Huff Post The Hayat Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably sees a constant stream of religious police, or mutaween, attempting to keep a check on female morality. But when one brave Saudi woman had enough, she flipped on her camera phone and made sure her harasser — and the rest […]
Huff Post When I tell people about the activism work I do, many people wonder if I’m a Muslim, and when I tell them I’m not, they’re either confused or intrigued. Sometimes both. They wonder what it is that makes me want to be an advocate for Muslims even though […]
Dawn.com A PERSISTENT failure to deal with the canker of intolerance — one of the greatest threats to the Pakistani people’s mental health and their material well-being — is making the affliction day by day more unmanageable. A young non-Muslim woman has been living in Lahore for quite some time. […]
Huff Post Growing up, we have a intuitive sense of wanting to belong or fit in. The emptiness in our hearts says that something is missing in our life. That dormant desire for acceptance gets cultivated into full blown beliefs, usually inherited and taught to us. We believe in things […]
Huff Post Most, if not all religions, function in the world of symbolism and communicate their universal messages to their followers through these religious symbols. Rituals, sacraments, prayers, worship services, religious ceremonies and more are nothing but to invite believers to engage with very deep ethical, moral and spiritual teachings […]
Belongings of a “GODLY PERSONA” are IMPORTANT # ONE of FOUR – Why the Holy Belongings are Important The Holy Promised Messiah Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, a.s. has ascribed the phenomenon of “Barakat in the Belongings” as below:- Rookhani Khazain Volume 5 – Aaenae Kamalate Islam – Page 69 […]
Forum 18 News Service: By Mushfig Bayram, The enforced closure of the Ahmadi Muslim community in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital Almaty leaves the community unable to worship legally anywhere in the country, […]
Source: Times of India I saw fragrance fleeing, when the bee came/ What a wonder!/ I saw intellect fleeing, when the heart came/ I saw the temple fleeing, when God came. (Allama Prabhu, 12th century mystic poet of the Deccan) In contrast to north India, where the first incursions by […]
Husband will take a test later to see what he has learned about relating By Habib Toumi Bureau Chief GULF NEWS Manama A Saudi national found guilty of hitting his wife has been sentenced to reading two books that explain relations between spouses in Islam. He will later sit for […]
Huff Post As far as I can remember, I’ve always looked different. In elementary school, my classmates called me a girl, a genie and Aladdin. In middle school, I was […]
the guardian Look for the religion section of almost any bookshop in Britain, and you’ll find it’s been subsumed under “Mind, body and spirit”. The reason is simple: what we call religion has changed – dramatically – in just the past 30 years. I think the change is so significant […]
Source: National A recent On Faith column, ‘A Prayer for Abortion?’, isn’t a full accounting of how people of faith consider women’s health issues. As the chair of the Planned Parenthood Clergy Advisory Board, I work with faith leaders from all different traditions and backgrounds. We strongly believe that women […]
As Jihad Watch reported recently: “Copenhagen: Four new mosques. 16 churches to be closed.” Now priests and politicians are discussing what to do with those 16 closed-down churches. For many people, including the owner of the churches — the Church Foundation — it hurts to see how Christianity is getting […]
By RFI France is one of the countries highlighted by rights group Amnesty International as discriminating against Muslims for demonstrating their faith, especially in the fields of education and employment. The report, ‘Choice and prejudice: discrimination against Muslims in Europe’, was particularly critical of countries that have brought in outright bans […]
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 […]
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:
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 […]
By DAMMAM: ARAB NEWS The Justice Ministry will soon make an announcement to establish the age of consent for Saudi women to marry, local daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday quoting an official source at the ministry. Director of the Department of Marriage at the ministry Muhammad Al-Babtain said a decision on […]
By LIBREVILLE, GABON: ARAB NEWS The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday announced its plan to establish a satellite channel and promote investment in the media to fight Islamophobia […]
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 […]