Pakistan: Minority report
Dawn.com: by Irfan Hussain: A FEW months ago, somebody emailed me a chilling audio clip of a conversation between a journalist and a Pakistani Taliban. When the interviewer reminded the […]
Can Business Save Your Soul?
Source: First Things There is a simple truth about business: individuals, not “the organization” or “the law,” make the moral decisions behind each and every action a business takes. In a piece just released by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, this vital point is highlighted: the unequivocal responsibility […]
‘Secularism is the way forward’
Dawn.com KARACHI, April 18: Secularism is not against religion; it is the message of humanity. This was the gist of the speeches delivered by eminent speakers at the launch of the Pakistan chapter of the Forum of Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 at the Karachi Press […]
Senior U.S. General Orders Top-to-Bottom Review of Military’s Islam Training
Source: The wired.com – By Spencer Ackerman The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday ordered the entire U.S. military to scour its training material to ensure it doesn’t contain anti-Islamic content, Danger Room has learned. The order came after the Pentagon suspended a course for senior officers […]
Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabian Mufti, Says Girls Ready For Marriage At 10 Years Old
Huff Post “Those who call for raising the age of marriage to 25 are absolutely mistaken.” That’s what Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti,Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh said when asked about marrying minor girls without their consent, according to The World Observer. He also insisted that girls are ready for marriage by age 10 or 12. […]
CBS piece on Christians’ plight in Middle East — in Israel?
By Jennifer Rubin On Sunday, “60 Minutes” aired a report on the plight of Christians in the Middle East. Was it on the Copts in Egypt? The destruction of Christian communities in Arab […]
Why don’t Ahmadis join non-Ahmadi prayer services?
LankaWeb Another objection that is raised concerns the prayers. Why don’t Ahmadi Muslims pray behind a non-Ahmadi Imam? They are purposely creating division in Islam and do not want to be with other Muslims? This is a very sad affair, but we need to look to the history and we see that […]
Flag Football Team Wears Hijab To Support Irum Khan, Muslim Player, At Florida School
Huff Post A flag football team took a stand against discrimination by donning hijabs in support of their Muslim teammate. Members of the West Broward High School team wore the traditional […]
East Germany world’s most Godless area
Credit: The Local: The former East Germany is officially one of least religious places on the planet, with more than half of people living there saying they do not believe in God. More:
Belief in God:Russia And Netherlands Show Greatest Change In Belief In God
Huff Post A new report released by NORC at the University of Chicago, “Beliefs About God Across Time And Countries” measures belief in God in 30 countries around the world, and how those beliefs in God have changed over time. The survey asked three questions to determine whether the respondents were atheists, […]
Pakistan is in denial over spreading sectarian violence
the guardian While banned political groups preach hatred towards religious minorities in Pakistan’s major cities, a conflict along sectarian lines is spreading across the country, even to areas not previously associated with violence. Having spent decades turning a blind eye to the calculated violence of groups with a clear agenda based on […]
Prayer as Medicine for the Sick
Huff Post In 1988 a doctor named Randolph Byrd conducted a study to determine whether or not intercessory prayers on behalf of other people were effective. The findings were amazing. The patients who were not prayed for were nearly twice as likely to suffer complications than patients who were prayed […]
Dialogue crucial for peaceful coexistence
By JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Anqari underscored the significance of promoting dialogue to achieve peaceful coexistence of peoples across the world. Describing dialogue as the ‘language […]
Islam Without Extremes – A Muslim Case for Liberty: Interview with Turkish author Mustafa Akyol
The Washington Times HOUSTON, April 20, 2012 — In his new book, Islam Without Extremes—A Muslim Case for Liberty, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol attempts to lay the philosophical foundation for liberal democracy in […]
The Relationship Between Christianity and Capitalism
Huff Post Just as, 50 years ago, liberalism was the vital center of our politics, our religious landscape then was dominated by mainline Protestants and a Catholic Church becoming less Roman and more American every year. One of the most symbolic events occurred in 1958 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower […]
The instructive timing of the crackdown on nuns
Washington Post: There were two Santa Maria! stories out of the Vatican this week. First, the bad news: The ultra-traditionalists of Marcel Lefebvre’s Society of St. Pius X are another step closer to being […]
Sex, Religion and The Performance Thereof
SJ-R.com: Religion is the cause of wars and division, according to critics such as Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens. But what if religion itself is not to blame, but the personality of the believer? Oddly enough, the issue of sexual compatibility sparked my insight. Stay with me, and […]
Why do Ahmadis not perform Hajj?
Lankaweb An objection that is raised is that why Ahmadi Muslims do not go for Hajj? Instead they go to their holy place in Qadian (the birth-place of their Founder Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Punjab, India)? Hajj is a pillar of Islam which they disrespect and they show more love for […]
Langley Green church converts to new mosque
Source: Sussex It was sold to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, with the church moving services to Ifield. The building’s new residents are already using it for prayers – and an open day is being held, as part of plans to make the mosque as welcoming as possible to the whole […]
Separating ‘Islamism’ and ‘Islam’
Source :thenewfederalist. eu The Toulouse killings revived the debate on Islam in Europe On 19 March, France woke up to the dreadful news that someone had killed three children (aged 3, 6 and 10 years old) and a teacher in a Jewish school in Toulouse. It soon appeared that the […]