Huff Post: by Murali Balaji — One of the great things about The Huffington Post is its willingness to provide a forum for open discourse about the role religion can play in social uplift. To the dismay of many of us who write regularly for the publication, however, an article this week […]
The resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s recently concluded general election is being interpreted by some as a religious vote in favour of the Hindu nationalist party. It is true that the politically crucial states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh – the two account for 120 of the […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Vamsee Juluri: USF professor; author, ‘Bollywood Nation: India through its Cinema’ Narendra Modi’s victory needs to be understood beyond the two commonly heard positions we have heard […]
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — Though in some traditions goddesses exist only in the spiritual realm, in Nepal they live and breathe. These kumari, or “living goddesses,” are pre-pubescent girls considered to be the earthly manifestations of divine female energy, incarnations of the goddess known as Taleju, the Nepalese name for Durga. […]
Survey Report Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 40 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones. In 22 of the 40 countries […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
Source: Huffington Post NEW DELHI (RNS, October, 2013) The Supreme Court of India is weighing whether yoga has a religious element, as it decides if public schools may teach the […]
Huff Post These elaborately decorated Hindu temples sing praise to the glory of God with their breathtaking architecture. Hinduism is sometimes called the world’s oldest religion, and many of these sacred structures are full of history. Though these beautiful places of worship celebrate spirituality, noted Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda was careful to […]
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Huff Post: by Aamir Hussain — One aspect of puja that really resonated with me was music. However, I soon discovered that Islam did have a semi-musical tradition in spirituality, and that it was sometimes not emphasized. One form of this was the art of tajweed: eloquent, almost musical recitation of […]
View Data on more than 200 countries: by clicking here The Future of the Global Muslim Population The world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to new population projections by the […]
Epigraph: And We (Allah) have sent thee (Muhammad) not but as a mercy for all peoples. (Al Quran 21:108) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) […]
The Truth Message – Part – 5.3: A Conclusion to the Prophecies about The Promised Messiah So, where we we? Oh yes, we started with prophecies which mention the coming […]
Promoted posts: Urdu debates: Futility of Implementation of Shariah Law: To be or not to be? And: Video: Are Imran Khan’s Sympathizers Creating a Risk of Theocracy? The Muslim Times’ Editor’s note: We have not been able to confirm the accuracy of this news. This seems to be popular in Google search […]
Source: Press Release Hindus have commended His Holiness Pope Francis for his call to Christians and Muslims to work together to promote mutual respect at the end of his Angelus address on August 11 in Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, greeting Muslims as “our brothers”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a […]
Promoted Post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: The Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid, Author of The Wrong Kind of Muslim Hindus worldwide […]
Huff Post: By Jaweed Kaleem. After years of pressure from civil rights groups and lawmakers who say attacks against religious and ethnic minorities are not adequately monitored by law enforcement, the FBI will begin formally tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs. Meeting in Portsmouth, Va., on Wednesday, an […]
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Huff Post: T. Sher Singh. I, for one, would welcome some prayer, any prayer, even the Lord’s Prayer — a Christian observance — in preference to NO prayer. All I can say to my friend is this: Closed minds can do much harm to us all. Let’s open them — […]
By contributing writer Vidushi Sharma for KidSpirit’s Money and Value issue. This June, if you’d walked into the last KidSpirit Editorial Board meeting of the year, you would have seen a group of kids widely ranging in age. Some of us had cookies and milk in our hands; others were […]