Jordan Times | Aug 07, 2012 | 00:25 AMMAN — The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) on Sunday held a roundtable on “Religion and Society in the Middle East” in collaboration with the Australian embassy in Amman. According to a statement from the institute, the Australian participants were headed […]
Reward offered after fire destroys mosque After learning about an early morning fire Monday that burned down the Islamic Center of Joplin, Mark Struckhoff immediately thought of a July arson attempt there. Struckhoff, executive director of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks, said although investigators are searching for a […]
Military rulers suppressing opposition in Fiji: lawyer Updated 4 August 2012, 8:09 AEST A prominent lawyer says the jailing of Fiji’s last democratically elected prime minister shows the military government is trying to remove its opposition ahead of elections slated for 2014. Jailed for corruption: former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase. (Credit: ABC) […]
AJLOUN — Hundreds of Christian worshipers converged on Saint Elias Church in Ajloun, 70km northwest of Amman, on Friday to perform pilgrimage. The pilgrims attended a religious mass and prayed […]
Written by Onimisi Alao, Jos Friday, 03 August 2012 05:03 The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama yesterday made a case for unity and peace among Christians […]
The Christian apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus) and Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim ruler after the death of Prophet Muhammad, were both great men of faith who etched their influence on their respective religions. In his commentary on Paul, Luke Timothy Johnson, a professor at Emory University, said: “Paul […]
Daily Telegraph: The schoolgirl’s divorced parents were “at war” over her desire to be baptised at the church her father, himself a convert, now attends. But at the end of […]
Written by K T Shamim As already alluded to in the preceding note Adam was a Prophet and Messenger and Caliph of Allah. And to whom was he a messenger if […]
I am reproducing it here to freeze this page in time for different considerations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search William Lane Craig Born August 23, 1949 (age 62)[1] East Peoria, Illinois[citation needed] Era 21st-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Analytic philosophy Main interests Philosophy of religion Natural theology […]
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 […]
Often I write critically about the New Testament, so, it is only fair that I should highlight the positive and useful as well. Here is a wonderful parable of Jesus, may peace be on him, from the Gospel of Mark: Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd […]
A MISSISSIPPI couple was told by a pastor that they could not get married at their church because they were black. Source: NEWS.COM.AU From correspondents in Mississippi AFP Pastor Stan […]
Written and collected by: Zia H. Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Is Jesus man, is he God, or both? The conventional Christian doctrine is that he is both, perfect […]
Source: Huffington Post Author: Eliza Wood Are Mormons any closer to Christians than Muslims? Short answer: no. Long answer goes something like this: As the media shapes our understanding of the Mormon faith, now that we Americans consider electing our first Mormon presidential candidate (Mitt Romney), it might be wise for […]
by Avi Spiegel, co-authered by Adina Bathzniki, HUFFINGTON POST Imagine this scenario: a group of women in southern California ask their local YMCA for an extra swim class. The YMCA would have to stay open a bit later than usual, but it happily obliges. It is summer, and the women, […]
A call for Muslims and Christians that they can work together! Christians and Muslims have a lot more in common!
Source : NY Times. PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced to three to six years in prison on Tuesday. “You knew full well what was right, […]
There is a frightening aspect to the present crises in Palestine and Syria: It seems to be a belief among ‘fundamental’ Christians that there must be a ‘Seven Year Tribulation […]
From the Islamic Revolution to the Islamic Devolution Jerusalem Post Being one of the fastest-growing countries in terms of leaving Islam, hundreds upon hundreds of Iranian Muslims are secretly converting to Christianity, or are becoming atheists, due to the arrogance and brutality of the Islamic regime in Iran. A few months … See all stories on this topic […]
By Isaiah Benjamin and Usman Ahmed, 22 July 2012Comment In the spirit of fostering togetherness regardless of religious differences, Muslim youths in Kaduna yesterday hosted their Christian counterparts while breaking […]