Why sectarianism is tearing Muslim societies apart
Epigraph: And hold fast, all together, by the rope of Allah and be not divided; and remember the favor of Allah which He bestowed upon you when you were enemies and […]
When the government tells you what values to embody, you should start to worry.
Quebec’s charter of values: Less like Putin, more like poutine: Salutin The Star: The Parti Québécois government in Quebec is floating a “Charter of Quebec Values.” It makes me nostalgic […]
Quebec plan to ban religious symbols is shameful: Editorial
The Star: Quebec’s Parti Québécois government is plumbing new depths in its cynical campaign to pump oxygen into the sputtering cause of sovereignty. Its latest manoeuvre, according to a trial […]
Religion: Year In Review 2010
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Worldwide Adherents of All Religions TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Islamic Issues Sexual Abuse Church-State Issues Internal Conflicts People in the News Worldwide Adherents of All Religions Religious Adherents in the U.S Related Contributors & Bibliography Figures on Worldwide Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas are […]
Quebec moves to ban religious symbols for public workers
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From synagogue to church to mosque
What a West Oak Lane building’s transition from synagogue to church to mosque says about religious nonviolence: ……….. A local beacon of hope It started 66 years ago when a […]
Changing faiths: Hispanic Americans leaving Catholicism for Islam
BBC: With more than 50 million Hispanics living in the US, the Latino community is now the country’s biggest minority. While most are brought up within the Catholic Church, a […]
Association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa
The World Bulletin: The Jewish groups form association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa Mahmoud Abu Atta, Al-Aqsa Foundation’s media coordinator, said that the Registrar of Israeli Associations approved […]
The First Jewish Rabbi Convert to Islam
Al-Husayn ibn Salam was a Jewish rabbi in Yathrib [Madinah] who was widely respected and honored by the people of the city, even by those who were not Jewish. He […]
Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri: An interpretation of Islam
Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri contributed several articles to the Encyclopedia of Islam. She was a pioneer of Arabic and Islamic studies in Italy, Veccia Vaglieri served as professor at the […]
An apology for Mohammed and the Koran
Book written by John Davenport This is a short but a wonderful book and a must read for all Muslims and Christians. This beautiful book, An apology for Mohammed and the […]
Rabbi bans male handshaking
PressTV: The head of the Gur Education Department, Abraham Benjamin Silberberg, said at a meeting with educational officials that handshakes between men is banned because it can cause “sinful thoughts.” […]
Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To Atheist by Dan Barker
Bible Contradictions: Chapter 23 of the Book PAUL SAID, “God is not the author of confusion,” (I Corinthians 14:33), yet never has a book produced more confusion than the bible! There are hundreds of denominations and sects, all using the “inspired Scriptures” to prove their conflicting doctrines. Why do trained […]
A Time for Soul-Searching — Reflections on Elul and Eid Al-Fitr
Huff Post: by Ron Kronish. As we Jews begin the month of Elul, the month before our “High Holidays” of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Muslims in Israel and around the world celebrate the holiday of Eid Al-Fitr. Our calendars, which are both lunar, often run in a parallel way, so […]
Hindus term Pope’s reaching out to Muslims “step in right direction”
Source: Press Release Hindus have commended His Holiness Pope Francis for his call to Christians and Muslims to work together to promote mutual respect at the end of his Angelus address on August 11 in Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, greeting Muslims as “our brothers”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a […]
Why Muslims celebrate Eid on different days?
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? and: Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride! Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid […]
Quranic Quotes On The Poor
The Huffington Post: “They ask thee what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the […]
An American Eye Surgeon, who embraced Islam – “I was trying very hard to be a Christian”
Epigraph: “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the […]
The Big Debate: Islam or Atheism – Which Makes More Sense? Lawrence Krauss & Hamza Tzortzis
The proponent for Islam, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, made a precise and lucid presentation. The debate and interaction gets better in the second half of the event. In the first half of the […]
170,000 Muslims Throng Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Compound
More than 170,000 Muslims prayed outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque on Friday, as the holy month of Ramadan entered its final full week, police said. The faithful turned […]