Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
By ANNABELLE LIANG SINGAPORE (AP) — New Islamic criminal laws that took effect Wednesday in Brunei that punish gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death have triggered an […]
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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
The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy
Source: The New York Times By Edward Wong March 30, 2019 JERUSALEM — When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down for an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network in […]
Australian senator censured for blaming Muslim victims
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator was censured by his colleagues on Wednesday for seeking to blame the victims of last month’s mosque shootings and vilify Muslims. Sen. Fraser […]
April 3rd is Love a Muslim Day and We Have the Best Collection to Refute Islamophobia
Book Review: Muhammad: An anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment Source: Princeton University Printing Press and Aeon.co By John Tolan, who is a professor of history at the University of Nantes. […]
NIH Director Francis Collins on why Christians must reconcile with science
Source: RNS (RNS) — On top of his duties as the director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins takes time to answer letters from Christians trying to reconcile […]
Video: Punjabi Poet Bulleh Shah On Human Compassion and Kindness
Additional Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
Everybody is Getting Burnout these days; here is what to do
From moms to medical doctors, burnout is everywhere these days Source: Washington Post By Jenny Rough A common ailment is going around, and you probably know someone plagued by it. […]
Silent crowd listens to mosque victims’ names at New Zealand memorial
Source: Reuters By Charlotte Greenfield CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Reuters) – Thousands stood in silence in a Christchurch park on Friday as the names of 50 people shot dead in two mosques […]
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the […]
Egyptian seminary renews its claim as arbiter of Islam’s true meaning
Source: Religion News Service BY Jacob Wirtschafter and Amr El-Tohamy CAIRO (RNS) — Long before the ascendance of the World Wide Web, Cairo’s Al-Azhar University served as the hub of […]
Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back.
Source: The Washington Post By Samantha Schmidt March 26 Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list. “There’s […]
AIPAC Is Losing Control of the Narrative on Israel
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN MAR 26, 2019 KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS It was the final day of AIPAC’s annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., and the star of […]
Quebec government pushes ahead with religious symbols bill as opponents fight back
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition during question period on Feb. 5, 2019, at the legislature in Quebec City. JACQUES […]
What caused the clergy sex abuse crisis? Catholic universities are pushing for debate on the answer.
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein March 27 The Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis is caused by a too-fawning deference to clerics called “clericalism.” Or a failure to guard against […]
Mandatory Reporting of Sex Abuse in Vatican City
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of allegations to Vatican prosecutors, as he seeks to create a […]
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture before his Death
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Pope seeks to build on Muslim outreach with Morocco trip
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with the Sunni world while […]
Quebec’s bill to ban religious symbols sparks condemnation in province and Ottawa
Source: Globe and Mail Courtesy: Hamid Rehman, Canada Waves of condemnation washed over Quebec’s move Thursday to ban some public-sector workers from wearing religiously symbolic articles, despite Premier François Legault’s […]
To humanize Muslims, let’s start in the classroom
Source: The Globe and Mail By Zulfikar Hirji Zulfikar Hirji is an associate professor at York University and co-author of Islam: An Illustrated Journey. A number of years ago, my son […]