Christians, Muslims, Jews unite against assisted suicide
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Leaders from three of the world’s major […]
Chicago churches join growing movement of congregations paying off medical debt
CHICAGO (RNS) — This Thanksgiving, 5,888 families in Illinois’ Cook County will receive a card with the names of several congregations belonging to different Protestant Christian denominations throughout the city […]
Ahead of Diwali, New Delhi residents fear they’ll be choking on smog instead of celebrating
Source: CNN New Delhi (CNN): People across India are preparing for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. They’re selling colorful lamps, cleaning and decorating homes, and buying clothes for […]
Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]
Ex PM of India Manmohan Singh agreed to be at Kartarpur event as common man: FM
Source: Dawn By Shakeel Ahmed MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has announced that former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has accepted his invitation to attend the Kartarpur corridor inauguration […]
Canada’s political leaders agree Quebec’s religious symbols ban is discriminatory. They’ve also agreed not to do anything about it.
Source: Washington Post By Amanda Coletta Here’s one thing the leaders of Canada’s major political parties agree on: They oppose Quebec’s new ban on public employees wearing hijabs, turbans or yarmulkes on the […]
Video: Keynote address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at UNESCO Headquarters
The Muslim Times has the best collection on the theme of interfaith tolerance. Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Nobel Prize for a noble woman […]
Dr. Abdus Salam and his Hindu teacher
On this #WorldTeachersDay I will like to bring to you a poignant touché story. Dr. Abdus Salam visited India in December 1979, soon after attending the Nobel award ceremony in […]
European Court orders Bosnia to remove Orthodox church
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bosnia to remove a Serbian Orthodox church that it says was illegally built on land owned by a […]
Most Americans say religious leaders act unethically at least some of the time
Source: Pew Research Forum Roughly seven-in-ten Americans say that religious leaders behave unethically at least some of the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey about trust in those […]
Dr. Zia H Shah’s interview by Voice of Islam: Is Morality Objective or Subjective?
For the sake of reference I have included the transcript of the first question below. 1. Can you describe the difference between subjective and objective moral values? Humans are one […]
Christian Boy Dies For 3 Minutes, Meets Allah in Heaven
Source: The Daily Currant A young Christian boy who briefly died on a surgeon’s operating table this weekend says he met someone named Allah in heaven. Bobby Anderson, the son […]
Video: Jerry Falwell Binging on Extreme Islamophobia
Suggested reading Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love Love thy Neighbor is a Christian Value, Hate and Stereotyping aren’t
Trump says Democrats are ‘not big believers in religion’ during North Carolina rally
(CNN) President Donald Trump cast Tuesday’s special election in North Carolina and the 2020 presidential election as a fight for the status quo, describing Democrats as the “America-hating left.” Democrats, […]
Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Most of the information here is reproduced from Wikipedia, just to ensure longevity of this information. […]
Overlap Between Islam and Christianity: Protect Your Imagination
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pastor Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism […]
A Sikh MP in Defense of the Muslim Hijab in UK Parliament
The Muslim Times has the best collection for interfaith tolerance, secularism and modest dressing and to refute Islamophobia. Tanmanjeet Singh “Tan” Dhesi MP (born 17 August 1978) is a British Labour Party politician.[2][3] He was elected as […]
BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women?
Additional Reading Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal BBC Big Questions – Are Religions Unfair To Women? https://t.co/E6UbsSI1wx via @wordpressdotcom — […]
Senator Bernie Sanders: An Outstanding Jewish Champion of the Muslim Human Rights
Suggested reading for the Jewish / Muslim collaboration Houston: Islamic group hosts Sanders and Castro as rightwingers protest Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem? How can we build the Third Temple together? Archaeologists […]
Honduras Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
Source: Forward By Marcy Oster (JTA) — Honduras will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, […]
