Pew Research Center: 17 striking findings from 2017
Source: Pew Research Center Abigail Geiger is an associate digital producer and writer for Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. […]
Merry Christmas to Our Christian Readers and Our Collection about Christmas
Merry Christmas to All Our Christian Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You The Muslim Times is promoting universal brotherhood and sisterhood in a world, which is divided […]
Debate: Western Democracy Is Threatening Suicide?
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52% of U.S. Muslims say that traditional understandings of Islam must be reinterpreted to address modern-day issues
U.S. Muslims are religiously observant, but open to multiple interpretations of Islam Source: Pew research center By Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, who is a research associate focusing on religion at Pew […]
For many evangelicals, Jerusalem is about prophecy, not politics
By Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass) holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of 10 books on American religion and culture, including “Grateful: The Transformative […]
Obama: Protect Democracy or Risk Following Path of Nazi Germany
Epigraph “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Archbishop Of Canterbury: ‘I Genuinely Do Not Understand’ Christians Who Back Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Most Rev. Justin Welby is baffled by Christians who back the president. The head cleric of the Church of England says he’s perplexed by […]
Almost Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong
Source: New York Times By Maya Salam Not to rain on our Thanksgiving Day parade, but the story of the first Thanksgiving, as most Americans have been taught it, is […]
Where have refugees settled in the U.S.?
Refugees are resettled throughout the United States. This interactive tool displays the top nationality of refugees resettled across each state between fiscal 2002 and 2017. Top arriving refugee nationality, by state In fiscal 2002, 27,110 refugees were admitted to the U.S. Here is the top nationality of refugee arrivals in […]
America’s Best-Selling Poet was a Muslim: And His Name Was Muhammad
11/13/2017 This piece was written by Bahar Davary, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhī (1207-1273), better known as Rumi, is the […]
A new Gilded Age? Wealth is more concentrated than ever before
Billionaires around the globe have amassed a combined wealth of $6 trillion — don’t expect things to change Charlie May10.27.2017• The world may soon witness a new Gilded Age. […]
How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war
The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new. By Pankaj Mishra […]
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER and JOSH KELLER NOV. 7, 2017 The New York Times |Source: Adam Lankford, The University of Alabama (shooters); Small Arms Survey (guns). Note: Includes countries […]
How Martin Luther Changed the World
Source: The New Yorker By Joan Acocella Luther’s reforms succeeded because of his energetic, charismatic personality. Illustration by Nick Little Clang! Clang! Down the corridors of religious history we hear this sound: […]
Staying the Course in Afghanistan – How to Fight the Longest War
By Kosh Sadat and Stan McChrystal The cigarette glowed red as he took a drag, and the smoke rose rapidly as he exhaled. It had been a long afternoon. It had been a long war. It was February 2010, and after months establishing a relationship, Pakistan’s chief of army staff, […]
First Mosque for AMJ Barrie
AMJ Barrie has a new mosque 2017 is a ground breaking year for Barrie chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Canada. A meticulous church building with an area of 17000 square feet […]
Bearing arms: Regulating firearms in gun-loving Switzerland
By Veronica DeVore October 5, 2017 1:30 PMOct 5, 2017 – 13:30 Handguns require special permits in Switzerland(Keystone) Switzerland’s gun laws and high rates of gun ownership reflect the […]
89% of religious “nones” in America say religion should be kept separate from government policies
Source: Pew Research Center Views on religion, its role in policy When it comes to religion and morality, most Americans (56%) say that belief in God is not necessary in […]
Abu Ghraib: The legacy of torture in the war on terror
Abu Ghraib prison was closed in 2014, but its horrendous legacy lives on. Black strips placed by censors mask the identity of detainees in an undated combination of photos from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison released in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit [Reuters] By Maha Hilal @mahmooha2013 Dr Maha […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on protest pushback: ‘They don’t like the message’
Source: USA Today By Kevin Spain, USA TODAY Sports Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said that the reason some people are upset over the NFL players taking a knee during […]