardinia They were able to confirm […]
Gigantic kilim carpet unveiled in southern Iran
Tourism February 22, 2021 TEHRAN – A gigantic handwoven kilim carpet was unveiled on Sunday during an official ceremony held in the town of Ghirokarzin, southern Iran. “The kilim carpet, […]
An Obscure Centenary
FEBRUARY 22, 2021 BY THOMAS ALBERT HOWARD Readers of the New York Times were greeted yesterday with a full-page paid advertisement, notifying its readers of the 100th anniversary of the […]
Islamic 12th-century bathhouse uncovered in Seville tapas bar
Dazzling geometric motifs dating from Almohad caliphate discovered during renovation of city’s bar Sam Jones in Madrid @swajones Thu 18 Feb 2021 A magnificently decorated 12th-century Islamic bathhouse, replete with […]
The father of modern Islamic Psychology: Dr. Malik Badri’s legacy
RANIA AWAAD 4 DAYS AGO https://cdni0.trtworld.com/w960/q75/99152_Dr_1613636193098.JPG Dr Badri was a pioneer of modern Islamic approaches to psychology who influenced countless students in the field, through whom his legacy lives on. “Don’t worry, Malik, Freud signs their paychecks!” These were words that once comforted the recently deceased father of modern Islamic […]
Bestselling new book tells story of Europe’s forgotten Muslims
Source: Arab News “Minarets in the Mountains” highlights continent’s “indigenous Muslim heritage,” Hussain said It is among Amazon’s bestselling travel books on pre-sales alone. Book written by Tharik Hussain REVIEW […]
Greece rejects legal demands of Muslims for place of worship
BY BETÜL USTA ANKARA EUROPE FEB 22, 2021 A view of the Sultan Hortac Mosque in Greece’s Thessaloniki, which is not open to worship despite its good condition, May, 30, […]
World’s most vicious anti-conversion law and Dalits’ trauma
Political rulers use distinction of Sikhism and Buddhism being Indian faiths, as opposed to the alien faiths of Abrahamic Christianity and Islam to deny reservation to Dalit Christians and Muslims […]
“Islam proclaims that all people are born equal”
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls for equality of all races and peace based upon justice during address at Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 26 August 2017, the World Head […]
The everyday ecology of antiblack religion
ANTIBLACKNESS AS RELIGION: BLACK LIVING, BLACK DYING, AND COVID-19 by Matthew J. Smith February 4, 2021 For late historian of (Black) religion Charles H. Long, “America” was an antiblack religion. Reflecting on the assassinations of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, Jr., Long mourned the cycles of (anti)black murders in […]
Conversion and race in colonial slavery
CROSSING AND CONVERSION by Katharine Gerbner June 26, 2018 On the evening of February 25, 1760, an enslaved man named Mathew requested baptism from the Moravian missionaries who had recently […]
Exploration and Conquest of the New World
Initial voyages to the New World by Columbus spurred an era of exploration and invasion by other European empires. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Examine the causes and consequences of European exploration and […]