A brief history of Islam in America
So much of the recent debate in the US over Syrian refugees and Islamophobia has tended to assume that Muslim Americans are mostly migrants and that Islam is a new […]
Is the Internet killing religion?
Source: CNN (CNN) We can blame the Internet for plenty: the proliferation of porn, our obsession with cat videos, the alleged rise of teen trends like – brace yourself – […]
Couple finds sanctuary in Canada to escape killings of writers in Bangladesh
Source: The Globe and Mail For writer Raihan Abir and his pregnant wife, Samia Hossain, the morning commute by motorcycle meant weaving through the clogged roads and crawling traffic of […]
Sofia University Professor converts to Islam after translating Holy Quran into Bulgarian language
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Istanbul: Prof. Dr Svetan Teofanov, a Classical Arabic Studies lecturer at the Sofia University, has […]
15 Religious Moments In 2015 That Give Us Hope For The New Year
Source: Huffington Post The world is a difficult and scary place to be, but we are continually floored by the way human beings to come together despite their differences to […]
Four Reasons for Decline of Religion
Source: Huffington Post By Steven Reiss; Educated at Dartmouth, Yale, and Harvard, I was a professor of psychology at University of Illinois at Chicago and Ohio State University. Religious participation is […]
How Well Do You Know Religion?
Source: The New York Times Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from America may be a gift to ISIS recruitment and a grotesque echo of the sentiment behind the Chinese […]
What Do The Wise Men Tell Us About Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post As we race towards Christmas, our political climate puts us in danger of forgetting the radical significance of Jesus’ birth. But as we discover in this brief […]
How Well Do You Know Religion?
The New York times: So here’s my quiz on religion. Some questions have more than one correct answer. Which holy scripture declares (when fighting a defensive war): “Slay the idolaters […]
When Muslims are the target, prominent religious freedom advocates largely go quiet
Source: The Washington Post Do you see religious liberty as under threat in America? The debate over GOP candidates’ comments about Islam reveal how bitterly divided Americans are over how to view a basic right. For the last few years, several of the biggest and most influential religious groups have […]
A century ago, a popular Missouri newspaper demonized a religious minority: Catholics
Source: Los Angeles Times The year was 1915, and the strange new newspaper in Aurora, Mo., had grown so quickly in its first four years that rail officials had to […]
These People Are Fighting Anti-Muslim Hate After San Bernardino
Huff Post: by Jawed Kaleem — “ISIS wants to create a division between Christians and Muslims.” Following last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which was carried out by Muslims who FBI officials say were Islamic State supporters, American mosques and Muslims have been hit with threats and attacks. […]
Pew: Muslims ‘fastest-growing religious group in the world,’ 70% Democrat
Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world, with 23 percent of the global population, and will take over Christianity as the top religion by the end of the […]
Women as Sharia Judges to Avoid Setting Precedent for Rabbinic Courts
Source: Haretz Despite Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s support for the legislation, the government will oppose it due to concerns from ultra-Orthodox members of the coalition. The government intends to oppose […]
Icelanders Use Religion to Dodge Taxes
A religion based on beliefs (Zuism) from thousands of years ago is allowing some Icelandic citizens to avoid mandatory religious taxes. The Biblical apostle Paul, in a letter to the […]
Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
Source: Pew Research Center Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State in […]
Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) […]
Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, says judge
Source: The Telegraph Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has […]
Why a partnership between Muslims and law enforcement is so crucial to fighting terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Salam Al-Marayati and Michael Downing This op-ed was jointly written by Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and Mike Downing, deputy chief of counterterrorism at the Los Angeles Police Department. The mass shooting in San Bernardino is growing in complexity with a […]
Christianity in Britain declining as Islam more popular, report shows
Source: RT.com Modern Britain is no longer a Christian country, a report by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life concludes. It calls on institutions to adapt to […]