Source: Los Angeles Times By Umar Farooq Five times a day, the loudspeakers affixed to the spires of some 90,000 state-run mosques crackle to life, and the Islamic call to […]
Source: The Economist IT IS hard to imagine such a sizzling political issue, one that connects the welfare of children and animals with clashing notions of religious freedom, and even […]
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s national human rights agency said on Monday it was concerned about the launch of a mobile application by the Jakarta Prosecutor’s Office, which […]
Source: MarketWatch By NICOLELYN PESCE What is the meaning of life? Family, according to 69% of Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center — although finances aren’t far behind. The […]
Source: Pew Research Center Stat: 39 percent. That’s how many Americans say they are highly religious. Story: When asked about their religion, most Americans identify with a traditional faith: Christianity, Judaism, Islam. […]
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 […]
Source: The Economist ABOUT 30 YEARS ago, in the final years of the cold war, the American political scientist Joseph Nye developed the concept of soft power. He meant the […]
Source: Time By MAHITA GAJANAN November 20, 2018 A North Carolina school where a high concentration of families claim religious exemption from vaccines is facing the state’s worst chickenpox outbreak in […]
Suggested Reading: If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! We have saved the video in the Muslim Times to ensure its longevity:
Epigraph: For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. […]
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj THATI, India — When Sardar Singh Jatav set out walking on a muggy night in early September to talk with the men […]
Source: The OCR By SCOTT SCHWEBKE A jury has awarded $3.2 million in damages to a Muslim who claims he was harassed for years by his supervisors at Loma Linda University […]
Source: Associated Press By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that South Korean men can legally reject their mandatory military service on conscientious […]
By several measures, young adults around the world tend to be less religious than their elders: https://t.co/mbVV47jWwe pic.twitter.com/4Re8j0ytmx — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) November 1, 2018 Suggested Reading Belief is […]
Source: Christian Today By Rev Mark Woods, who is a Baptist minister and Managing Editor of Christian Today All the world – at least all the right-thinking part of it – […]
Source: Pew Research Center People in Central and Eastern Europe are less accepting of Muslims and Jews, same-sex marriage, and legal abortion The Iron Curtain that once divided Europe may […]
Source: Religion News Service By Julia Friedmann MESETAS, Colombia (RNS) — Nearly 160 miles south of Bogotá, members of South America’s longest-running insurgency are rediscovering religion. As part of the implementation […]
Source: BBC News By Mark Easton Home editor Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Software that mimics human society is being tested to see if it can help prevent religious violence. Researchers used […]
Source: Time By KATIE REILLY October 31, 2018 For the past four years, the New Reform Temple in Kansas City, Mo., hasn’t hosted a Shabbat service or other religious event without […]
Source: Politico By SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY The United States was founded on the premise that all individuals are created equal, with certain unalienable rights. Throughout our history, Americans have fought […]