The Christians of Pakistan mean nothing to the Pope
Express Tribune Blogs: By Rohan Emmanuel: The last Pope, Benedict XVI, elected at the age of 78, was the oldest person to have been elected as pope since 1730. In February […]
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Tracking Unitarian Tradition in Christianity
Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC President Thomas Jefferson — Was he a monotheist? By Zia H Shah MD Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions and Alislam.org. First published in […]
Transmission of Islamic science to Europe & Renaissance
By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada Muslim scholars of Baghdad had translated scientific works from Greek, Pahlavi, Syriac, & Sanskrit into Arabic in the eighth and ninth centuries. Similarly […]
The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth about St. Patrick
Source: The Huffington Post By Greg Tobin: American Author So, who is St. Patrick, anyway, and why do we like him so much? Well, first, who he is not: he is not the benign figure wearing a green bishop’s miter holding a shamrock and casting the snakes from the shores […]
Interactive graphic: the story of every Pope in history, from Saint Peter to Pope Francis
Daily Telegraph: View this interactive graphic with details of every pope in history, from Saint Peter, the first Bishop of Rome and one of the twelve apostles, to the new […]
Shocked and upset” after being deported from Sri Lanka for displaying a Buddha tattoo on his arm
Source: BBC.Com. Antony Ratcliffe, 42, from Nottingham, was turned back at Colombo’s main airport on Friday for allegedly showing a lack of respect for Buddhism. The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism – the religion of the island’s majority ethnic Sinhalese. But Mr Ratcliffe says the “inoffensive” body […]
EU’s Ashton urges caution on lifting arms ban for Syria rebels
Reuters | Mar 16, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign policy chief urged caution on Saturday about a Franco-British drive to lift an EU arms embargo to help rebels in Syria, questioning the impact such a step might have on attempts to reach a political settlement […]
Norway agency to report find of pork in halal food
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said Friday it would file a police complaint against a food company after finding large quantities of pork in its halal-labeled products. Kebab meat sold by Norwegian group Kuraas to restaurants contained between five and 30 percent pork even though it was marked as halal, […]
Pope Francis Reaches Out To Jews
Source: Huff Post: VATICAN CITY — Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome’s Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the […]
Henri de Boulainvilliers: A French Biographer of the Prophet Muhammad
French Muslims may want to know a hero from a few centuries ago, who did some ground work for them, however, imperfect: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henri de Boulainvilliers (born October 21, 1658 in Saint-Saire, Normandy; died January 23, 1722 in Paris) was a French writer and historian. Educated at thecollege of Juilly, he served […]
Muslim states agree to ‘historic’ UN statement on women
Express Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: Muslim and western nations on Friday overcame deep divisions to agree a historic United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for combating violence against women. […]
Lack of protection : Kosovan minorities struggle after repatriation
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch Mar 15, 2013 – 21:42 Roma and other minorities forcibly sent back to Kosovo from Switzerland after the Kosovan war ended are not being cared for […]
Professor Emeritus Katharina Mommsen: ‘Goethe – The Muslim’
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Islam Written by Dr. Katharina […]
Prince Charles accorded a warm welcome in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Ghazanfar Ali Khan ARABNEWS Saturday 16 March 2013 .Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, hosted a state dinner in honor of Prince Charles and his accompanying […]
Prince Charles reveals he’s been having Arabic lessons for six months so he can read the Koran
Source: Religion News Service By Prof. Omid Safi: He is a Professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in contemporary Islamic thought and classical Islam. A […]
Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II and Islam, through Pictures
In an effort to improve inter-religious relations, in late 2006 Pope Benedict XVI visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where he joined Muslim clerics in silent prayer A closer […]
The Path to Radicalization: Following a German Salafist to Egypt
Source: Spiegel: It’s still dark in Alexandria, and I can hear the Salafist breathing in the dark. He is tiptoeing across the room.The man approaching my bed picked me up from the airport yesterday. His name is Dennis Rathkamp, and he is a 24-year-old auto mechanic who used to play […]
Vatican defends Pope Francis against Argentina ‘dirty war’ allegations
Source: Washington Post: ROME — The Vatican vigorously defended Pope Francis on Friday by seeking to discredit accusations that he failed to oppose and may even have collaborated with Argentina’s feared military junta during the so-called “dirty war” against left-wing activists. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, departed from […]
Islamists ‘plotted to kill far-right politician’
Source: The Local: The authorities arrested four members of a radical Salafist group before they could murder Markus Beisicht, the head of the anti-Muslim far-right Pro NRW party. The police apprehended two of the suspects in Leverkusen near Cologne, where they were apparently observing Beisicht. Two others were arrested in […]