USA: Religious Leaders gathered to clear the misconceptions in Religions
Glen Ellyn Area Religious Leaders gathered at Faith Lutheran Church at 41 North Park Boulevard in Glen Ellyn. The event was hosted by The Rev. George D. Smith, Rector and […]
Second Quran and Science Symposium Today, 10 AM EST
Epigraph: Blessed is He (Allah) in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; … Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou […]
Internal Review Finds Widespread Failures by Secret Service in White House Breach
Source: NY Times: An intruder was able to climb a fence and enter the White House in September because of a succession of “performance, organizational, technical” and other failures by the Secret Service, according to a damning review of the incident by the Department of Homeland Security. More:
Latin America Is Losing Its Catholic Identity
NY TImes: These are heady days for Roman Catholics in Latin America. For the first time, one of their own is serving as pope, providing a visible reminder of the importance the region plays in the global church. But after a century in which nearly all Latin Americans identified as […]
Punish Pakistan for un-Islamic blasphemy laws –
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A Muslim Reflection on Global Crisis
BY AMAAR AHMAD As conflicts rage around the world and innocents suffer in the Gaza crisis, Ukraine-Russia tension continues, and sectarianism boils over in Iraq and Syria , one wonders if history is repeating itself. Just as in 1914, now a hundred years after Word War I, small conflicts have […]
Freud and the Middle East
NOV. 11, 2014 Thomas L. Friedman ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — When trying to make sense of the Middle East, one of the most important rules to keep in mind is this: What politicians here tell you in private is usually irrelevant. What matters most, and what explains their […]
The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe
Epigraph Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the […]
Latin America Is Losing Its Catholic Identity
These are heady days for Roman Catholics in Latin America. For the first time, one of their own is serving as pope, providing a visible reminder of the importance the region plays in the global church. But after a century in which nearly all Latin Americans identified as Catholic, the […]
How The Gender Pay Gap Harms Women’s Retirement
Forbes: by Divya Raghavan — Women make up nearly half the U.S. workforce, receive more college degrees than men and are the sole breadwinners in four of 10 American households. Yet, they earn less than men at virtually every job — a persistent problem known as thegender pay gap. And […]
The Army Is Making Me Choose Between My Faith and My Country
Huff Post: All my life, I’ve dreamed of serving my country. But when I tried to enlist in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at Hofstra University, I was told I couldn’t because of my religious beliefs. I follow the Sikh faith, which requires that I keep my hair […]
Canada: Ahmadi Muslims hope to stop homegrown terrorism through national campaign
Source: citynews.ca A local Muslim group is reaching out to thousands of youths across the country in the hopes of stopping homegrown terrorism before it starts. Leaders in the Muslim community […]
Muslim group aims to fight youth radicalization
Source: torontosun.com VAUGHAN – In the wake of the recent killings of two soldiers on Canadian soil by homegrown jihadists, a Muslim group is launching a campaign to fight youth radicalization. Ahmadiyya […]
Author Dan Brown: Science And Religion Are Partners
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla Author Dan Brown has sparked plenty of intellectual debate during his career as a novelist by exploring the relationship between science and religion. While delivering […]
Interfaith America: Christianity and Islam
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
5 Common Myths about Islam Propagated by the Media
by Luis Durani In the last several months, we have seen a large rise in anti-Muslim sentiments expressed especially among commentators and the news media. Since 9/11, Islam has become […]
Mormon Church Admits Founder Joseph Smith Had 40 Wives
Nov 11 (Reuters) – The Mormon church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for nearly 200 years that he was monogamous. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has tried […]
The Future of God: A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times
Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews Review “Being a nuclear physicist dealing with basic quantum field theory I find my worldview agreeing with Deepak Chopra. The all-embracing holistic quantum field is a step […]
Local view: Islam is under attack by the Islamic State
duluthnewstribune.com: While American lawmakers are assessing whether the initial stages of bombings in Syria helped contain the Islamic State, a fresh wave of homeland terrorist attacks has aggravated the fear of a growing influence of Islamic State over America. On Oct. 24, a New York man attacked a group of […]
Jordan to Ulema : preach moderate Islam or else
Nationalpost.com In a bid to counter ISIS, Jordan gives orders to Clerics: Preach moderate Islam- or else ZARQA, Jordan — Several hundred robed Muslim clerics recently packed themselves into an auditorium to hear the minister of Islamic affairs issue their new marching orders. The meeting was mandatory. “You clerics are […]