Comprehensive plan urged to address issues facing Muslim world
Arab News December 16, 2018 The conference stressed the idea of nation state is an extension of the concept of the Ummah, which converges and integrates with other […]
Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque
By AFP – Dec 16,2018 -JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on Sunday shows the Great Mosque of Al Nuri and the remains of ‘Al Hadba’ leaning minaret in Mosul’s war-ravaged […]
What Israelis say: A Different Perspective on the Temple Mount Crisis
Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, image via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives No. 582, September 8, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moderate leaders warn that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]
Public invited to presentation at Oro-Medonte mosque Canada
Event will take place Saturday by: OrilliaMatters Staff Officials prepare to raise the Canada flag at the first Canada Day celebration at the Maryam Mosque in Oro-Medonte. The mosque […]
Aggressive nationalism is fuelling religious hatred – and the West is failing to act John Newton Nov 22nd, 2018
John Newton Nov 22nd, 2018 A surge in aggressive nationalism in key parts of the world is to blame for a rise in violence and other intimidation against religious minorities […]
Why Pakistan is blacklisted for religious rights violations
By Imad Zafar December 12, 2018 In a recent development, the US government added Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia along with a few other countries to a blacklist of […]
The Rise of Islamic Soft Power
Religion and Foreign Policy in the Muslim World By Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid Islam has become a major, even obsessive, topic of public debate over the past two […]
Rumi and his holistic human rights theory
ERGIN ERGÜL Published Human rights, although largely described as a modern term, are indeed as old as the history of mankind. The age we live has been deemed the […]
Advisor to Mahmoud Abbas says a husband may beat his wife
Source: BLITZ Robert Spencer How generous, compassionate, and merciful! The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority […]
Questions about Mary, Miraculous Birth of Jesus, Christmas, Atonement, Old Scriptures
Faith Matters 31 December 2009. Tags: Faith Matters Mary Jesus Christmas Atonement Scriptures Q1 @ 01:00 May I know how did Mary face the society which must be very hostile towards pregnancy out of wedlock. Her interaction with God was a personal experience which the Temple people did not believe. […]
Christmas Mubarak. Chicago Temple Hosts a Christmas Play Mixing Islam and Christianity
09 Dec 2018 Posted by Gary Nguyen Christmas Mubarak is an original production from Silk Road Rising. For the audience of Christmas Mubarak, a new play, the evergreen Christian Nativity […]
Retired soldier educating South about Islam
By: Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer via the AP FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Jason Criss Howk’s Army career came to an end in 2015, he thought he’d spend […]
‘Islam is a Mental Illness’
Yes it is. It truly is. So says Pam Geller (notice the quotation marks–I didn’t say that) of Atlas Shrugged and one of the world’s most distinguished forensic psychologists and learned scholars of Islam. Er, not really. The only forensic psychology this woman has ever practiced involves writing her own […]
For China, Islam Is a ‘Mental Illness’ That Needs to Be ‘Cured’
Abdulla goes to bed every night dreading that knock on the door, a knock he has heard in recurrent nightmares and in stories from neighbors. He expects it can come at any moment. He is an ethnic Uighur and has always called Xinjiang his home. His forefathers lived and toiled […]
A peaceful face of Islam can help change perceptions: Zohaib Zafar (Opinion)
Updated Dec 5, 2018 His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad of London, right, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, shared his message of peace during his recent visit to the United States. He is shown here in a photo from a few years ago. (Paul Chaplin, The Patriot-News) By Guest columnist […]
Begum Rokeya: A trailblazer in women’s rights / Celebrating the iconic activist on her 138th birth anniversary
Mitali Jahan Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, the legendary Bengali writer-activist whose leadership had transformed the lives of thousands of people in this region and beyond, was born on […]
More than 1.5m Umrah visas issued so far
Most pilgrims — 1,094,403 — came to the Kingdom by air, while 96,523 entered by land and 35 arrived by sea. (SPA) Arab News December 01, 2018 The largest […]
Turkey set to open East Africa’s largest mosque in Djibouti
ANADOLU AGENCY DJIBOUTI “Turkey’s gift to Djibouti”, East Africa’s largest mosque being built in the capital city, is set to be inaugurated in two months’ time. The Turkish Diyanet […]
Introducing a New Focus on Archaeology and Ancient Religion
November 2018 Rizwan Safir – UK The Review of Religions is proud to announce the formation of a new section focusing on our ancient past. This section will explore the […]
Early History of Islam needs fresh appraisal — IX
Jinnah, within days of Pakistan’s creation, asked Muhammad Asad to establish the Department of Islamic Reconstruction M Aamer Sarfraz December 7, 2018 Allama Iqbal had lost faith in the […]