Ted Talk: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for […]
No Handshake, No Citizenship, French Court Tells Algerian Woman
Source: New York Times By Aurelien Breeden PARIS — An Algerian woman’s refusal to shake hands with male officials at a French naturalization ceremony is sufficient grounds for denying her […]
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Book written by Lesley Hazleton, who is a British-American author whose work focuses on the vast and volatile arena in which politics and religion intersect Brief review from Amazon: In this […]
America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Encourage moves toward religious freedom by Islamic leaders
By Johnnie Moore, who is a Southern Baptist minister from California and was the 2017 recipient of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “medal of valor” for his work on behalf of […]
The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
Source: BBC By Soutik Biswas, India correspondent What are the most common myths and stereotypes about what Indians eat? The biggest myth, of course, is that India is a largely vegetarian […]
Austria’s government aims to ban headscarves in kindergartens
Source: Reuters International VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as […]
Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
Source: Associated Press By IGNATIUS SSUUNA KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government has closed thousands of churches and dozens of mosques as it seeks to assert more control over a […]
Alabama To Put Ten Commandments Displays On November Ballot
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla GARY TRAMONTINA VIA GETTY IMAGES Workers pause before removing a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state judicial building in Montgomery on Aug. 27, 2003. Federal […]
Poland’s Sunday trading ban takes effect
Source: The Guardian Catholic church welcomes law that begins with ban on two Sundays a month, extending to all in 2020 A Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays […]
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History – Premiering Today on CNN
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History Premieres Sunday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET in CNN Go inside the Vatican to reveal how popes have used their power to […]
Mosques should be Nationalized in Pakistan
By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist, former editor of Diplomatic Times and a former diplomat.This and other articles by the writer can also be read at his blog […]
Will Malaysia’s Islamisation change course?
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Chin-Huat Wong PENANG — Malaysia is just a few months or even weeks away from its most contentious election in decades. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s […]
Islamabad High Court Demonstrating to the Whole World the Ills of the “Shariah Law!”
Taking oath on faith should be compulsory to join civil, armed services and judiciary, Islamabad High Court says Source: Dawn By Mohammad Imran The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday announced […]
Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded
Source: Pew Research Center from August 2017 As Protestants prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that the prevailing view among […]
BBC Video: The Big Questions: Secularism and UK Schools?
Suggested reading Shariah and Constitution: A Personal Journey Shariah and Constitution by Zia H Shah How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance How Europe came to forget about its Arabic heritage
Jerusalem Church Where Jesus Is Said to be Buried Closed After Tax Dispute With Israeli Government
Source: Newsweeklar By Tom Porter Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a […]
Muslim leader urges Macron not to meddle too much in French Islam
Source: Reuters By Julie Carriat PARIS (Reuters) – A leading representative of French Muslims urged Emmanuel Macron not to meddle in the organization of France’s second-largest religion, days after the […]
Russian Ban on Jehovah Witnesses: Religious Freedom, Human Rights of the Members or the National Security?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into […]
In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine
Source: BBC News By Kevin Ponniah Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations, is fast becoming the place to go for people desperate to find a surrogate to have their […]
