Source: Pro Publica The paper published by Columbia University is signed by a coalition of 15 prominent legal scholars across the country. by Sarah Smith ProPublica, May 10, 2016, 8 a.m. The Obama administration has roundly criticized states such as North Carolina and Mississippi for passing laws that allow discrimination […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer A Christian pastor in the nation’s third-most-populous county tried to stop a Muslim man from serving in the local Republican Party because of his religion. The massive jurisdiction of Harris County, Tex. — with 4 million residents in the city of Houston and its surroundings […]
Source: The Guardian By Adam Gabbatt in Islamberg, New York American Bikers United Against Jihad spent months calling for people to join the event in Islamberg, but in the end […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor Terror attacks such as 9/11 and the mass shooting in San Bernardino were allowed by God because of the gay rights movement and the […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Khwaja Khusro Tariq Psychiatrist, interfaith harmony proponent. Few attempts have been made to examine the complex interplay of dogma, politics and sociopsychological factors in the genesis of […]
Season 1 Episode 1 of the series. Suggested Reading for the Quranic case for afterlife Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’
Source: NPR By Rami Ayyub Interfaith marriage is on the rise, putting parents in a tough spot to choose one religion to pass to their kids. Rami Ayyub reports on a Maryland Sunday school that says it’s possible to have both. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you have a parent who […]
Season one, the sixth episode My Commentary on the documentary Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There used to be a “holy man” […]
Source: RT BBC is ‘too Christian,’ more room should be granted to Muslims, Hindus & Sikhs – internal report An internal review within the BBC has concluded that the network […]
By Furqan Shaikh In the current climate of political rhetoric against Islam and Muslims, it can be hard to remember that the United States has always been a country […]
Source: Independent A Chinese province with a large Muslim population has banned religion in nursery schools after a video of a little girl reciting the Quran was posted online. The […]
Source: Huffington Post By Phil Zuckerman Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. An ongoing spate of recent studies – looking at various countries around the world – all show the same thing: religion is in decline. From Scandinavia to South America, and from Vancouver to Seoul, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer A Virginia congressman announced a bill Wednesday that would make it illegal for the United States to block an immigrant based on his or […]
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison Mormon in progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete As I sat in church […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Before Bono became the world-famous humanitarian and frontman of the Irish rock band U2, he was Paul David Hewson from Dublin. The […]
Source: The New York Times By SARAH POSNER FOR more than three decades, conservative white evangelicals have been a dominant force within the Republican Party, shaping presidential primary contests and […]
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler in Houston Alfonso Flores looked relieved. Standing at the front of the prayer hall, the 29-year-old dental technician accepted hugs and handshakes from other members of […]
Source: The Atlantic By MICHAEL O’LOUGHLIN Property-tax battles are rarely sexy. But a case now in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, about whether the 21 religious brothers and sisters […]
The Ottoman caliphate: Straddling two worlds Source: Economist ORHAN OSMANOGLU cradles a French handkerchief embossed with the letter H. “This is all I have left that’s my great-great-grandfather’s, the caliph’s,” […]
Source: Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has upheld a Texas prison inmate’s right to a beard and skullcap as required by his religious beliefs. In a 32-page opinion filed Monday, a three-judge 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans unanimously upheld a […]