It’s time to revive religious civil disobedience
Source: Religion News Service BY John Gehring (RNS) — The Catholic nuns who occupied a revered place of awe and fear in my childhood psyche never talked about the the […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Overcoming the Mormon legacy on race
Source: The Economist EVEN AS American debates over race and identity turn increasingly toxic, one of the country’s most powerful religious groups and one of its most venerable anti-racist groups […]
Saudi Guardianship Laws Could Be Set to Change. Here’s How Women Are Reacting.
Despite recent reforms, Saudi Arabia’s repressive guardianship laws have remained intact. Credit: Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times By Megan Specia and Hwaida Saad The renewed prospect that Saudi Arabia might lift […]
Xinjiang’s Uighurs didn’t choose to be Muslim, new Chinese report says
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott and Yong Xiong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) China has delved back centuries in an attempt to justify its controversial policies in the far-western region of Xinjiang, where […]
Polish abuse scandal: Victims take on the Catholic Church
Source: BBC News By Adam EastonBBC News, Warsaw Image captionMonika, now 28, has spoken of years of abuse as a teenager at the hands of priests Marek Mielewczyk was a […]
Search for Missing Teenager in Vatican Cemetery Unearths Thousands of Bones Image
Source: The New York Times Earlier this month, workers opened two tombs on Vatican’s grounds as part of an inquiry into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, 15.CreditCreditAgence France-Presse — Getty […]
Pompeo takes aim at China at religious freedom conference
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said that China was responsible for the “stain of the century” of human rights […]
Pence calls on Saudi Arabia to release critic of Islam
Source: Reuters BY Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called out ally Saudi Arabia for the suppression of religious liberties and urged it to […]
Saudi Arabia defends letter backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Source: Reuters BY Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday defended signing a letter along with 36 other countries in support of China’s policies in its western region […]
Quebec judge rejects groups’ attempt to have secularism law suspended
Source: Global News By Annabelle Olivier A judge Thursday rejected an attempt by religious and civil liberties groups to have Quebec’s secularism law suspended. Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau says […]
Eritrea Orthodox Church ex-leader expelled for ‘heresy’
Source: BBC News In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, […]
Archbishop tried to discredit BBC film on church links to abuse
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood The most senior Catholic leader in England and Wales went to extraordinary lengths to try to discredit a BBC documentary on child sexual abuse and […]
A global vision for peace by the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslims
Source: Alislam.org Fractured societies are becoming ever more polarised and are rapidly reaching a breaking point, with tensions threatening to boil over at any point. At an international level, various […]
PM Imran Khan talks about various issues in US including the minorities
The issues about minorities comes up around minute 12 of this video. The Muslim Times has the best collection for interfaith tolerance and to refute sectarianism among the Muslims. Suggested […]
A Historic Contender for Canada’s Top Political Job
Source: New York Times By Dan Bilefsky VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The head of one of Canada’s major political parties tells a story about how at age 8, he decided […]
Video: Are you like a Honeybee or a fly?
Are you like a Honeybee or a fly? The mindset behind successful relationships! Shr Radhanath Swami Suggested reading How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the […]
Male circumcision: To be or not to be that is the question?
Foreskin reclaimers: the ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision Source: The Guardian By Gary Nunn Emboldened by the body-positive movement and a sense of rage, a growing chorus is pushing back […]
Whose God Is the One True God?
Source: The Huffington Post, from 2014 By Ronald Tiersky, Eastman professor of political science, Amherst College As ISIS/Islamic State takes over Mosul and other parts of Syria and Iraq it is imposing an ancient religious persecution of minorities: Christians (or any minority) face a brutal choice of conversion to Islam, paying […]
Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis
Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order […]