Religion and faith: Jews and Christians honor Holocaust victims
Source: Arizona Daily Star Public invited to talk on Islam, Quran The Tucson chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will hold a “Holy Quran Exhibition” at the Wheeler Taft Abbett […]
The Dangerous Ideology of Religion
Source: Consortium news Ideology, in the hands of true-believers, tends to reject facts in favor of some grander “truth,” an especially dangerous tendency when mixed with religious conviction and certainty, as Lawrence Davidson explains. By Lawrence Davidson Ideologies are pre-set forms of thinking that shape people’s worldviews and, supposedly, help […]
Ben Carson Challenged On Religion in Iowa
Source: Time “I’m an atheist voter. I’m not planted here, I’m born and raised in Iowa.” From the moment the questioner stood up and pointed his camera phone at Ben […]
True Islam is a peaceful militaristic religion
Source: The Gazette By: Arshad Yousufi the spokesman for the Islamic Society of Colorado Springs. Both sides of the argument in the article, Jan. 17, “Is violence the true version of Islam?” by Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk violate Albert Einstein’s maxim “Everything should be made as simple as possible, […]
Video: The big questions – Can The Bible and Darwin Both Be Right?
Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Republican presidential […]
Time for Christians to stand up and stop the rise of ‘secular and materialistic’ Britain, warns head of Ofsted
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 […]
David Cameron is right, poor literacy does fuel radicalisation
Belfast Telegraph: For the Prime Minister and Government, the key hindrances standing in the way of the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of British Muslim women are firmly set in a cultural-religious epidemic characterised by poor literacy, oppressive segregation and the face veil. These obstacles, long unchallenged and wildly out […]
Law column: Handling religion in the workplace
Source: The Gazette Religion is one of the most confusing areas in employment law and also one of the fastest-growing areas of employee complaints and concerns. According to the […]
Americans Tell Candidates: More Religion, Please!
Source: Christian Today Republican U.S. presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rick Santorum pray at the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa November 20, 2015. A growing number […]
Now Deeply Christian, Cruz’s Religion Once Wasn’t So Obvious
Source: ABC News Ted Cruz sometimes sounds more like a preacher than a presidential candidate. But one biblical tenet he rarely evokes is tithing, a mandate that 10 percent of possessions be donated to God. That’s because tax records Cruz released between 2006 and 2010 show he and his […]
Linking Terrorism With Religion Will Help Terror Groups: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Source: NDTV BENGALURU: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said linking terrorism with any particular religion would only help terror forces to succeed in their motives as they use “division […]
Sweden masked gang ‘targeted migrants’ in Stockholm
Source: BBC Up to 100 masked men, dressed in black, gathered in central Stockholm to attack people from immigrant backgrounds, reports say. Swedish police say the large gang distributed leaflets […]
An Ancient Philosopher’s Brilliant Theory Explains Everything Bad You’ve Ever Done
Source: Huffington Post What do you think of when you hear the word “sin?” Some immediately think of immoral acts, like adultery. For others, the mind may go to illegal activities. And some may even conjure up images of indulgences, as in enjoying a “sinful” dessert. In short, there could […]
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Trolls Trump: ‘I Bailed You Out Twice’
Source: Huffington Post A Saudi prince may have just beaten Donald Trump at a game of Twitter trolling. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that he’s bailed the billionaire out twice — and suggested the GOP presidential frontrunner might need his help a third time. The exchange was initiated […]
HOW PAKISTAN PLAYED WITH SECULARISM CREED
Saturday, 30 January 2016 | Ashok Malik | Farahnaz Ispahani in her book, Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities, bravely records not just the near-annihilation of religious minorities in Pakistan, but also the intensifying sectarian conflict Farahnaz Ispahani’s recent book, Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s […]
USA: Glenbard South High School visits Masjid Bait-ul-Jaamay of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
“Islam means peace, Islam teaches respect to all, The Messiah who was to come, already has come”, said Imam Shamshad Report by Dr Iftekhar Ahmad One hundred ten students from […]
What I’m doing to protect my kids from sexual abuse
Source: Religion New Service By Boz Tchividjian A few months ago, I had the opportunity to connect with an amazing woman after she stepped forward to share about being re-traumatized by her former church after reporting being sexually abused as a minor. What amazed me about Natalie Greenfield is that […]
Cat Stevens: ‘Alliance of Virtue (or Get Your Bags Together)’
Source: Huffington Post By Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens; Musician, Artist, Writer, Producer and Philanthropist As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further […]
BBC Video: Does Heaven Exist?
Suggested Reading Afterlife A Dream-State or A Virtual Reality? Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’ Surah Al Waqi’ah (The Event or the Resurrection) Video: Does Heaven Exist? https://t.co/M5QwG0DDGr pic.twitter.com/T0u71xJmT8 […]
‘Islam answered many unresolved queries’
Source: Arab News By Jermaine Jackson, who is the brother of world-famous star late Michael Jackson. He here recounts how he embraced Islam. It was way back in 1989 when […]