Americas

Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim community at Calgary’s Baitun Nur Mosque to host World Religions Conference in Cochrane

Source: http://www.cochraneeagle.com/article/Four-faiths-on-justice-forgiveness-for-world-out-of-tune-20170511 Four faiths on justice, forgiveness for world out of tune Justice and forgiveness are essential for global harmony, agree the four faiths presenting at World Religions Conference in Cochrane. Graphic by Warren Harbeck For many, justice means little more than getting even, “an eye for an eye.” But as […]

Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Organizes inter-faith Peace Symposium on Sunday – all faiths invited

Source: https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/7315052-lindsay-peace-symposium-set-for-may-21/ Lindsay Peace Symposium set for May 21 Several religious scholars will speak on current issues of global conflict and justice NEWS May 15, 2017 09:32 by Catherine Whitnall Kawartha Lakes This Week LINDSAY – Area residents of all faiths are invited attend a special inter-faith Peace Symposium taking place […]

Some problems with USCIRF

May 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby There is no question that in many parts of the world, including the Middle East, vulnerable religious communities are facing threats to their very survival or serious problems of discrimination. In situations such as these, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom […]

A scientist looked through 63 studies to conclude atheists are more intelligent than religious people

Posted by Bridie Pearson-Jones in news Picture: BRYAN BEDDER / STRINGER / GETTY Atheists are more intelligent than religious people according to dozens of studies. Miron Zuckerman, Jordan Silberman and Judith A. Hall from the University of Rochester and the Northeastern University conducted a meta-analysis (that’s a statistical analysis that […]

USA: Do Muslims have to be Democrats now?

By WAJAHAT ALIMAY 13, 2017, NYTimes.com      13/5/2017   American Muslims face a choice: vote Democratic, or vote themselves off the island. That’s how Haroon Moghul, the author of the coming memoir “How to Be a Muslim,” put it to me this month — and how many of my fellow American Muslim […]

I will be fine

Source: CNN I have long believed that a President can fire an FBI Director for any reason, or for no reason at all. I’m not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. I hope you won’t either. It is done, and I will be […]