Tolerance is Islam’s cardinal principle
Source: Arab News Tolerance in Islam, is not a mere fairytale phrase, but Muslims live it in reality. Islam urges us to be tolerant and forgive others. This is indicated […]
Church may canonize Shahbaz Bhatti
Source: Aleteia By John Burger Church Begins Gathering Evidence for Possible Canonization of Pakistani “Martyr” Shahbaz Bhatti fought “blasphemy laws,” defended Asia Bibi It has been five years since a […]
R.I.P. religious right, and other Super Tuesday takeaways
Source: CNN (CNN)Was it a coming-out party for atheists or a funeral dirge for the religious right? In an election year full of questions, Super Tuesday raised a few more, as voters in 12 states went to the polls and the GOP’s Donald Trump and Democrats’ Hillary Clinton emerged as […]
Sikh Soldier Sues Defense Dept., Citing Religious Discrimination
Source: The New York Times A combat soldier who is Sikh sued the Defense Department on Monday, saying his beard and turban had made him the subject of religious discrimination […]
Meet the ‘Nones,’ the Democratic Party’s biggest faith constituency
Source: The Washington Post Joe Stone is part of an enormous but invisible voting constituency. A “troubled atheist,” the retired Virginia accountant calls himself spiritual, celebrates Christmas and defines religious […]
Labeling Myself ‘Muslim’ For What It Really Matters
Source: Huffington Post By Falak Zaffer Ghatala Writer, Community Leader, and Do-gooder. Wars, killing, genocide in the name of religion have never really been in our control, i.e. you and me, everyday individuals, who live our life in simple ways believing in love and respect for all, but what about things […]
Islam: Waiting for a reformation?
Source: RT By Sam Gerrans For a Christian in the West, his religion is a matter of personal choice; it is a bolt-on to whatever he wishes to do the […]
Coalition of 400 companies fight Georgia’s proposed ‘religious liberty’ bill
Source: The Guardian A coalition of more than 400 companies is openly opposing a Georgia “religious liberty” bill that is rapidly heading toward passage, with at least one major company […]
Trump Reveals the End of the Religious Right’s Preeminence
Source: The Atlantic Many headlines trumpeting Donald Trump’s victory in the Nevada Republican caucuses credit voters’ anger with the federal government. But the real lesson of Trump’s rise is not […]
Pastor in China Who Resisted Cross Removal Gets 14 Years in Prison
Source: The New York Times By Edward Wong A court in southeastern China has sentenced a Protestant pastor to 14 years in prison and his wife to 12 years after […]
50 sacred destinations you need to experience in your lifetime
Kaaba: The very first house of God according to the Holy Quran The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: The Huffington post authors did not include Kaaba, perhaps because Saudi Arabia Government […]
Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings […]
How an MIT atheist found God through math
Douglas Ell: how an MIT atheist found God through math There are several Twitter feeds labeled “God,” and they all more or less offer the same material. @TheGoodGodAbove, for instance, […]
What Drives People to Convert to Islam
The nature of religious faith is quite mysterious. As part of their religious faiths, people believe in a variety of deities. There are people who have religious faith in the […]
Did Muslims arrive in France 1300 years ago – DNA clues?
Source: The Daily Mail Three skeletons found facing east in a French burial ground belonged to medieval Islamic soldiers. It started in the Middle East around 1,400 years ago as […]
Why I Left the Right: How Studying Religion Made Me a Liberal
Source: Huffington Post By Susie Meister PhD in Religious Studies, Host of The Brain Candy Podcast It was January 20, 2001, and I was at George W. Bush’s inaugural ball. I […]
Violence Against Women is Contradictory to Islamic Teachings
by Hina Latif – an adjunct professor of sociology. “Muslim men are allowed to rape non-Muslim women to ‘humiliate’ them.” Professor Saud Saleh, from the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo, […]
This Marine vet was banned from his kid’s school after objecting to Islam lessons
Source: The Washington Post John Kevin Wood says his daughter’s school has banned him from campus for more than a year, illegally punishing him for raising objections to classroom lessons […]
Georgia Senate passes religious freedom bill
Source: CNN (CNN)After lengthy debate, Georgia’s state Senate passed an amended version of a religious freedom bill Friday, sending it back to the House and infuriating critics who slam the revised measure as anti-gay and lesbian. If the Republican-led House agrees with the Senate version, it will go to Gov. […]
‘Islam Can’t Be Modernized’ Says World’s ‘Greatest Arabic Poet.’ But, Is it True?
‘Islam Can’t Be Modernized’ Says World’s ‘Greatest Arabic Poet.’ Source: Breitbart The writer regarded as the greatest Arabic language poet alive today has said Islam cannot be modernized. Adunis Asbar, known […]