Source: Huff Post Usually we know where to look for answers. You know where to go for the weather forecast, and who to call when your car won’t start. If you need to find something more esoteric–who fought the War of the Spanish Succession, or what is the main export […]
By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Jean Younis won’t be wearing an Easter bonnet at church this Sunday. Instead, the office manager at Bonita Valley Adventist Church in National City, Calif., will don an Islamic headscarf to support the family and friends of Shaima Alawadi, the Iraqi immigrant and […]
Ghanaweb: Mr. Kwesi Hutchful, Tema Metropolitan Director of Education, at the weekend reiterated the call on parents and guardians to do everything possible that would motivate and encourage their children […]
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has announced it is withdrawing from talks on a new constitution, saying Islamist domination of the drafting body made its participation “pointless”, Egypt’s […]
Source: The pioneer Twenty three years after they were last driven out of their homeland, the Hindus of Jammu & Kashmir have survived the nightmare and are now even more emboldened to return to the State of their origin. They cannot remain refugees in their own country After bearing the […]
Huff Post It doesn’t take much to look around and see that there is a need for understanding and love, instead of fear and hate. Still reeling from the death of Trayvon Martin, the resulting protests and revelations, and stories that abound about people who die every day in this […]
By MANSOUR AL TURKY AL ANAZI ARABNEWS Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plays a big role in the international society. This is because of the blessings of God on this country. The most important factors that grant Saudi Arabia this vital position are the existence of the Two Holy Mosques which […]
Source: CNN Author: Mohammed Tawfeeq Najaf, Iraq (CNN) — An Iraqi woman who died in California after a brutal beating was laid to rest in her native country Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was taken off of life support last week after being found unconscious in her living room in San […]
Source: Huff Post Islam is often viewed as an inherently violent and intolerant world religion. This misconception is fueled in part by the miscreant deeds of some Muslims, particularly toward […]
cochranetimes.com: By Daniel Austin: More often than not discussions about the major world religions tend to focus on the differences. But for the past six years a conference in Cochrane has […]
Dutch ship flying Ottoman flags. Impression by Arie Zuidhoek. By Abdul Haq Compier Source: Alislam-eGazette January 2010 Prince William of Orange ruled the Netherlands in name of the Spanish king Philip II, but experienced moral difficulty in the execution of the persecution laws. Orange appealed many a time to Philip […]
Source: Tehelka LIFE IS full of paradoxes, and not all of them are upsetting. Some of them give a pleasant cozy feeling too. Recently, on March 25, 2012, people saw the Pakistan Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Khurshid Khan polishing the shoes of devotees in Gurudwara Rakabganj, Delhi. This work is part […]
Pakteahousenet: By Raza Habib Raja: Once again Pakistan has witnessed merciless killings which are sectarian in nature. A few days ago, killers stopped a bus enroute to Gilgot, picked out those belonging to the […]
Source: Huff Post I have always been spiritually promiscuous, lying down with any God who will have me. This passionate attraction to religion makes no sense. My parents, intellectual Jews, rejected the wrathful Father-God of their ancestors in favor of an eclectic embrace of eastern thought, western esotericism and indigenous […]
Source: Times Of India TOI spoke to Sri Sugunendra Thirtha Swamiji of Sri Puthige Mutt, Udupi, one of the key speakers at an event in Oxford, UK on March 23 to discuss interfaith issues. To elicit his views on the issues, Sugunendra Thirtha said inter-religious friendship means freedom to practise one’s faith without any […]
Worthy Christian News: WASHINGTON D.C. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Secretary of State name Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern in its 2012 Annual Report. […]
Source: Huff Post I’ve never found an easy way to explain how an evangelical Christian from rural America came to found an interfaith youth organization with chapters across the world. It began in the summer of 2006. It was past midnight when I flew into the airport in Alexandria, Egypt, […]
Lausanne, Switzerland. The federal court as expected upheld its decision of 3 years ago that Muslim children should not be given permission to skip the obligatory mixed-gender swimming lessons in […]
NY Times: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The teenager in the immaculate white robe stood in the ruins of what had been his school. There were no classrooms, no desks or chairs, […]
The Express Tribune: Khaled Ahmed: Why do we seek unity but end up with uniformity? If you want unity, teach yourself to tolerate diversity. Today, we are returning to a […]