Khabar: Fearing the wrath of religious fundamentalists, Pakistan’s scientific community has been unable to properly acknowledge Nobel Prize winner Abdus Salam (1926-1996), whose theoretical work helped pave the way for […]
Source: Hindustan Times. Clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribals continued unabated as the toll in the ethnic violence shot up to 40 today with the recovery of eight more bodies even as the Centre asked the Assam government to nab the “ring leaders” involved in unrest. Five more bodies […]
The greatest weapon we have (and how indeed to get this message across) but the greatest weapon we possess as humans and that we neglect so much is the power of tears […]
Source : NY Times. PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced to three to six years in prison on Tuesday. “You knew full well what was right, […]
Source: The New York Times A clash between Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan and Hindus who were offering alms to one of their gods left one man dead and 20 people injured in northern India. The police imposed a curfew on Bareilly, a town in Uttar Pradesh State […]
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Even the most stone cold individual would spare a dime or two for the poor who beg and plead for money. How then can we believe that God does not listen to […]
Tennessee Muslims feel blessed this Ramadan after federal court rules in their … Washington Post … year as they worshipped Friday. Opponents spent two years trying to halt construction of a new mosque for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, but a federal judge ruled this week the congregation has a right to worship there […]
Source: Tehelka “The breed of Qadianis will never change. They may multiply up to 99 generations; still the 100th one will continue to be a dualist-infidel and apostate. The […]
Source: WS journal Associated Press NEW YORK — An anti-Islam activist has won a preliminary round in her First Amendment fight to place New York City bus ads calling enemies of Israel “savages.” Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan says he agrees with blogger Pamela Geller. He says the Metropolitan […]
Source: Qantara A new inter-religious research training group seeks to investigate how people began to think about religion and to determine how thinking about religion can be made into a […]
Credit: Spiegel-Germany By Jan Puhl DPA Twenty years ago, the Catholic Church played a major role in the fall of communism in Poland. Today, with the country changing rapidly, the church’s influence is quickly waning. Once considered the most Catholic country in Europe, the faithful are vanishing. More:
Jehovah’s Witnesses who have heart surgery don’t seem to fare any worse than other patients, even though they refuse to undergo blood transfusions during the surgery, a new study has […]
the guardian: The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances. The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in point. It’s not a pretty story, and it is often used by […]
An extract from the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century By George FRIEDMAN published in 2009 by Anchor Books The books gives us a Global Forecast. We are giving our readers as a sample the chapter on Turkey pages 144 to 148. TURKEY During […]
Huff Post: by Samir Selmanovic Community Engagement Catalyst, Communicator Life interrupts us. When we can’t fit our life experience into our religion, something has to give, and life can’t give. Like a sturdy surgical tool, life cuts back across our religion to save us from it. Just when we figure […]
Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Ulama or Muslim cleric have potential to promote immature Islamic industry in Indonesia. Nevertheless, not many of them are familiar or have knowledge about the industry. “Ulama […]
James Kunstler, Kunstler.com : Way up here in the heartland, far from the craft beer parlors, Facebookstock bucket shops, and gender obsessions of the mythical Urban Edge People, the detritus of your country is […]