An Open Letter to Bill Maher From a Muslim American
The problem isn’t Islam. It’s your movement to demonize Islam in the liberal left. Source: Time By Rabia Chaudry, She is an attorney and the founder and president of the Safe Nation […]
Does religion bring happiness?
The Jakarta Post: WIN/Gallup International recently published its poll result regarding the positive role of religion in countries worldwide. The fascinating finding is that Indonesia tops the list, with about […]
The Transcendent God of Abrahamic Faiths Does Exist: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Video: The Transcendent God of Abrahamic Faiths Does Exist: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Decline of religious belief means we need more exorcists, say Catholics
Telegraph UK: By Nick Squires, Rome A six-day meeting in Rome aims to train about 200 Roman Catholic priests from more than 30 countries in how to cast out evil from people […]
US panel urges action on Pak religious freedom for Ahmadis
The Nation: An expert panel on Wednesday urged the United States to add Pakistan to a blacklist of violators of religious freedom, saying that the Ahmadi minority suffers “apartheid-like” conditions. […]
Ministry looking to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Deputy religious affairs minister says he ‘expects’ government to adopt new directives breaking longstanding taboo The Times of Israel: The Religious Affairs Ministry is crafting new regulations that would allow […]
Brunei adopts Sharia law despite international criticism
RT: Brunei is to become the first East Asian country to adopt Sharia law as the sultan confirmed the Islamic penal code on Wednesday. The move sparks broad concern over […]
Circumcision Can Prevent Prostate Cancer If Performed After The Age Of 35
The Huffington Post: There’s good news and bad news, chaps. The good news is that researchers at the University of Montreal and the INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier have shown that circumcision can hep […]
The pagan roots of Easter
Source: The Guardian From Ishtar to Eostre, the roots of the resurrection story go deep. We should embrace the pagan symbolism of Easter By Heather McDougall, theguardian.com, Saturday 3 April 2010 09.00 […]
Ali Dayan Hasan: The Wrong Kind of Pakistani
Guernica: by Ali Dayan Hasan — On the invention of “the liberal extremist” and the attempted assassination of a friend. He’s just the wrong kind of Pakistani—the kind that is killed nowadays. On March 28 in Lahore, my friend of almost thirty years, Raza Rumi, journalist and much else, survived […]
Gospel story of Jesus’ resurrection a source of deep rifts in Christian religion
Source: The Washington Post By Kimberley Winston, Published: April 18, 2014 “On the third day, he rose again.”That line, from the Nicene Creed, is a foundational statement of Christian belief. […]
7 things Pope Francis wants you to know about Jesus’ Ascension
Source: National Catholic Register By Jimmy Akin, published in May, 2013 Whether your diocese celebrates the Ascension of Christ on Thursday or Sunday, the time is upon us. Recently, Pope […]
Islam is the final expression of Adam’s religion
A winner of the 2003 Wilbur Award for best book of the year on a religious theme, author and poet appearing on Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” documenting the Haj, Michael Wolfe […]
When Islam shone its light on Europe
One thousand years ago, Muslims, Christians and Jews sauntered down the same cobbled pathways in the sun-drenched cities of southern Spain, living, flourishing and contributing to Andalusia’s fashionable society and […]
Why is Rumi the best-selling poet in the US?
Source: BBC By Jane Ciabattari The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me
96. And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me [22:27] And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who perform the circuits, and those […]
First international Holy Qur’an and Science Conference in Toronto Today
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Book Review: The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of North America, spring 2014 volume – Muslim Sunrise 2014 spring By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Epigraph: […]
Scottish Independence: Role of religion ‘should be recognised’
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