CNN: The world’s fastest growing religion? Islam
Learn more about the world’s most fascinating faiths on CNN’s “Believer with Reza Aslan,” Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. (CNN) Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion – and […]
Video: Richard Dawkins on How Humans Face Death
Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University […]
Happy Holi to All Those Celebrating Today and What is TMT doing for you
Happy Holi to all our Indian readers from the whole of the Editorial team of the Muslim Times (TMT). One of the biggest themes of TMT is interfaith tolerance, universal […]
Islam Is Not A Religion Of Peace In Societies Where Faith Is Law
Source: Huffington Post By Kacem El Ghazzali Writer, activist, IHEU representative at the UN Human Rights Council Following the most recent terrorist attacks in Allah’s name in Brussels and elsewhere, the […]
Lawmakers push for more ‘religious liberties’ in Florida public schools
Source: Miami Herald BY KRISTEN M. CLARK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Students and teachers in Florida’s public schools would more explicitly have the right to say the Lord’s Prayer, pray […]
Why Some Hindus Are Angry About Reza Aslan CNN Show; Believer
Source: Huffinton Post In the first episode, Aslan eats cooked human tissue with members of a fringe Hindu sect. By Antonia Blumberg, Reporter, The Huffington Post A number of Hindu leaders and […]
The Role of Religion in the 21st Century
Ahmadiyya Women’s Association Canada’s Peace Conference As the International Women’s Day approaches close, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association organized a Peace Conference at Eiwan Tahir Community Hall in Vaughn Ontario on […]
Believer with Reza Aslan: Premieres Sunday on CNN, March 5 at 10 p.m. ET
The series premieres Sunday on CNN, March 5 at 10 p.m. ET – Turn your TVs on to learn some facts about religions and interfaith tolerance CNN’s Reza Aslan to […]
Religions must speak to the faithless, as well as to each other
Source: The Economist Learning from a Christian-Muslim debate on religious literacy Mar 3rd 2017 by ERASMUS YOU may find this reassuring, or disturbing, or something in between. Earlier this week, […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses ask Kremlin for relief from pressure
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The leader of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia is calling on the head of the Kremlin’s human rights council to prevent what the denomination […]
India to host Dalai Lama in disputed territory, defying China
Source: Reuters By Sanjeev Miglani and Tommy Wilkes | NEW DELHI Indian federal government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits a sensitive border region controlled by India […]
Religion Requires Patience
# Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) The Promised Messiahas & Imam Mahdi (Guided One) Founder of THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas It is recorded in the Hadith which means, Allah Almighty becomes one with those who become His. It is a […]
A scientist’s new theory: Religion was key to humans’ social evolution
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer; Reporter — Washington, D.C. BOSTON — In humans’ mysterious journey to become intelligent, socializing creatures like no other in the animal world, one innovation […]
Soft-toned Trump reaches out to religious and other minorities
Source: Religion News Service By Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) President Trump, long chided for failing to address a surge in hate crimes, began his first address to Congress by invoking […]
What’s your most unshakeable belief? Share your story
Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN)As a writer and scholar of religions, I am often asked how, knowing all that I know about the religions of the world, I can […]
Understanding other religions is fundamental to citizenship
Kenneth Primrose is head of religious, moral and philosophical studies at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also runs The Examined Life. Edited by Sam Dresser REPUBLISH Will religious literacy help in a multicultural society? David Evers/Flickr By walking down the street of any major city, you are likely to […]
Religion’s latest test – the smartphone
Source: BBC By Chris Stokel-Walker 23 February 2017 When the Reverend Pete Phillips first arrived in Durham nine years ago, he was ejected from the city’s cathedral. He had been […]
Is more school prayer answer to social ills?
Source: IndyStar By Robert King The pastors came before the politicians Monday to ask for help with a wide variety of societal ill: poverty and drug use, suicide and school […]
Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali: anti-Islam prejudice ‘not a shock’ if you have grown up black
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Pulver Oscar-nominated Muslim actor reveals additional discrimination he has faced since converting to Islam in 1999 The actor Mahershala Ali, whose performance in the widely acclaimed […]
Why Kareem Abdul Jabbar converted to Islam
Source: Aljazeera By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The transition from Lew to Kareem was not merely a change in celebrity brand name — […]