Source: The Independcnce BY MICHAEL DAY, THE INDEPENDENT In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica […]
Source: Haaretz: Our Father, we have sinned against you and against our own selves, not least by despising our fellow man. Our Father, please forgive us. We have sinned before […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Managing Director, Aish Center in Manhattan A few months back I had the pleasure of watching the film “In Our Own Time,” a surprisingly engaging documentary about the Bee Gees. Toward the end of the film, Barry Gibb mused that even a few years […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Rabbi David Wolpe: Author and Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles The most common word for sin in the Jewish tradition, chet, is a term borrowed […]
Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of America, wrote about vicarious atonement, knocking it out in a single paragraph: From the time I was capable of conceiving an idea, […]
Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) A federal judge in California ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the law in firing a Muslim employee for refusing to take off her religious head scarf at work. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2011, accused Abercrombie of discriminating against Umme-Hani Khan. Abercrombie […]
RN Encounter: by Kerry Stewart. Australians used to perform many rituals that taught the young to be grateful—from grace to manners to the oft heard childhood refrain about ‘children in Africa’. But as the modern world has imprinted the ethics of the marketplace onto institutions like schools and the family, […]
The Globe and Mail: Quebec’s minority government has laid out a plan to crack down on religious accommodation in the province, including a ban on religious symbols that forbids public […]
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Bangladesh indicts 4 for postings on Islam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital indicted four bloggers Sunday for their allegedly inflammatory writings about Islam and its Prophet … bigstory.ap.org/article/bangladesh-indicts-4-postings-islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD I invite you to simply read the Gospel of Matthew, it should not take you more than a few hours and pick up all expressions of ‘your Father,’ ‘our Father’ or ‘my Father.’ There is a short cut in this day and […]
Mohammad in the eyes of Non Muslim Scholars: Prof. John Adair in his book “The Leadership of Muhammad” writes: Why does truth or veracity, honesty and high principle, matter in […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons at the outskirts of Damascus and President Obama mulls a U.S. military response, some theologians hope for an alarming endgame to the 30-month-long Syrian conflict. For these Christians and Muslim, the […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Thursday is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which marks the completion of the yearly […]
By —Razi Azmi As to the Quranic verses calling for jihad, they must be read in the context of Arabia of the first half of the 7th century. Only crackpots […]
The groundbreaking new book from one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership Few things are more important than the quality and credibility of leaders, as they play a vital role in every aspect of our modern lives. Yet strong leadership is a difficult skill to master. Good leaders must […]
Author posits religion is essential building block of society The National Post: Among more militant atheist circles, the argument is often made that religion is a human invention serving only […]
Jewishpress.com: Our photojournalism provider Flash90 says this image is of “Ultra orthodox men who wear covers on their faces to avoid seeing woman as they make their way to Uman […]
Times Live: SAfm has been fined R20,000 for making an “unjustifiable connection with Islam” during two news bulletins, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) said. Making the connection was […]
The adage: “Actions speak louder than words” was well embodied in the Islamic history, namely the spread of Islam in many non-Muslim countries, like parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, […]