Bulandshahr violence: Arrests over India policeman killing
Source: BBC News Four men have been held over the killing of an Indian police officer in mob violence that erupted after rumours spread that cows had been slaughtered. Subodh […]
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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
Officials say boat carrying Rohingya Muslims lands in Indonesia
Source: Reuters BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities said a boat carrying 20 men believed to be Rohingya Muslims landed on the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on […]
Albert Einstein’s ‘God letter’ reflecting on religion auctioned for $3m
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood A handwritten missive by Albert Einstein known as the “God letter” fetched almost $3m at auction on Tuesday. Christie’s auction house in New York stated on Tuesday afternoon that […]
Zaytuna College Commencement 2018: Keynote Address by Dr. Garry Wills
Suggested reading Was President Thomas Jefferson a Muslim?
Garry Wills’ Video: Christianity without Priests
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993. Wills has written nearly forty books and, since 1973, has been a frequent reviewer for The New York […]
A New Youtube Channel for Quran and Science
Suggested reading A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question? Does science really prove the Quran?
The Qur’an: A Very Serious Book for Those Who Have Knowledge
Suggested reading A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched
Book Review: Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
Source: Amazon By Dalai Lama “A book that brings people together on the firm grounds of shared values, reminding us why the Dalai Lama is still one of the most […]
Ted Talk: We Can Be Buddhas
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 […]
Meditation: All It Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes
Transcription of Ted Talk Translated by Joseph Geni Reviewed by Morton Bast 00:12 We live in an incredibly busy world. The pace of life is often frantic, our minds are […]
Ted Talk: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in real time. Among the […]
American Poll Favoring Pluralism
Share of Americans who say: ▪️ “If America is too open to people from around the world, we risk losing our identity as a nation” 𝟐𝟔% ▪️ “America’s openness to […]
Sir David Attenborough: Climate change ‘our greatest threat’
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Katowice The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said climate change is humanity’s greatest threat in thousands of years. The broadcaster said it […]
In China, Gene-Edited Babies Are the Latest in a String of Ethical Dilemmas
Source: The New York Times By Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen BEIJING — First it was a proposal to transplant a head to a new body. Then it was the world’s first cloned primates. Now […]
Be celibate or leave the priesthood, pope tells gay priests
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be admitted to the Catholic clergy, and it would be better for priests who […]
Anger over pork sausages at Germany Islam event
Source: BBC News Germany’s Interior Ministry has said it regrets serving pork sausage at a conference on Islam in Berlin earlier this week. The ministry said the food selection had […]
Sacked vegan claims discrimination in landmark case
Source: BBC News By Clive Coleman A tribunal is to be asked to decide whether veganism is a “philosophical belief” akin to a religion, in a landmark legal action. Jordi […]
Pakistan clerics in blasphemy case to face treason charges
Source: Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani minister says the detained Islamic clerics who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the acquittal of a Christian woman in […]
Ukraine: Leader pledges church choice for Orthodox faithful
Source: Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has promised the country’s Orthodox Christian faithful they will be free to remain part of the Russian Orthodox Church after the […]
How Hanukkah came to America
Source: The Conversation Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U.S., Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, […]