Guardian: Millions of Jakarta residents will go to the polls on Wednesday in a vote that is being seen as a “litmus test” of Indonesian Islam. In the capital of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, the incumbent Jakarta governor Basuki Purnama Tjahaja, better known as Ahok, is battling to retain […]
Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article132344939.html Women of major religions challenge ‘homogenous’ way of life Saliha Malik, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association, told symposium attendees that the Quran dictates equal rights for men and women. Brad Loper Special to the Star-Telegram BY SARAH BAHARI FORT WORTH: Members of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths […]
Source: http://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/ahmadiyya-community-appeals-peace-holds-meeting/104558/ Home / Jamshedpur / Ahmadiyya community appeals for peace, holds meeting Ahmadiyya community appeals for peace, holds meeting Jamshedpur: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Jamshedpur organized an all-religion peace conference (Sarva Dharma Shanti Sammelan) in a hotel at Sakchi on Sunday with the view to promote peace and brotherhood in the city. The special guest […]
Source: http://abc27.com/2017/02/09/harrisburg-mosque-holds-unity-event/ Harrisburg mosque holds unity event WHTM Staff | Published: February 9, 2017, 11:45 pm Updated: February 10, 2017, 9:36 am HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Hadee Mosque in Harrisburg held an event Thursday night to promote unity and build bridges with all Americans. The event, called We are One, brought […]
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-education-a-must-for-peace-say-speakers-at-symposium-2320104 Education a must for peace, say speakers at symposium ASHUTOSH M SHUKLA | Sun, 12 Feb 2017-07:05am , Mumbai , DNA Almost all speakers at a peace symposium on Saturday stated that there is need for education across all religions for better understanding and peaceful relations among followers. They […]
A good resource to tackle Islamophobia John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He […]
The Independent: Jewish people in a small Texas city handed Muslim worshippers the keys to their synagogue after the town’s only mosque was destroyed in a fire. The Victoria Islamic Centre burned down on Saturday and had previously been burgled—the cause is being investigated by federal officials. More:
The Story of God With Morgan Freeman Season 2 Episode 1 The Chosen One The Story of God with Morgan Freeman will take viewers on a trip around the world […]
Source: Dawn LAHORE: An antiterrorism court on Saturday acquitted for lack of evidence 115 suspects involved in torching of more than 100 houses of Christians at Joseph Colony in the […]
Haaretz: The South London Liberal Synagogue plans to house a family of Syrian refugees, once it raises the funds to renovate an apartment where a caretaker once lived. The house of worship in Streatham belongs to Citizens UK, which campaigns on behalf of refugees and other social causes, The […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Scroll.In: So about six years after their wedding, the couple was blessed with a beautiful daughter. When it came to naming the child, it was suggested by Tripta’s mother that since the child was born in her maternal house, Nanaka in Punjabi, she should be called Nanaki. Thus, Tripta’s and […]
Epigraph: Glory be to Him, Who carried His servant (Muhammad) by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque (Prophet Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem), the environment of which We […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and a picture by National Geographic Not to be confused with Al-Aqsa Mosque or Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem). Dome of the Rock Qubbat As-Sakhrah قبّة […]
Source: The Tablet Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, rejected theocracy at its foundation and adopted a state philosophy known as “Pancasila”, giving equal recognition to the major religions. Yet that is increasingly under threat, as local authorities collude with radical Islamist groups to force Christian churches to close, and […]
Published on Nov 11, 2012 In a joint Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) and Georgetown faculty Distinguished Lecture, Karen Armstrong was invited to share her thoughts on “The […]
Keynote Presentation: Karen Armstrong Dialogue: Karen Armstrong, Amin Hashwani, Rev. Joan Brown Campbell Guest Commentators: Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer Additional Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Required reading for people of faith who are going into 2017 fighting. It’s been a tough year for America’s progressive faith community. […]
Morgan Freeman[2] (born June 1, 1937)[3] is an American actor, producer and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004), and […]