By: Muhammad Umar Source: The Review of Religions May/June 1993 Vol. LXXXVIII No. 5/6 http://www.alislam.org/library/links/in_vedas.html Almighty God has provided for all our physical needs. The Holy Quran says: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. (2:30) And He has subjected to you whatever is in […]
Source: Dawn CHAKWAL, Nov 4: After being restored to life, the pond at Katas Temple greeted the first flock of Hindu pilgrims. The sacred pond was specially showered with rose petals as pilgrims drank its water and filled bottles to take home. The pond had dried up in summer however […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Sat, October 20 2012, 11:52 AM President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underlined the importance of the roles played by leaders and religious figures in solving various conflicts taking place across the country. “As the head of state, I invite and urge leaders and religious […]
The study was inspired by Adamczyk’s earlier work where she observed the differences in HIV/AIDS infection rates between Christian- and Muslim-majority nations in which residents in Muslim-majority nations had lower […]
Would we exist without Muhammad(saw) ? ”Who would come under the banner of Bilal (a former Ethiopian slave) and Permitted them to worship in the sacred mosques of Islam … […]
Source: Khabar south Asia. By K. R. Chowdhury for Khabar South Asia in Dhaka Torulata Rani, 24, is having a tough time raising her six-year-old son by herself in Dokshin Chowra village in northern Nilphamari district, 350km from Dhaka. Her husband Sreepodo deserted the young family six years ago. Torulata […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would […]
Source: Indian Express Although an undercurrent of communal tension continues to grip Dhubri district in western Assam following the desecration of a Kali temple on September 7 in the heart of the district town, a retired Muslim teacher has come forward with a donation of Rs 5,000 for repair of […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Jeffrey Small: Author, ‘The Breath of God’ We fear what we do not understand. Creating opportunities for those of different faiths to interact can reveal that […]
Source: Hindustan Times A battle for space has pitched man against man in Assam: Migrant Muslims versus the rest of the state. But in a tiny corner of Sivasagar district, a group of Hindus and Muslims has taken a small step towards amity by making space for each other’s place […]
By Dominique Rychlik, Mike Rychlik The Daily Star The recent anniversary of 9/11 was a poignant occasion to reflect on why we insist on seeing people of other faiths as fundamentally “other” when there is so much that we share. While great strides have been made in promoting inter-religious understanding, […]
Source: Express Tribune By Zulfiqar Ali WANA: In the public imagination, South Waziristan is at the heart of a battle against Taliban militants. But Wana, the largest town in the tribal agency, has another, lesser-known story to tell. Manga Masih, a 99-year-old Christian resident of Wana recalls pre-partition times when, […]
Source: Ummid.com There was no positive story in the recent past that was reported on the Assam imbroglio, except one. But before telling that lets count the negatives that has shaken us from within. First was the mass exodus of the Bengali speaking Muslims population from their shanty homes residing […]
First something about the big picture, atheists are right in exposing the irrationality of the Christian dogma. However, the Christians are right in as far as their claim that there needs […]
Source: Business Recorder ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Justice ( Retd) Rana Bhagwandas has said that Sindh has always remained the land of peace, progress, amity, human and interfaith harmony. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of a booklet titled, ” Sufi Shah Inayat- a […]
Source: The Assam Tribune Staff reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 26 – At a stone’s throw away from the river that is considered a grand witness to Assam’s history and culture, two structures stand tall to mark the harmonious coexistence of two faiths. Locals bow their heads to each, and agree that […]
Source: The News Jacobabad residents were stunned to see a Muslim serving the Hindu community at the Shivli Temple during the last week of the holy Muslim month of Ramazan. Khurshid Khan, a senior lawyer from Peshawar who till recently served as deputy attorney general of Pakistan, served the Hindu […]
by Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times. Surrounded by hatred and fear in violence-hit western Assam, Jamaluddin Sheikh, 43, a relief camp inmate in the Muslim-majority Dhubri district, entrusted his 19-year-old daughter’s life to a Hindu he met for the first time at the camp and took an instant liking to. “I […]
Source: Outlook India Hasrat Mohani was not just a maverick when it came to publicly championing the radical thinking of Tilak. He also wrote verses expressing deep love for Krishna, and often went to Mathura to celebrate Janmashtami. He was a true maverick. In 1908 he published an anonymous article […]
Source: Zeenews India Bhubaneswar: It was a day of peace and brotherhood Monday as Hindus in many parts of Odisha joined in Eid celebrations across the state. Hindu families visited the houses of their Muslim friends and greeted them on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Large congregations of Muslims were seen […]