Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the […]
USA: Many Believe in God, but Not in Heaven or Hell
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious beliefs and practices Source: PEW Research Center While 89% believe in God, only 55% believe in heaven and hell BY ALEKSANDRA […]
New Volume of the Muslim Sunrise: Houses of God: Church, Synagogue, Mosque, Temple
Editorial of Spring 2017 Volume By Mubasher Ahmad, Editor-in-Chief A synagogue, church, mosque or temple – a house of God is a sacred place for co-religious congregations to gather and […]
Book Review: Jesus before the Gospels
Jesus before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior Author of the book: Prof. Bart Ehrman Book Review by David Chivers, who […]
Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’
Source: New York Times By ANDREW HIGGINS VOROKHOBINO, Russia — A dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, Andrei Sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous […]
Most college head chaplains are Christian. At USC, a Hindu leads the way
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Rosanna Xia Contact Reporter Varun Soni straightened his shoulders and grasped the podium, his dark suit flanked by the stately white robes of priests and ministers. A […]
Unitarian Universalist president resigns amid diversity controversy
By Adelle M. Banks | March 31, 2017 (RNS) The president of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resigned three months short of the end of his second term, declaring that someone else needed to address the religious movement’s diversity problems. The Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the liberal and […]
The Islamic Jesus: A Gap Or Bridge Between Christians And Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post By Mustafa Aykol Visiting senior fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesly College Throughout the whole Qur’an, there is only one woman mentioned by her name. She […]
Vatican says Trump risks losing climate change leadership to China
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME The Vatican urged U.S. President Donald Trump to listen to “dissenting voices” and reconsider his position on climate change on Thursday, saying the […]
Muslim protesters march against Jakarta’s Christian governor
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the […]
A man stole 2 Qurans from airport chapel – and left this note behind
Source: The Charlotte Observer BY TIM FUNK Somebody removed the two hardback copies of the Quran from the interfaith chapel at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and left behind a […]
Rollins student, professor clashed for weeks in religion class
Source: Orlando Sentinel A Rollins College student who has accused his Muslim professor of religious discrimination has been clashing with his teacher since the semester started, court records show. Areej […]
Parents’ lawsuit says son was baptized against their wishes
Source: Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The parents of a developmentally disabled boy in Ohio have sued his former court-appointed guardian, a minister and the child’s mentor claiming he was […]
Explaining Misinterpretations of the Holy Text to a Christian Audience
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is modified version of a speech by me in St. Paul Church in Endicott, NY. “No […]
In rural Canada, churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees
Source: Religion New Service DAUPHIN, Manitoba (RNS) Ken Yakielashek, a Roman Catholic and semiretired farmer in the Canadian Prairies, says he remembers when Christians of varying denominations “wouldn’t talk to […]
A building and a book highlight an odd symbiosis between monotheistic faiths
Source: The Economist Muslims, Christians and JesusA building and a book highlight an odd symbiosis between monotheistic faiths A new theory about the Abrahamic faiths OVER the centuries, the Abrahamic […]
CNN Documentary: John The Baptist–Finding Jesus Faith, Fact, Forgery
We have saved the above video in the Muslim Times as well for the posterity: Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times John […]
Egyptian Copts finally fulfilling ‘dream’ of traveling to Jerusalem
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 26, 2017 AL-KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) For decades, merchant Refaat El-Sayeh, a Coptic Christian, wanted to see the Church […]
The Teaching Company Course: Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad
Source: The Teaching Company Confucius. Buddha. Jesus. Muhammad. Four extraordinary sages who influenced world civilization more deeply than any other human beings in history. As just one measure of their […]
The mystery and controversy of Christian relics – Today on CNN
The Muslim Times has the most extensive collection of articles about Christianity By Drew Kann, CNN Investigate the relics of Christianity and discover new insights into the historical Jesus on […]