Faced With an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do?
Source: The Atlantic By Julie Beck and Ashley Fetters “I think it’s different for parents. We have to protect our children. That’s our No. 1 calling in life, and that […]
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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
Islamophobia Is A Global Crisis — And It’s Time We View It That Way
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, and Nick Robins-Early The attack in New Zealand shows the problem is only getting worse, as anti-Muslim rhetoric has emboldened extremists […]
Don’t Impeach Trump. Vote Against Him
Source: Time BY DAVID FRENCH French is a TIME columnist. A lawyer and senior fellow at the National Review Institute, he is a best-selling author whose next book will be The Great […]
Climate strikes spread worldwide as students call for action
Source: BBC News Thousands of school pupils worldwide have abandoned classrooms for a day of protest against climate change. India, South Korea, Australia and the US are among the countries […]
Bangladesh cricket team escape shooting at Christchurch mosque
Source: BBC News Bangladesh cricketers were “minutes” from being inside a mosque in which a fatal mass shooting in New Zealand took place, says team manager Khaled Mashud. Players and coaching staff […]
U.S. says China’s treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses ‘since the 1930s’
Source: Reuters BY Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its […]
China accuses US of prejudice over human rights issues
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — China responded to new U.S. allegations of widespread human rights abuses with its own accusations of prejudice and interference, saying Thursday […]
India, Pakistan officials meet to discuss border opening
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials from India and Pakistan met Thursday amid easing tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims […]
Mammoth statue of Jesus planned for Russian site once set aside for Lenin
Source: Religion News Service BY Marc Bennetts MOSCOW (RNS) — Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ […]
More U.S. Catholics are considering leaving the church over the sex abuse crisis, poll says
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The percent of U.S. Catholics who say the clergy sex abuse crisis has them questioning whether to leave the faith has […]
My complaints of Tory Islamophobia were ignored, so I had to resign
Source: The Guardian BY Ajay Jagota In January I took the heart-wrenching decision to resign as chair of South Shields Conservative Association. It was a difficult moment. My parents came to Britain […]
In some countries, theism and patriotism are impossible to separate
Source: The Economist IF PEOPLE in the eastern half of Europe were as devoted to their faith, and as convinced of God’s existence, as they tell pollsters, then one would […]
Trump sees advantage in debate over Israel, anti-Semitism
Source: Associated Press By Zeke Miller WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t get enough of Rep. Ilhan Omar. As Democrats try to turn the page after the freshman lawmaker’s […]
Can acupuncture help menopause symptoms?
Source: BBC News By Laurel Ives For some women, the menopause and the years leading up to it, can be a time of troubling emotional and physical symptoms. Hormone replacement […]
Religious unaffiliation is growing in the US. Why isn’t it in Congress?
Source: Religion News Service BY Bart Worden (RNS) — This fall, voters in the Midwest elected two Muslim women to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first female members of […]
In Australia, Catholic Church’s Bank Is Full, but Pews Are Empty
Source: The New York Times By Damien Cave and Livia Albeck-Ripka SYDNEY, Australia — Despite a series of sexual abuse scandals stretching back decades, Australia’s Roman Catholic Church displays a veneer of strength. […]
2019 Quran and Science Symposium tomorrow with live streaming
Message from Dr. Sohail Hussain, President of the Association of the Ahmadi Muslim Scientists: While right wing extremists wish to inflict terror by massacring innocent worshipers, of recent in two […]
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says 49 people have been killed after two mosque shootings in Christchurch
Forty people dead in New Zealand mosque attacks, PM Jacinda Ardern confirms https://t.co/1tVsfneMG6 — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 15, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Forty people have been shot dead and 20 […]
Quran: Can We Squeeze an Ocean into a Swimming Pool?
Epigraph: And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not […]
Ted Talk: Small Acts of Compassion with Huge Impact
We have all changed someone’s life — usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday […]