Accepting Islam

Religious science: Riding the chariots

Dawn: ‘Pilots in ancient India were flying aircraft not only around the world, but from planet to planet as well …’ This was claimed by some speakers during a session titled ‘Ancient Indian Aviation Technology’ at the Indian Science Conference in Mumbai early this month. Many Indian scientists have flinched […]

Duke University announced it would broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from its iconic chapel, then backed down after threats of violence

theatlantic.com: When I was working on the student paper at Duke, we’d get a letter to the editor once a year or so that would lament that the university had lost touch with it religious roots as Trinity College, a Methodist school. The correspondents would invariably cite the university motto, […]

Islam’s Problem With Blasphemy

NY Times: WILL “moderate Muslims” finally “speak up” against their militant coreligionists? People around the world have asked (but, as in the past, have not all seriously examined) this question since last week’s horrific attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket in Paris. In […]