The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Sat, October 20 2012, 11:52 AM President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underlined the importance of the roles played by leaders and religious figures in solving various conflicts taking place across the country. “As the head of state, I invite and urge leaders and religious […]
Source: Alislam.org The Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said about God of nature and Islam: The God of Islam is the same God Who […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon God had a good convention: The Almighty’s name was mentioned (albeit at the last minute) in the Democratic platform. And He was invoked no less than 12 times in the Republican platform, in case He is keeping score. But the real news is […]
First something about the big picture, atheists are right in exposing the irrationality of the Christian dogma. However, the Christians are right in as far as their claim that there needs […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times And He (Allah) revealed to it (conscience) the ways of evil and the ways of righteousness […]
Prof. William Lane Craig makes good arguments for existence of God in this debate as he usually does. But, as is his style, he also makes some frivolous and weak […]
News24: “Gnostic” comes from the Greek word for “learned”. In the context of religion, it means one claims to know whether god exists or doesn’t. “Agnostic” on the other hand means (at least in this context) unknowable. I’m an agnostic atheist. This means that I don’t believe in the existence […]
Hindustan Times: When Alex Aan picked up a copy of Karen Armstrong’s Holy War from his local library in west Sumatra in 2005, he had little inkling of his own religious battle to come. But after posting “God doesn’t exist” on Facebook, the soft-spoken civil servant, 30, faces up to […]
Times Standard I majored in biology as an undergraduate, and have never regretted it. Life has taken me in many directions since then, but the “science of life” has stayed with me. I’ve recently read some books by Richard Dawkins, a genetic and molecular biologist, and an atheist. I recommend […]
Huff Post Sam Harris–I know you’re a busy man, but I’d like to ask you out. Will you go to mosque with me? I’m not trying to convert you to Islam. Like you, I’m not a Muslim. Like you, I don’t believe in any gods. I’m happily, openly atheist. A […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2012) — New University of Otago research suggests that when non-religious people think about their own death they become more consciously skeptical about religion, but unconsciously grow more […]
International surveys about the depth of people’s belief in God reveal vast differences among nations, ranging from 94 percent of people in the Philippines who said they always believed in God, compared to only 13 percent of people in the former East Germany. Yet the surveys found one constant—belief in […]
Such challenges are not new in the religious history. Similar challenges were issued to prophets of God, in the past, by non-believers of their time. Let me quote the Quranic […]
Op Ed: New York Times: Nicholas D. Kristof; A FEW years ago, God seemed caught in a devil of a fight. Atheists were firing thunderbolts suggesting that “religion poisons everything,” as […]
Two months after he threatened to sue a Texas county for allowing a Nativity scene on public property, longtime atheist Patrick Greene has announced that he is not only converting […]
Daily Telegraph: This week before Easter, I chanced upon the following two quotations. The first says: “Not for 2,000 years has it been possible for society to exclude or eliminate […]
Source: The Local Over a third of Germans believe in life after death, a new survey revealed on Saturday. Around 36 percent of Germans said that they believed life continued […]
Source: Huff Post Usually we know where to look for answers. You know where to go for the weather forecast, and who to call when your car won’t start. If you need to find something more esoteric–who fought the War of the Spanish Succession, or what is the main export […]
Sunday 25 March 2012 Source: http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/2012/mar/25/atheists-please-read-heathen-manifesto Atheists are too often portrayed as bishop-bashing extremists and any meaningful debate with the religious becomes impossible. How can this be remedied? At the Guardian Open Weekend, Julian Baggini presented his 12 rules for heathens In recent years, we atheists have become more confident […]
Express Tribune: Irish actor Liam Neeson has revealed he is considering giving up on his Catholic faith and converting to Islam, The Sun reported on Wednesday. The Hollywood star, 59, having recently filmed in […]
