We Asked Our Readers To Define God In One Word. Here’s What They Told Us.
Epigraph: He is Allah, and there is no God beside Him, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the Gracious, the Merciful. He is Allah, and there […]
Reviving Islam’s Enlightenment
By Daniel Chirot is professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington Aug 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES: In 1877, the great French novelist Victor Hugo wrote: “Invading armies […]
Building the Case for Coexistence with Our Cousins, the Jews
Epigraph: “So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel for ‘Gaza Massacre,’ Call […]
Our Founding Fathers included Islam
Thomas Jefferson didn’t just own a Quran — he engaged with Islam and fought to ensure the rights of Muslims By DENISE SPELLBERG Salon: [He] sais “neither Pagan nor Mahamedan [Muslim] […]
The Top Five Reasons to Study Religion
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman; Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine It’s not easy being chair of a religion department. August is […]
If We Find Extraterrestrial Life: Christianity or Islam?
Epigraph: All praise belongs to Allah, Lord and Sustainer of all the worlds. (Al Quran 1:2) Did Jesus Die for the Sins of the Aliens As Well? But, They […]
Bringing Out Compassion, Love and Moderation in the Muslims
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Do Demons Exist? Yet, The Office of Exorcism Exists in the Philippines’ Catholic Church
http://www.npr.org/player/embed/424980005/427842172 Source: NPR Help Wanted: The Philippines Needs More Exorcists Alvin Bailon and his wife were at their wits’ end last September. Their 12-year-old son, an honors student, had begun […]
The Mormons like the Jews and the Muslims don’t Believe in ‘Original Sin,’ a Wake up Call for the Other Christians
Book Review: Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to […]
Sikhs Mark Anniversary of Temple Shooting with Community Service
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Regardless of what the situation is, we need to always spread love and peace and keep helping each other.” This […]
Should Terrorism be Defined by Religion?
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
Source: This article was originally published in Spring 2010 volume of the Muslim Sunrise: read online in the Muslim Sunrise. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Book Review: Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress
Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World Source: Amazon Book by Karl W. Giberson (Author) A […]
Obama administration in ‘final stages’ of planning Gitmo closing
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer, Wed July 22, 2015 (CNN) The Obama administration is in the “final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly” close the terrorist […]
Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Compilation and Preservation of the Holy Quran
Epigraph: Indeed, We (Allah) Ourself have sent down this Quran, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (Al Quran 15:9/10) New Light on the History of the Quranic Text? Source: The […]
Video: Tests reveal Quran manuscript is among oldest in the world, says UK university
Epigraph: Indeed, We (Allah) Ourself have sent down this Quran, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (Al Quran 15:10) By Laura Smith-Spark, Watch a video in CNN London […]
Quran tops the list of the 12 most popular books of all time
Epigraph: As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The […]
Traveling around to see the most sacred and the most beautiful mosques
Epigraph: And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name […]
The Holy Quran and the 12 Most Popular Books of All Time
Our Source: The Independent Harper Lee’s new novel ‘Go Set a Watchman’, the follow-up to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is set to become one of the fastest-selling books of all […]
Eid 2015: The world’s most beautiful mosques
Telegraph: In most other countries. Because it is in Iran, however, it has been explored (and Instagrammed) by very few western tourists. Built in the early 17th-century under Shah Abbas […]