Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has seen bans on the wearing of veils and beards in the predominantly Muslim region […]
Epigraph: Almost a million people commit suicide every year in the world. Source: Breitbart By ALI WAKED JAFFA, Israel – The reason suicides in the United States reached a nearly three […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices about their attire and appearance are restricted to some degree by government laws, policies or regulations. In recent years, […]
Source: Pew Research Center Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly […]
Source: International Business Times By Vasudevan Sridharan The Pakistani government is poised to make learning Quran compulsory in all public schools. Lawmakers in the country are talking to all parties involved in […]
So far this year, roughly half of converts to Christianity in Vienna have been Muslim, according to reports About half of the 83 adults to have been approved for baptism […]
Source: the Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhary An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim […]
The Muslim Council of UK has recently declared that a person who believes in any kind of prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad is not a Muslim and therefore Ahmadis […]
Epigraph: Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! Seek the guidance of thy conscience! The virtuous deed is one whereby thy conscience feels restful and thy heart […]
Source: Ottawa Sun It was a sad day in Canadian history when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Code provisions against assisted suicide in the February 2015 […]
Provided by: Baylor University Most Americans pray for healing; more than one-fourth have practiced ‘laying on of hands’ Nearly nine of 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some […]
Source: Pew Research Center More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s […]
BY ALAN COOPERMAN According to Miss Manners, polite people do not bring up religion in social conversations. Of course, if Americans stayed away from allthe topics the etiquette columnist deems taboo in polite company – including politics, money, sex, illness and what people are wearing – a lot of dinners […]
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 surely […]
Source: Pew Research Center Fifty years ago this month, Time magazine published one of its most famous and controversial covers. Splashed in bold red print across a black background was […]
Source: Times By Sohaib Sultan is the Imam and Muslim Life Coordinator in the Office of Religious Life at Princeton University. For a Muslim, asking “Is God Dead?” begs […]
Source: Reuters The Tennessee House passed a bill on Wednesday allowing mental health counselors to refuse service to patients on religious grounds, the latest in a list of U.S. state […]
Source: The New York Times By Eduardo Porter Donald Trump, no doubt, is the most confounding candidate produced by the American political system in decades. He offers enormous tax cuts, as […]
What if? What if you hadn’t taken a class with the stranger who became your partner? Or gotten that career-altering job? Or met the mentor who shepherded you through […]
Source: Pew Forum More countries restrict women’s ability to wear religious symbols or attire than require women to dress a certain way In many countries around the world, women’s choices […]