Source: Daily Times It is a losing proposition for liberals to engage the clergy, especially given that there are no liberal scholars of Islam grounded in Islamic history and jurisprudence, at least in Pakistan, who can challenge the established sectarian narratives of Barelvis and Deobandis Justice A R Cornelius, being […]
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich […]
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) For the first time in 450 years, a citadel of Protestant worship in England — the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace — echoed to the sound […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rached Ghannouchi President of Tunisia’s Ennahdha Party This post is an edited/updated version of Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi’s October 1, 2014 Lecture at Columbia University’s Institute for […]
Source: Time By Muhammed A. Chaudhry is CEO of Silicon Valley Education Foundation and Communications Director for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. ‘If you’ve ever demanded Muslims stand up to extremism, […]
By Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. (RNS) The city of Phoenix has decided […]
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Nepali Times: At a time when ‘secularism’ has become something of a bad word in India, and the Hindu-right establishment in New Delhi is said to take a dim view of of neighbouring Nepal declaring itself ‘secular’ in its new constitution, a leading Indian thinker says the misunderstanding stems from […]
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Source: The Pioneer By Ashok Malik, who is senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. He can be reached at malikashok@gmail.com Farahnaz Ispahani in her book, Purifying the Land of […]
Maajid Nawaz joins John Barron on the ABC pane; show The Drum. He’s joined on the panel by Rebecca Weisser, John Stanley and Sara Saleh on the panel to talk […]
Dailymail.co.uk: It has never been more important for Christians to stand up for their faith, the head of Ofsted warned today. Sir Michael Wilshaw said society is becoming increasingly ‘secular and materialistic’, with ‘seemingly ever greater intolerance of other people’s beliefs’. Young people can easily ‘have their heads turned and […]
بلو ایریا اسلام آباد میں کھلے عام عورتوں کی تضحیک طالبان آ نہیں رھے طالبان آ گئے ہیں
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Education minister says pupils should be taught that separation of church and state is there to protect them, accusing rightwing politicians of […]
Epigraph: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Pick: Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living Source of News: ABNA24 January 23, 2016 – 8:11 PM News Code : 731641 A Pakistani […]
Source: History channel On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy becomes the first U.S. president to hold a live televised news conference. From a podium in the State […]
Source: The Guardian By Kareem Shaheen in Beirut Game likely to take on status of minor vices such as music after Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh says it encourages gambling Saudi Arabia’s […]
Source: The Guardian The French principle of secularism has been twisted by politicians and so often wrongly used to attack Islam that schoolchildren have been left baffled, the French education […]
Source: RNS (RNS) A California atheist who once argued against the Pledge of Allegiance before the Supreme Court has launched a federal legal challenge to the phrase “In God We […]