First, there were humanitarian efforts from Brazil’s churches. Then, official World Cup prayers published by the Church of England. And, most recently, Buzzfeed’s promotion of goalie Tim Howard to the position of America’s “Savior” (in spite of a U.S. team loss.) And now, just days before the tournament’s end, the World Cup has […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s note: These are complex prophecies and metaphors about interaction between nations, comprising billions of people, spread over centuries and should not be taken literally. The over riding principle […]
Epigraph: And when thy Lord brings forth from Adam’s children — out of their loins — their offspring and makes them witnesses against their own selves by saying: ‘Am I […]
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:4) Source: New York Times This is […]
Malaysia’s first Playboy bunny, Felixia Yeap, announced Thursday, July 3, that she has converted to Islam. July 3 was also significant to Yeap because it was her birthday, the fifth day of Ramadan, and Islamic prophet Muhammad’s favorite day of the week, according to Yeap. READ MORE…
Source: The Huffington Post | By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican conceded Thursday that most Catholics reject its teachings on sex and contraception as intrusive and irrelevant and […]
Epigraph: And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy […]
Epigraph: And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Express Tribune: VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis hopes an unprecedented meeting of the Israeli and Palestinian presidents at the Vatican on Sunday can help end “eternal negotiations” and lead to peace […]
Epigraph: And those who call not on any other God along with Allah, nor kill a person that Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit adultery (or fornication), […]
Source: Patheos: Hosting the Conversation on Faith By James F. McGrath: An Associate Professor in the Religion and Philosophy department and has taught at Butler University since the fall of […]
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Barthlomew I prayed together in Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a beautiful act of unity. Now, they’re […]
When the hosts of the 2014 World Cup take on Croatia in the opening match of the tournament on June 12th, God will also be on the pitch. And whoever opens the score sheet for Brazil, it’s likely that Jesus will get the credit. Everyone knows that football is a […]
By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Mr. Mark Noreen of Rancho Cucamonga writes in his May 15th letter that I should stop my “continual challenge” of Christianity, take heed of the words of Jesus in Mat.7:3 regarding specks and logs in people’s eyes, and spend my time correcting the “shortcomings” of […]
Afrah Alshaibani was a conservative Christian, who since teenage began asking questions regarding the conflicting doctrines in her religion. Later after having married to a “non-practicing” Muslim, she got many answers to her queries from him that made her embrace Islam. EVER since I can remember, my family attended a non-denominational […]
A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’ after marrying a Christian man has given birth in prison. Meriam Yahya Ibrahim gave birth to a girl in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the hospital wing of a prison in Omdurman, Bloomberg has reported. The 27-year-old doctor, whose father was […]