By MICHAEL S. BOS, ARABNEWS IN September, attention will turn to the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and pundits will have their say about the significance of this tragic event. The one thing on which all Americans will agree is that this was the day that transformed our understanding of Islam. […]
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News HOUSTON (AP) — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was hospitalized Monday in a medically induced coma in critical condition after fasting in the weeks since receiving a life sentence for sexually assaulting underage followers he took as spiritual brides, officials said. The 55-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church […]
This is a small booklet with a very descriptive title, written by an Australian Judge, in 1920. He became a judge of the District Court and chairman of Quarter Sessions for the north-western district in 1881. He retired in 1918 after the passage of the Judges Retirement Act. He examines […]
Source: Jordan Times His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with heads of the Orthodox churches in the Middle East is a reminder to the international community and the Arab countries that Muslims and Christians in the region, and indeed elsewhere in the world, of the need for peaceful religious accommodation and […]
The US Embassy Malta hosted its annual Iftar Dinner on Thursday 25th August with about 100 guests including the Imam of the Paola Mosque Muhmmad El-Sadi and the National President Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta, Laiq Ahmed Atif. The Chargé d’ Affaires of the US Embassy Mr. Richard M. Mills and his […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday underlined Jordan’s commitment to protecting the Christian presence in the Palestinian territories and the Middle East in general. During a meeting with heads of Orthodox churches in the Middle East, King Abdullah said the Kingdom is considered a “distinguished” model for […]
By Francis X. Rocca, Religion News Service, Huffington Post VATICAN CITY (RNS) A few weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pope John Paul II invited Muslim leaders to an interfaith prayer summit in Assisi, Italy, the site of a dramatic interfaith peace gathering he had hosted 15 years earlier. In […]
… Compelling New Evidence that the eighteen ‘missing’ years of Jesus’ life, unaccounted for in The Bible, were spent mastering His mind under some of the greatest Rishi’s, Yogi’s and Swami’s of India. And even more mind blowing, there is also significant evidence that Jesus lived to be around 100 years […]
Source: PR Web Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2011 According to a free new documentary film by producer Frank Huguenard, much of what is considered to be the basis for modern Christianity can legitimately be called into question. Is it possible that starting at the age of 13, Jesus learned to […]
There is mounting concern that the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN on September 20 could spark a massive Palestinian assault on Israel’s borders. Depending on how far Israeli soldiers are forced to go in defending themselves and the borders, the situation could quickly deteriorate into open warfare. To prepare […]
ARABNEWS At the end of Sunday’s Mass, Benedict announced that the next World Youth Day will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013 – a year early to avoid conflicts with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Pope Benedict XVI returned to Rome on Sunday night after a four-day […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times August 21, 2011 The Bible is ambivalent about alcohol at best, while the Holy Quran gives a clear […]
What was the covenant that Allah gave to the Prophet Abraham and how has it played out for his two sons Ishmael and Isaac in the last 4000 years? If the promises and prophecies have come true over the last 4 millennia then there is every reason to believe that they […]
Source: Qantara Lewis Gropp reviews a documentary that shines the spotlight on two 12th century philosophers – one Muslim, one Jewish – whose messages of positive coexistence resonate very strongly even today, refuting the “Clash of Civilizations” theory Out of Córdoba is a documentary film about the greatest but least known […]
Source: Qantara The epochal transformations in the Arab world offer a historic opportunity for Muslims and Christians in these countries – and especially in Egypt – to establish a new, constitutional foundation for their relations. A commentary by Loay Mudhoon Observers worldwide followed events with a great deal of sympathy […]
By KT ABDURABB | ARAB NEWS The 1,800-sqm complex was constructed on land donated by Sharjah ruler Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi. Located in the Yarmouk area, the complex is the biggest church beyond the border of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). “The St. Philip Apostle Orthodox Church reflects the religious harmony of […]
Source/Credit: Hudson New York Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there now are more practising Muslims in the country than practising Catholics. Nearly […]
Whereas, Dr. Floyd E. Clark stays mostly off the subject and indulges in emotional rhetoric to preach to the converted, Ahmed Deedat despite being a Sunni Muslim realizes that Sunni position about Jesus’ crucifixion is not defensible, so he nicely orchestrates all the arguments, which the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, had written […]
I was asked to tell my story how I became a Muslim at the age of 15. Actually from my point of view it is quite a simple story, but let me try to be a bit specific. I was born into a Christian Protestant family. My father liked to attend the […]
Fountain of Christianity By Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community You should also consider that it is God’s eternal and established law that He forgives in response to repentance and penitence, and hears the prayers of His righteous servants which are offered by way of intercession. But we […]