Video: Atheism and Agnosticism – By Dr. Laurence Brown
Epigraph: Allah created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom. In that surely is a Sign for the believers. (Al Quran 29:44/45) Written and collected […]
Video: Dr. Laurence Brown: ‘How I came to Islam!’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A product of Christian-American ancestry dating back to the year 1677, up until his conversion to Islam in […]
Religious freedom feels the heat from growth in atheism and irreligion
Source. CT It is dismaying to see religious freedom struggling for life in the countries which pioneered it. The most important reason must surely be the growth in non-belief and irreligion. For what is the surest foundation on which religious freedom may rest? Is it not the solemn recognition of […]
Atheists in Nigeria trying to become more vocal
Africa, home to growing number of Christians and Muslims, contends with atheists, too Source: Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — When the doors swing open every Sunday morning, churches […]
Many Americans are religiously unaffiliated because they question a lot of religious teachings
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion Source: Pew Research Center By Becka A. Alper, who is a research associate focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. A growing […]
Religion: Modernizing the Case for God
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) Source: Time Philosophers refurbish the tools of reason to sharpen […]
Richard Dawkins accused of Islamophobia after comparing ‘lovely church bells’ to ‘aggressive-sounding Allahu Akhbar’
Source: Independent By Samuel Osborn Richard Dawkins has been accused of Islamophobia after he suggested the Muslim call to prayer was “aggressive-sounding” compared to the “so much nicer” sound of church bells. […]
Duterte vs. God
Source: Foreign Policy By Emily Schultheis Relatives of people killed during the anti-drug operation participate in a Catholic-led protest in Manila on November 5, 2017. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) MANILA, Philippines […]
All Christians Are Problematic, Even Me And You
Source: Huffington Post By Brandi Miller, Columnist Let’s be honest, Christians. For professing a belief in a relatively unpredictable God, we have incredibly predictable defensive patterns whenever people question or critique […]
Living a double life: Indonesia’s atheists fear jail or worse
Source: The Jakarta Post BY Harry Pearl Agence France-Presse Jakarta | Wed, July 11, 2018 | 12:59 pm An Indonesian man views the Facebook page of Atheist Minang, operated by a group […]
Why Christians and atheists both need to lose their prejudices
Source: Christian Today By Krish Kandiah I have read quite a lot of books by atheists about Christians. They make tough reading. Sometimes I feel like I have gone 10 rounds in a boxing ring with Mike Tyson with my hands tied behind my back. Arguments, criticisms, personal attacks punch […]
For the Forty Percent Europeans, Who Don’t Believe in a Soul
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center, majorities in most countries agree with the idea that they […]
‘He’s Catholic, I’m atheist. How do we raise our kids?’
Source: Sydney Morning Herald By Georgina Fuller As I sat in church looking at my eldest son Charlie standing before the gold altar, clutching a candle at his Holy Communion, I […]
The Quakers are right. We don’t need God
Source: The Guardian By Simon Jenkins The group is considering dropping God from its meetings guidance as it makes some feel uncomfortable. This is the new religiosity The Quakers are […]
‘Two or three illegal’ church crosses torn down in central China
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have torn down “two or three” crosses adorning Christian churches in one county because they were “illegally built”, state media quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. The officially atheist ruling Communist Party has tightened restrictions and oversight of religious practice in China […]
Nonbelievers ask Sedgwick County to drop meeting prayers after ‘go to hell’ comment
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER A group of nonbelievers is asking the Sedgwick County Commission to either drop its weekly religious invocation entirely or replace it with a […]
Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries
Source: The Guardian By Alison Flood Author and the Centre for Inquiry planning free ebook versions of his books in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian following a ‘stirring towards atheism’ in […]
Atheists can ‘go to hell,’ says Sedgwick County commissioner
Source: THE WICHITA EAGLE BY DION LEFLER Atheists who want deliver an invocation at a Sedgwick County Commission meeting can “go to hell,” a county commissioner said Tuesday. “If you don’t […]
Oxford University Debate: Is Religion the Opiate of the Masses?
Source: Huffington Post By Frank Fredericks I had the esteemed privilege of opening the Proposition in the Oxford Union debate: This House Believes that Religion Remains an Opiate of the […]
‘Atheist Muslim’ says bigoted Donald Trump supporters have hijacked debate on Islam
Source: Independent By Greg Wilford A self-styled “atheist Muslim” author says liberals have stifled criticism of Islam and allowed Donald Trump supporters to hijack debate about the religion from “a position […]
