Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor A religious freedom law strengthens America’s commitment to defending belief — and unbelief — abroad. President Obama signed an amendment to […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Shah Faesal, who is a Kashmiri civil servant and writer. He tweets @ShahFaesal_IAS Last Friday, Maulvi Sahab again said that God’s wrath is soon going […]
Guardian: The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan, alleging it violated federal law in 2015 when it denied a proposal to build a mosque in the city. The 20-page complaint filed in US district court says the city discriminated against the American Islamic Community […]
Indonesia blasphemy case: Emotional scenes as Ahok trial begins Source: BBC There were emotional scenes in court on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s governor, a Christian […]
Source: The Guardian Germany’s highest court has ruled that ultra-conservative Muslim girls must take part in mixed swimming classes at school, finding against an 11-year-old pupil who had argued that […]
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason Foreign secretary, who has been accused of a series of diplomatic gaffes, breaks with convention by publicly criticising UK ally Boris […]
Guardian: True Islam means loyalty to the country in which one lives, abiding by its laws and serving its people and communities, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim movement […]
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee After a surprise election win, President-elect Donald J. Trump acknowledged the need to “bind the wounds of division” and pledged to be “the president for all Americans” in his short victory speech. This was a refreshing detour from his earlier campaign rhetoric […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rebecca Klein; Education Editor, The Huffington Post Religion plays a major role in the way Betsy DeVos thinks about education. Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, […]
Source: Foreign Affairs – Published by the Council on Foreign Relations By Omar Saif Ghobash Saif, the elder of my two sons, was born in December 2000. In the summer of […]
Source: Teach Don’t Preach – A campaign for secular education by atheist Ireland Today a unique secular alliance met Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss […]
Russia Today: German police have launched a large-scale operation targeting Islamists across ten German federal states, the country’s Interior Ministry (Bundesministeriums des Innern) reported on Tuesday.According to the German media, […]
Source: News18 Dhaka: Muslim-majority Bangladesh will drop Islam as the country’s state religion “when the time comes”, a media report on Monday quoted a senior ruling Awami Leage leader as saying. […]
Source: RNS By Kimberly Winston (RNS) For the last decade, atheists, humanists and others secularists have worked hard to organize a “secular vote” that would counter the political clout of […]
Source: The Guardian The strength of AA’s support hinges on it being accessible to all. Photograph: Facebook By Ashifa Kassam in Toronto The Almighty plays a central part in the hallowed 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Six of them make reference to God, Him or Power. In one step, members vow […]
Source: TOI A group of madrasa students demonstrated on the premises of Brahmanbarhia Press Club while hundreds of people blocked Sarail-Nasirnagar-Lakhai road by torching tyres on Sunday. After the mayhem […]
Source: CNN By Euan McKirdy (CNN) Thousands of protesters waving flags are marching through Jakarta demanding the ouster of the city’s governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims. […]
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Keynote Address delivered by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) on October 22, 2016, in Tahir Hall in neighborhood of Toronto. This video was collected by […]