The Health Effects of Leaving Religion
How a loss of faith can manifest itself in the mind and body ………………. Americans are less religious than ever. A third of American adults under 30, and a fifth […]
Jeffery Ling on Purpose of Life
Additional Reading Book Review: Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam
Friday Sermon from the First Ahmadiyya Mosque in Ireland
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24 reasons ISIS are wrong
Muslim scholars blast Islamic State Source: RT MORE
Is religion’s declining influence good or bad?
PEW Research: Those without religious affiliation are divided We’ve known for some time that the number of Americans who say they have no religion has been growing. But while this […]
State can’t force you to declare your religion: HC
Source: The Mumbai Mirror No government body – whether central or state – can compel an individual to declare or specify his religion in any kind of form or declaration […]
Pope to Albania’s faith leaders: religion is source of peace
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with leaders of the different religious communities in Albania on Sunday afternoon, insisting once again that no-one can use the name of God to commit […]
Pope to Albania's faith leaders: religion is source of peace
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with leaders of the different religious communities in Albania on Sunday afternoon, insisting once again that no-one can use the name of God to commit […]
Mayor de Blasio blasts anti-Islamic ad campaign as ‘outrageous, inflammatory and wrong”
Source: New York Daily News: Calling them “outrageous, inflammatory and wrong,” Mayor de Blasio on Friday blasted an incendiary new ad campaign that bashes aspects of Islam. One of the […]
Mayor de Blasio blasts anti-Islamic ad campaign as 'outrageous, inflammatory and wrong''
Source: New York Daily News: Calling them “outrageous, inflammatory and wrong,” Mayor de Blasio on Friday blasted an incendiary new ad campaign that bashes aspects of Islam. One of the […]
Teaching the Children: Sharp Ideological Differences
Wide Gaps over Teaching Faith, Tolerance, Obedience As the public grows more politically polarized, differences between conservatives and liberals extend their long reach even to opinions about which qualities are […]
Entire Soccer Team Converts to Islam
Source: National, UAE Cameroonian football team converts to Islam Twenty-three young African footballers converted to Islam at the end of a two-month training camp in Dubai. The men, all in […]
Catholic Cardinals Challenge Pope Francis’ Openness Toward Nontraditional And Divorced Couples
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
Catholic Cardinals Challenge Pope Francis' Openness Toward Nontraditional And Divorced Couples
Religion News Service | By JOSEPHINE MCKENNA Posted: 09/18/2014 8:25 am EDT VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis made headlines this week when he officiated at the weddings of 20 couples, including some […]
I sometimes question if God exists: Archbishop of Canterbury admits he sometimes has moments of doubt
By STEVE DOUGHTY FOR THE DAILY MAIL Dailymail: The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted that he struggles with doubt about the existence of God. The Most Reverend Justin Welby said he […]
Satanic Temple to distribute materials to school children in Florida
RT: The Satanic Temple has announced that it will provide pamphlets on Satanism to students in Florida, following the school board’s decision permitting the distribution of religious materials. Among the […]
For a long life, have faith
Religious faith remains by far the best predictor of a long and healthy life. Source: The Telegraph By James LeFanu It is encouraging for those reluctant or unable to engage […]
Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Honey, Bees and Religion
Epigraph: And thy Lord has inspired the bee, saying, ‘Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises which they build. Then eat of every […]
PM Stephen Harper and Aga Khan open Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum
The Toronto Star “Pluralistic spirit” shared by Canadians and Aga Khan goes back to 1972, when Canada welcomed a significant Ismaili refugee populations from Uganda as they were expelled by […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]