India university to teach doctors Ghost Studies
Source: BBC A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts. The six-month course […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Strongly Condemns False Allegation by MP Rakesh Sinha
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By K Tariq Ahmad | Incharge Press and Media | Mobile: 9988757988 […]
Video: Indian MP Sashi Tharoor with Fareed Zakaria on interfaith tolerance in India
Source: Fareed Zakaria, GPS Indian MP Shashi Tharoor tells Fareed India’s new policy of giving non-muslim immigrants a path to citizenship undermines its secular roots. Listen to the video in […]
Science and Monotheism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would […]
Muslim scholar Ghazali passed away 908 years ago
One of his titles Mujaddid means renewer of faith who appears once in century Source: AA By Ayse Busra Erkec Muslims across the world will commemorate the 908th death anniversary […]
Do Religious or Spiritual People Make More Ethical Employees?
Source: Qrius By Subramaniam Ananthram, Senior Lecturer, International Business, Curtin University and Christopher Chan, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, York University, Canada Can religion and spirituality promote ethical behaviour in the workplace? It’s […]
Canadians divided over the role of religion: poll
Source: Radio Canada International By Levon Sevunts While the majority of Canadians profess some belief in God or a higher power, nearly a third would like to see Canada become […]
German Catholic Church Debates Sexuality, Celibacy and Women’s Roles
With the German church’s global influence, a meeting of bishops and laypeople to take up hot-button topics has led to warnings of a new schism, originating in the home of […]
The forgotten violence against Muslim women in the West
Source: TRT World We may have just marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but acknowledge the vulnerability of Muslim women who are attacked simply for wearing a visible symbol of their religion. Now in its 25th year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence […]
Why these New York Sikhs are fundraising for a mosque in India
Source: Religious News Service Darshan Singh first heard about it at the barbershop. His barber, a Muslim man living in Nadala, India, where Singh was visiting his family for two […]
Islam belongs to Germany, former President Wulff says
Source: Daily Sabah Islam belongs to Germany just like Christianity and Judaism, Germany’s former President Christian Wulff said during a meeting at the Turkish-German Culture Association in the German city […]
Islam and Orthodox Christianity Have the Same Values, Putin Says
Source: The Moscow Times Orthodox Christianity and Islam are based on the same fundamental values, President Vladimir Putin said in an address to a religious conference in Kyrgyzstan. The conference, […]
US court rules Kentucky man can get ‘IM GOD’ license plate
Source: Associated Press A federal court is allowing a Kentucky man to personalize a license plate with the phrase “IM GOD” after a three-year legal battle over the custom engraving. Court documents show Ben Hart, a self-identified atheist, set out to get the Kentucky plate in 2016. But Hart’s request […]
Study: Majority Strongly Support Religious Freedom
Source: Newsmax By Jeffrey Rodack A new study reveals the majority of Americans strongly support religious freedom and oppose government interference in religion. The study is part of the Becket […]
Life after death: Shocking research reveals what happens during a ‘near-death experience’
Source: Express, UK PEOPLE who have suffered near-death experiences or NDEs often recall distortions of time, visions of the afterlife and other paranormal phenomena, a medical expert has astonishingly claimed. […]
Americans Have Positive Views About Religion’s Role in Society, but Want It Out of Politics
Source: PEW Research Centre A large majority of Americans feel that religion is losing influence in public life, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey. While some say this […]
Al-Bukhari: the master in the science of Prophetic narrations
Source: Gulf-Times.com His mother woke up and said happily: “What a pleasant dream! Allah’s messenger Ibraaheem, may Allah exalt his mention, appeared in my dream, and said: ‘O woman! Allah […]
Norway Bans Religious Couples From Adopting Children
The Satanic Temple Is Exempted Source: patheos.com by Andrew Hall This affluent Scandinavian country of 5.3 million souls no longer allows religious couples to adopt children. The parliament voted 150 to […]
Ayodhya flashback: When Muslim Nawabs built Hindu temples
Hindu priests and historians say rulers of Avadh region promoted and nurtured harmony Source: The Gulf News By Bobby Naqvi, UAE Editor Ayodhya: Long before the bitter Babri Masjid-Ram temple […]
Gallup: Religion Isn’t Dying: ‘People Return’ to Church as They Age
By Michael Foust The percentage of the population that has no religious identity may be increasing, but a new Gallup report says such an anti-religion worldview is primarily embraced by […]