Source: National Geographic By Gabe Bullard As secularism grows, atheists and agnostics are trying to expand and diversify their ranks. More people than ever before are identifying as atheist, agnostic, […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our […]
TNN | Apr 24, 2016 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/configspace/ads/AS_Top.html Trichy: The 1,019-year-old Nathrsha Mosque that stands in the heart of the city was cleaned by civic body workers on Saturday. As part of […]
Dean Obeidallah, NY http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/are-all-terrorists-muslims-it-s-not-even-close.html Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” How many times have you heard that one? Sure, we heard Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade say it, but to me, that was simply part of the Fox News plan to make their viewers dumber, as we saw […]
Suggested Reading Muslims express love for Jesus and Mother Mary Love for Jesus can bring Christians and Muslims together
April 12, 2016 TEHRAN – A top Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday Iran has been seeking to strengthen the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in line with maintaining Islamic solidarity and preventing disunity among Islamic countries. Abbas Araqchi, the deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, made […]
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 surely […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown The former Pope Benedict XVI has suggested that those who mistakenly believe in other religions may not be damned after all. Which is hardly […]
http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr: Public discussion on the place of Islam and Muslim populations in European societies is becoming increasingly hysterical. In the absence of precise information and research, we draw general conclusions on the capacity or the desire of tens of millions of people to integrate and live together from events which […]
http://theviewpoint.co: Muslims claim their religion teaches peace, harmony, love and goodness while the actions of some so-called adherents to the faith prove contrary. How can it be that on the one hand, their religion teaches good while some of its believers commit evil? Some suggest the reason being an inherent […]
(RNS) Israel today grapples with profound existential questions of its national identity, including how Jewish the Jewish state can be. More than three-quarters (76 percent) of Israeli Jews believe their country can be both Jewish and democratic, a view rejected by majorities of Israeli Muslims and Christians, according to a comprehensive […]
Source: Huffington Post By Muhammad Abdul Bari: Educationalist, community activist, author and parenting consultant Ignorance of others in a pluralist democracy is a big enemy. In recent decades the lack of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Sales of the Quran skyrocketed in the United States following 9/11. Perhaps it was a search for answers, […]
Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Mon Dec 10, 2007; substantive revision Wed Jan 26, 2011 The influence of Arabic and Islamic philosophy on Judaic thought has never been studied […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis will hold a historic first meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, […]
In Shia Muslims’ holiest site, a new openness to other faiths Dec 5th 2015 CORDIAL encounters between representatives of different creeds are common enough in the Western world, whether the organisers are universities, governments or NGOs. (In the latter case, inter-faith activity is often aimed at building bridges by tackling […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kabir Helminski; Sufi shaikh and author Many Christians and Jews, ignorant of what the Qur’an proposes, instead project on Islam a version of intolerance and aggression from their […]
Suggested Reading: What Can a Quarter of Unaffiliated US Population Find in Islam? The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is […]
By Lauren Markoe, who covered government and features as a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years before joining the Religion News Service staff as a national correspondent in 2011 (RNS) […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times To be sure, the United States remains home to more Christians than any other country in the […]