Who’s Afraid of Arabic Numerals?
Source: New York Times Before there was a Western civilization, there was Islamic civilization. By Mustafa Akyol, who is a senior fellow on Islam and modernity at the Cato Institute, […]
Did Jerry Falwell’s personal photos violate Christian sexual codes?
(RNS) — The news that Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. allegedly sought out President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to help prevent the release of some embarrassing personal photos has […]
Video: Why I converted to Islam — Timothy J Winter of Cambridge University
Source of Videos: BBC Radio TJ Winters; Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies Director of Studies, Wolfson College Dean, The Cambridge Muslim College Email: tjw31@cam.ac.uk Office Phone: 01223 763022 Download as vCard […]
Notre Dame’s restoration is a chance to make a symbolic stand against the new rise of religious hatred
Notre Dame is a metaphor of sublime beauty, of course, but also of the ugliness of human bigotry Alexander Seale In the crypt of Notre Dame cathedral, there is a […]
Book Review: Extremism Is Riyadh’s Top Export
Source: Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia is fighting for a dangerous monopoly on Islamic thought By Farah Pandith, who is the former (and first) Special Representative to Muslim Communities a the […]
‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Makes Bonkers Claim: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Jesus
Epigraph: The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall. Thomas Paine Source: Huffington Post “I […]
Lecture: Noah’s Ark, Christian Creationist theories and Evolution: Dogmatism and Fundamentalism
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The short 10-12 minute talk is within the first 22 minutes of the video, from minute 10 to 22, after the […]
Video Book Review: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton’s new book, Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, is out now from Riverhead Books. Muhammad’s […]
Can people be religious without being rigid?
Source: Arab News By Mohammed Nosseir Observing the inflexible attitude that many religious people often adopt makes me wonder whether believers can be religious without being rigid. Which attribute […]
Ted Talk: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for […]
Stop fretting over religious sensitivities. We must push hard against Islamists
Source: The Guardian BY Sara Khan It was fine in theory to defend the right of extremists to free speech. But this left them widely uncontested In this time of […]
President Trump’s Full Speech and “On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent”
On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent Source of the article: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Washington (CNN)Before President Donald Trump delivered his highly anticipated speech in Saudi Arabia […]
‘Big Talk’ considers religious extremism
Source: The Cougar By Katelyn Kenney Students filed into the Agnes Arnold Auditorium Tuesday for a conversation about countering religious extremism. The event, part of the Jack J. Valenti School […]
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 […]
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi: A Scholar to Overcome Extremism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Javed Ahmad Ghamidiجاوید احمد غامدی জাভেদ আহমেদ Ghamidi in Georgetown University, USA, 27 May 2015 1st president of Al-Mawrid Born 18 April 1951 Nationality Pakistani […]
A look at the snake-handling churches of Appalachia
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The fundamentalists who would read the scripture literally and show concrete thinking are not unique to Christianity. […]
Trump beheading Statue of Liberty
Source: The Local The Der Spiegel cover image being used during a protest in Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo: DPA German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied […]
Fasting and Prayers above the Arctic Circle, in Alaska, Russia, Norway and Sweden
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The sun sets for the last time over Barrow, Alaska. On the 18th of November, 2016 at […]
The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism
Source: Amazon By Sara Khan (Author), Tony McMahon (Author) Across Britain, Muslims are caught in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining […]
Christian fundamentalist schools ‘performed exorcisms on children and beat pupils in religious rituals’
Source: Independent By Siobhan Fenton Social Affairs Correspondent @siobhanfenton Exclusive investigation reveals serious concerns about how children taught at Accelerated Christian Education in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were treated, as ex-pupils claim exorcisms […]
