First public Azaan recited yesterday in Spain in 500 years? Azaan has been Banned in Spain
We could not confirm the authenticity of this claim, about Azaan, but we do hope and pray that it will come true at least in near future and we want […]
Most people think of ‘the pope,’ not ‘God,’ when they hear ‘Catholic’
Source: Catholic News Agency Washington D.C., Mar 18, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- When asked about Catholicism, most people think of the pope, according to a newly released survey from […]
Coronavirus: Giuseppe Berardelli among 50 priests killed
Source: BBC An Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know has died of the disease. Father Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, died in hospital […]
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and Let us Focus on Our Compassion, Not the Dogma
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. ‘the Day of the […]
The Serenity Prayer: One of the Best Prayers
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr[1][2] (1892–1971). The best-known form is: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to […]
From Ireland to Boston, coronavirus shuts down St. Patrick’s Day parades
Source: Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Major cities across the globe usually turn into a sea of green on March 17 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but several […]
EX President McAleese threatens to leave Catholic Church if Vanier story not explained
Source: Irish Times Former president Mary McAleese has written to Pope Francis saying she will leave the Catholic Church “if it transpires that the Holy See failed to act to […]
Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis
Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order […]
A Journey from Christianity to Islam: First Ecumenical Council to Vatican II (325 CE – 1965 CE)
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Every tragedy has a silver lining. The catastrophe of September 11, 2001, has put Islam under […]
Rumi: The Meeting Point of the East and the West
Epigraph: “Out beyond the ideas of right-doing and wrongdoing, there is a field I will meet you there. It’s the world full of things to talk about.” Rumi Written and […]
Why Are So Many Christians Converting to Islam
It is a fact that Islam is growing rapidly in the West. In the U.S. alone the number of Muslims has risen dramatically, from about 10,000 in 1900 to 3 […]
This Day in History, on Feb 17, Giordano Bruno Burnt Alive, at the Stake in Rome
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Giordano Bruno (Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; 1548 – 17 February 1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an […]
French priest recounts how he abused boy scouts over decades
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — A former priest detailed Tuesday how he systematically abused boys over two decades as a French scout chaplain, and said his superiors knew […]
Catholic Video: Christians Should Study the Qur’an
Suggested reading Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes
The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
Violence is wrong – but does it really matter that the Pope slapped that woman’s hand away?
Source: Letters to the Indepenent An 83-year-old man gets his arm grabbed causing obvious pain, and as the person won’t let go, he slaps her hand twice, for which he […]
Catholicism, Priest’s Marriage and Child Abuse
In Brazil – home to the world’s largest Catholic population – a majority of Catholics (56%) were in favor of allowing priests to marry in our 2013/2014 survey. https://t.co/k9GoR0A9Vw — […]
The Unaffiliated Reach 26% in US
Source: Pew Research Center 19 striking findings from 2019 BY JOHN GRAMLICH Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide […]
Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
By Michael Rubinkam – Associated Press Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that’s sure to grow substantially in the […]
