What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?
Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof ONE puzzle of the world is that religions often don’t resemble their founders. Jesus never mentioned gays or abortion but focused on the […]
India: UP Hindu girl teaching Glorious Quran to Muslim kids
18-year-old Hindu girl Pooja Kushwaha has been teaching the Holy Quran to Muslim children in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to the Times of India, she revealed how she learned to read Arabic and begin teaching the Holy Quran, despite being a Hindu. “Many years ago, there was another woman […]
At back-to-school time, a new effort to protect kids bullied for their faith
Source: RNS By Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Dapinder Ahluwalia’s 14-year-old son starts high school next month. Like many parents, she’ll spend the last days of summer ensuring he has the […]
The Bible And The Quran Are Pretty Similar When It Comes To Justice
Source: The Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Justice is a central theme in many faith traditions. For centuries, religious texts and teachings have given believers moral instruction on […]
Building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for Justin Trudeau
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
Religious Freedom Is A Shield Not A Weapon
Source: Huffington Post By Roy Speckhardt; who is executive director of the American Humanist Association. Religious freedom isn’t an excuse to be a bigot, it isn’t a free license to discriminate, […]
An Afternoon with Zakir Naik in Puducherry India
Source: The Hindu By Prof. S.A. Abbasi, who is UGC Emeritus Professor, Centre for Pollution Control & Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University It was a surprise visit, by an all-Muslim delegation of […]
Rochester Ahmadiyya Muslim community to join “Breaking Bread, Building Bridges” event in Ganondagan
An event called “Breaking Bread, Building Bridges” will be hosted by the non-profit organization, Friends of Ganondagan, on Sunday, August 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Seneca Art and Culture Center in Victor. Source: candgnews.com VICTOR — Ontario County’s original Town of Peace, Ganondagan, will set the stage for […]
French church attack: Faith leaders call for more security
Source: BBC French religious leaders have called for more security at places of worship following the murder of an elderly priest in Normandy on Tuesday. Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish […]
The Question of Suffering tackled by Dr. Charles Stanley
Epigraph: And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a […]
The Source of Muslim Extremism
Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker, and a writer and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day Contemporary Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf writes, […]
Religious Freedom Was Key To Muhammad’s “Muslim Nation”
craigconsidinetcd.com: Prophet Muhammad believed that freedom of religion and civic rights were important components of a “Muslim nation,” according to an analysis of the prophet’s covenants with Christians. Craig Considine, a lecturer in Rice University’s sociology department, studied “The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with Christians” and found that these […]
Open Letter To Reverend Franklin Graham
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Hamid; Co-founder and President of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas Reverend Franklin Graham, Can we talk? You seem to have confused the horrific actions of some […]
Ramadan: A Source for Conflict Resolution?
Source: Huffington Post, UK By Farhad Ahmad; British Ahmadi Muslim Imam The summer has dawned upon the UK, in all its rain-filled glory, and is expected to be the hottest […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Multi-Religious Medina
Source: The Navhind Times Is Islamic State really Islamic? Was the killing of 42 persons at Istanbul international airport on Wednesday an action justified in any way under the laws […]
Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — Critics of Israel’s chief rabbinate have long complained that scores of American converts to Judaism have trouble getting approval to […]
Donald Trump’s Beatitudes: Trump Versus Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount
Donald Trump’s Beatitudes Source: Huffington Post By Michael Stark, Christian philosopher, writer, and speaker. Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton secured her position as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party […]
Invasion of the Muslim body snatchers?
Religion News Service: Whenever Muslims are involved in a terror attack, my Facebook page and email inbox explodes with people who live to say (and love to say): “See, I told you so.” The latest was from one of my long-time correspondents who sent me a list of every member […]
Colleges Should Be Nurturing Interfaith Leaders
Source: Chronicle By Eboo Patel, who is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and author of the forthcoming bookInterfaith Leadership: A Primer, by Beacon Press, August 2016 I recently met […]