Video series: Slavery in America: The Roots
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured […]
What Death Taught Me
Katie Dreyer Become a fanWriter, traveler, researcher Posted: 01/07/2016 Joan Didion said grief is never how you expect it will be. When I used to think of my mother dying, in the abstract, vague way people do, I imagined myself collapsing in a heap, burying myself in my bed for […]
Is God Still Speaking?
Posted: 01/07/2016 Susan M. Shaw Become a fanProfessor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Director of the School of Language, Culture, & Society at Oregon State University How narrowly should a Christian college set the parameters for theological fidelity for its faculty? While this question is one that often […]
The Internet Is Killing Religion (and Science, Too)
Source: Huffington Post By Paul Wallace; Minister, physics professor The Internet is a killer: Adam Conover from Adam Ruins Everything *** It is true. The Internet is killing religion not because it exposes people to new ideas, and not because it tends to draw out everyone’s inner troll, and not because […]
A United States Without Muslims Has Never Existed
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Gardina Pestana; historian, author, and college professor The idea that all Muslims should be blocked from entering the U.S. plays well with people who think adherents […]
FBI seeks peaceful end to occupation at Oregon wildlife refuge
By Reuters – Jan 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A US flag covers a sign at the entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, on Sunday (Reuters photo) PRINCETON, Oregon — Federal law enforcement officials on Monday sought to bring a peaceful end to the weekend occupation of […]
If Donald Trump was a Muslim in Pakistan
http://dailykashmirimages.com: A month ago, an 81-year-old Muslim bookseller in New York was caught with a copy of the Holy Quran. The FBI arrested him promptly, and just two days back, an anti-terrorism court in Washington DC sentenced him to eight years in prison with a hefty fine. Christian leaders across […]
Christian college moves to fire professor who said Muslims worship same god
theguardian: by Ryan Felton — Larycia Hawkins, a tenured associate professor at Wheaton College, made headlines after wearing headscarf following San Bernardino shooting Wheaton College has taken steps to fire Larycia Hawkins. Photograph: Stacey Wescott/AP A Christian college in suburban Chicago has launched termination proceedings against a tenured professor who […]
A new estimate of the U.S. Muslim population
Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015. This means that Muslims made up about 1% of […]
Media’s Obsession with Muslim Terrorism, Possibly Leads to another Sikh being killed in California
Fresno, California’s First Homicide Victim of 2016 Is Another Sikh American Man Source: Identities.mic On New Year’s Day, a 68-year-old liquor store employee named Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed […]
Why Justice Scalia says government should favor religion over nonreligion
Source: Religion News Service Guest post by Daniel Bennett, who researches the conservative legal movement. He is a professor of political science at Eastern Kentucky University. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a small […]
USA: A Report on 2nd Annual Tarbiyyati Ijtema in Baitul Jamey Mosque Chicago, IL
“If we want to give peace to the world then train your children from childhood and teach them good moral right from the start.” -Imam Shamshad. Report by: Azhar Ahmad Islam is a proactive religion. It gives commandments which helps establish peaceful family units in the community, which collectively give […]
Something Wicked: White Supremacy as 2016’s Urgent Faith Challenge
Huff Post: by Rev Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite — Something Wicked This Way Comes is not only a sinister 1962 fantasy novel by Ray Bradbury, it is also descriptive of the malevolent and growing power of white supremacy in the United States. This accelerating menace is an urgent faith challenge […]
16 Ways You Can Support American Muslims in 2016
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies In hindsight, 2015 had many great moments, but also many terrible things […]
Canadian Kids Welcome Syrian Refugees With Friendship, Big Smiles In Video
“I’m gonna be your friend!” By Kimberly Yam; Associate Good News Editor, The Huffington Post These Canadian children welcomed Syrian refugees to their country with open arms. Nonprofit World Vision Canada, a Christian […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way as Regards Relationship Between Science and Religion
The lead post is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The key to enlightenment may lie in avoiding dogmatism and a totalitarian philosophy in favor […]
Interfaith Marriages
Source: Muslim Sunrise, winter 2015 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives […]
Sweden’s Real Lessons: It’s Not Only All Welfare and Social Justice
By Munir Varraich, Sweden The year 2015 has come to a close with so many of the beastly memories buried in its bosom. Mankind is stepping into the New Year […]
Guest Column: Islam vs. ‘demonic cults’ The distinctions between orthodox Islam and its heretical offshoots
By Abdul Cader Asmal Posted Jan. 2, 2016 at 2:51 PM Sandwiched between demonic terrorists on the one side and malicious Islamophobes on the other, the overwhelming majority of decent American citizens who include their law-abiding Muslim counterparts are askance as to what to make of Islam and the […]
Muslims Spread Truth About Islam in Time’s Square on New Year’s Eve
by Selena Hill (staff@latinpost.com) In effort to combat misconceptions about Islam, a group of Muslim men hit the streets to spread a message of love and peace in the heart of New York City on New Year’s Eve. Salaam Bhatti, a 29-year-old estate planning attorney from Queens, NY, spent Thursday […]