Source: staugustine.com In the New Testament book of Acts, Jesus is reported to have spoken these words: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Jesus understood that to sacrifice self-indulgent desires, for the sake of someone else, brings happiness. However, Christianity is not the only religion that stresses the […]
Source: gastongazette.com On Dec. 5, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine will bring her expertise to Unity Place in Gastonia to speak on “Jesus, Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations.” The free public lecture is one of […]
Source: China Daily WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to discuss the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, as […]
Source: Jihad Watch Next week, al-Zawahiri will be coming to the White House for tea. “Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah,” by Ariel Ben Solomon in the Jerusalem Post, November 27 (thanks to all who sent this in): The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect […]
Source: theneworleansadvocate.com High above the entrance to the new Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center are the words “Darul Aman.” “Translated, it means house of peace,” said Mobashir Ahmed, president of the Ahmadiyya […]
Source: bridgewatersociety.wordpress.com My father recently referred to basic ethics as “biblical morals.” I rehashed the tired arguments that suggest our morals come from elsewhere and encountered, in response, a religious meme […]
Source: heartsupport.com Most people will believe anything they hear as long as someone makes it sound important, so when it comes the the reliability of the bible, most people assume it’s […]
Source: thecelebritycafe.com The first book written in the US has fetched $US14.2 million ($15.59 million) in New York, becoming the world’s most expensive printed book sold at auction. The translation of […]
Huff Post: by Meredith Bennett-Smith — Just in time for the holiday season, an anti-religion organization is planning on erecting dozens of atheists billboards in an effort to let fellow non-believers know they’re “not alone.” The Greater Sacramento Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has paid for 55 different […]
theguardian — Our panel discusses whether a secular society merely separates church and state, or if secularism has a wider remit Will Self: ‘I think of it as the separation of church(es) from the state’ I suspect it doesn’t mean anything particularly original to me: I simply think of it […]
Source: rawstory.com Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt recently warned unarmed Americans that he had found firearms in the Bible, and that was proof that God was “judging” unarmed […]
The Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari Posted: 11/26/2013 1:53 pm EST Ron Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, has recorded a radio ad promoting the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The ad has been running on the progressive radio program “The Randi Rhodes Show.” In the ad, which […]
Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord is gracious to mankind, but most of them are not grateful. (Al Quran 27:74) By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitul Hameed Mosque […]
ABC News: by Justine Toh — Such a world may set the stage for remarkable feats of human endeavour but it endlessly frustrates the inevitable questions of human existence (how are we here? why are we here? why does anything exist at all?) that the silence of space can only […]
Burlington Post An exhibit is coming about Islam’s prophet. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada – Burlington Branch, is staging The Life of The Holy Prophet Muhammad on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Central Library, Centennial Hall, 2331 New St. There is free admission and complimentary refreshments. The […]
by Rep. Ron Paul, June 03, 2013 May was Iraq’s deadliest month in nearly five years, with more than 1,000 dead — both civilians and security personnel — in a rash of bombings, shootings, and other violence. As we read each day of new horrors in Iraq, it becomes more […]
Source: NYT Those days are over. The Saudi king and his envoys — like the Israelis — have spent weeks lobbying fruitlessly against the interim nuclear accord with Iran that was reached in Geneva on Sunday. In the end, there was little they could do: The Obama administration saw the […]
Source: NYT The era of traumatized alienation is over. The United States and Iran have embarked on a new phase in their relationship. It is marked by bilateral negotiations, handshakes, smiles, side-by-side flags and significant compromise, including United States acquiescence to a “mutually defined enrichment program” for Iran in any […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 26 November 2013 00:00 Jaffary, the Concordia professor asserted that veil should remain as a free choice for Muslim women in Quebec. CAIRO – Showing […]
By Farooq Baloch Published: November 26, 2013 The Express Tribune KARACHI: A leading American science magazine has listed a technology by a Pakistani scientist in its ‘World Changing Idea’ list– […]