War on Islam Comes to Our Backyards
The Huffington Post: We are at war with Islam. Or so many people would like the world to believe. Whether it’s the Islamic State or anti-Islam protestors across the U.S, […]
Why States Should Not Be in the Business of Declaring Ahmadis or Anyone as Non-Muslim
Source: Huffington Post By Raza Habib Raja Freelance journalist, PhD Student First of all, let me make it clear that I am NOT an Ahmadi. This clarification is essential […]
Pakistan’s top court upholds death sentence in blasphemy murder case
The Guardian: Supreme court says Mumtaz Qadri should be executed for shooting dead Punjab governor who backed reform of country’s hardline blasphemy laws A former police bodyguard revered as a […]
Religious Evolution According to Qur’an & Torah
The Qur’an teaches us that, unlike other creatures, the modern humans who are anthropologically classified as Homo sapiens sapiens have been created to be Allah’s Vice-regents (deputies or agents) on […]
BBC: The Big Questions: Is God the problem?
Suggested Reading Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God Longing for consolation: A Dilemma for Dawkins Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran God of […]
Success Isn’t What Everyone Thinks It Is
By Atif Rashid, UK We’re all looking for it – success, but what is it and how can we get there? When the veils, garbs and blindness of success, fame and money are lifted, a person is left wondering, ‘is that it’? Introspection is a worthy, noble thing. Without it […]
Morden mosque fire: huge blaze breaks out at Baitul Futuh mosque in south London
London: A huge fire today broke out at a mosque in south London. Fire crews were called to tackle the blaze at the Baitul Futuh mosque in Morden just after midday. More than 58 firefighters […]
2nd Holy Quran and Science Conference in Toronto
The international conference on the Holy Qur’an and Science 2015 highlights novel research carried out on the Holy Qur’an to discover the treasures buried in the Holy Book. The speakers […]
Five points every American needs to know about the Islamic teachings
By Haris Raja Presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson recently said in a television interview that no Muslim should become the president of the United States. His remarks stem from the […]
Facts about one of the most controversial pieces of clothing: the niqab
CTV: There are few pieces of clothing that have been the subject of as much political debate as the niqab. During the ongoing election campaign, the right to wear one […]
New York City Public Schools Close For Muslim Holy Day For First Time
New York City public schools were closed Thursday in observance of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. This was the first time the school system that serves 1.1 million pupils […]
Jeb Bush: Religion Shouldn’t Be A Qualification For President
The Huffington Post: Jeb Bush disagreed with Ben Carson Monday over whether a Muslim candidate should be able to become president, saying that a person’s faith shouldn’t matter. “I don’t […]
Hilary Clinton: Can a Muslim be President? Yes
Source: Arutz Sheva Hillary Clinton takes to Twitter to criticize Republican candidate Ben Carson over comments on a Muslim becoming president. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday took to […]
Islam is just as European as Christianity
Source: Quartz Written by Haroon Moghul – a Senior Correspondent at Religion Dispatches and a novelist. He writes extensively on international affairs, religion and culture. “Xenophobic and anti-Muslim” was how […]
Christians and Muslims, Stop Fighting In The Name Of Jesus
Source: Huffington Post By Dr. David Liepert; Canadian Muslim Leader, Spokesperson, Author and Educator Of all the crazy things going on around the world right now, perhaps the craziest is […]
Americans are leaving religion. Why are we still subsidizing it?
Washington Post: David Niose is the legal director of the Washington-based American Humanist Association and author of “Fighting Back the Right: Reclaiming America from the Attack on Reason” and “Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans.” Follow him on Twitter: @ahadave The arguments for taxing churches have been around for […]
Islamic centre teachers jailed for a year for beating 10-year-old
Source: The Independent Two teachers at an Islamic school in Birmingham have been jailed for 12 months for “brutally” beating a young boy with a stick. The 10-year-old victim was repeatedly beaten for offences such as “talking in class” or “failing to read the Koran accurately” at Sparkbrook Islamic Centre […]
Magic, demons and Judaism
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
Ontario high school teacher fired after 10-week investigation into series of anti-Islam tweets
Source: The National Post TORONTO — A Richmond Hill, Ont., high school teacher connected to a series of anti-Islam tweets and a blog post discussing his desire to impose atheism […]
In ‘non-religious’ Japan, the shrine can still exert a pull
………… It’s a common refrain at Japan’s more than 80,000 shrines and temples. Yet evidence of an instinctive spirituality that infuses daily life can be spotted across the country, from […]