Pew Research: Religious people are happier through out the world
Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the World In the U.S. and other countries, participation in a congregation is a key factor People who are active in […]
It’s Hilarious That the Pope Called Mary the “First Influencer,” but It’s Also Totally Something He Would Do
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Thom Masat / Unsplash, Grant Whitty/Unsplash, Thomas Quaritsch/Unsplash, and Peter Paul Rubens/Wikipedia. This past weekend, Pope Francis called the […]
A Former Pastor Of Trump’s Church Says He Never Saw Him There
Source: Huffington Post BY Sara Boboltz President Donald Trump gave Bible literacy legislation a shout-out on Monday with a tweet praising states that are “starting to make a turn back” to an […]
Church of England plan for welcoming trans people under fire
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent More than 2,000 clergy and lay members of the Church of England have signed a letter calling on bishops to withdraw or […]
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is a Bad Idea—For Christians
Source: The Atlantic BY Jonathan Merritt Shortly after Fox & Friends aired a segment about proposed legislation to incorporate Bible classes into public schools on Monday morning, President Donald Trump cheered these […]
Christian Schools Like Karen Pence’s Are The Real Threat To Academic Freedom
Source: Huffington Post By David Perry Last week, the “second lady” of the United States, Karen Pence, went to work as an art teacher at Immanuel Christian School in Northern […]
Most popular video in the Muslim Times: Govt of India Documentary on Jesus in Kashmir!
Epigraph: “And We (Allah) made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water.” (Al […]
D.C. attorney general proposes making clergy ‘mandated reporters’ of abuse
Source: Washington Post Fenit Nirappil and Michelle Boorstein D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine is proposing legislation to add clergy to the list of “mandatory reporters” who must tell authorities about suspected […]
Cast in Russia as ‘enemy within’, Jehovah’s Witnesses see Soviet history replay
Source: Reuters BY Andrew Osborn ORYOL, Russia (Reuters) – The first Jehovah’s Witness detained for extremism in Russia has likened the authorities’ behavior to that of Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union ahead […]
Africa is home to the world’s most committed Christians and these countries have them all
by Francis Akhalbey, at 02:00 pm, January 23, 2019 There’s no doubt Christianity is one of the most widely practiced religions in Africa. Over the centuries since colonial masters […]
50% of Americans say they believe God determines what happens to them all or most of the time
Epigraph: And he who submits himself completely to Allah, and is of service to others, he has surely grasped a strong handle. And with Allah rests the end of all […]
Israeli museum to drop ‘McJesus’ sculpture after protests
Source: Reuters By Rami Ayyub HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli museum plans to withdraw a sculpture depicting the McDonald’s mascot as the crucified Jesus following protests which briefly united […]
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
Source: Associated Press BY Kathy Gannon ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release […]
50 Jesuits, Including Some From Top-Ranked N.Y. Catholic Schools, Are Named as Abusers
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas The schools are among the most recognizable Catholic institutions in New York, with reputations extending far beyond the church’s followers and the city’s […]
Only 10% in Germany say they believe in God with absolute certainty
Percentage who say they believe in God with absolute certainty: 🇦🇲 Armenia: 79% 🇬🇪 Georgia: 73 🇧🇦 Bosnia: 66 🇵🇱 Poland: 45 🇵🇹 Portugal: 44 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 37 🇨🇭 Switzerland: […]
How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham When I was a kid of ten or eleven years old, newly returned to New York after a few years living in Chicago, I […]
Split between Ukrainian, Russian churches shows political importance of Orthodox Christianity
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci The recent decision by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart after more than 300 years of being linked reflects […]
How the idea of hell has shaped the way we think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham For centuries, we’ve given lavish attention to the specifics of punishment, and left Heaven woefully under-sketched. When I was a kid of ten […]
Seeking the Truth and Not A Champion for Our Prejudices: Craig Versus Hitchens
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The libraries have been opened up for you. Scholars of all dimensions are presenting all the world books […]