The preachers getting rich from poor Americans
Source: BBC By Vicky Baker; BBC News in Texas and Alabama Televangelist Todd Coontz has a well-worn routine: he dresses in a suit, pulls out a Bible and urges viewers […]
Are humans born to be religious?
Do humans have a ‘religion instinct’? Source: BBC By Brandon Ambrosino Are spiritual beliefs an inevitable consequence of evolution? In the second article in a two-part series, Brandon Ambrosino examines […]
Women Are Healthier And Happier Without A Spouse Or Kids And they live longer.
Source: the Huffington Post By Charmaine Noronha Unmarried and childless? Congratulations! You might just be among the happier, healthier population, according to a behavioural and happiness expert. That is, if you identify as a woman. Paul Dolan, professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, told the Hay […]
The necessity of Peace
By Patrick Dele Cole ISLAM has once changed, tolerating and teaching non moslems: mathematics, physics, astronomy, geometry, music, art – these influences smoothen the rougher edges of any religion. It would seem that Islamic fundamentalism was a revival of aspects of Islam – but that revival should not send us […]
Weak Christianity is killing west
by Selwyn Duke They’re from arguably the most anti-Christian part of the West, and they have a message: A lack of robust Christianity is killing the West. The warning was issued on Herland Report TV, where journalist Hanne Nabintu Herland interviewed fellow Scandinavian Iben Thranholm. “The general theme of the […]
How Dubious Claims About Muslims Wanting To Ban Dogs In Public Are Used To Stoke Anger
Why old, false claims about Canadian Muslims are resurfacing online By Alex Boutilier In the summer of 2017, signs that seemed engineered to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment first appeared in a city park in Pitt Meadows, B.C. “Many Muslims live in this area and dogs are considered filthy in Islam,” said […]
Pakistan’s ‘Quranic garden’ inspired by Islam’s holy text
By Nazar-ul Islam For religious scholars and local visitors, the sight of plants and trees mentioned in the Quran has been uplifting this Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan, the rooms and courtyards of the Jamea Uthmania seminary in Pesahwar, the capital city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, reverberate with […]
Most atheists believe in the supernatural, despite trusting science
Source: New Scientist Belief in the supernatural is still alive and kicking, even among people who don’t believe in a god. Research on atheists and agnostics around the world has revealed that almost nobody can claim to completely reject irrational beliefs such as life after death, astrology, and the existence […]
Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | Has Science Buried God? Debate
Suggested reading Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’ If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Debate: Does the Universe have a purpose? Who Created God? John Lennox at The […]
Who Created God? John Lennox at The Veritas Forum at UCLA
Suggested reading Trinity: An apple cannot be a rock and a monkey at the same time … Video: The most famous Christian apologist, William Lane Craig, accepts there is no Trinity […]
What are demons? The Biblical perspective
By Larry Slawson Throughout this work, we will examine the reality of demons, according to the Bible. Who are they, and where do these spirits come from? In more recent years, there has been a growing sense of “unbelief” in churches pertaining to the existence of Satan and demon spirits. […]
Academics at University of New Brunswick criticize professor for alleged racist positions
Source: The Globe &Mail More than two dozen academics at the University of New Brunswick have issued a public letter condemning the views of a controversial sociology professor as “racist and without academic merit.” Ricardo Duchesne, who teaches at UNB’s Saint John campus, has “racist positions on multiculturalism and immigration,” […]
Laylatul Qadr: significance & virtues of the most important night of the year
Source: Siasat Laylatul Qadr is better than a thousand months In the Holy Quran Allah (swt) says: “Indeed, We revealed [the Qur’an] during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The […]
China deploys Confucius in bid to boost religion controls
BEIJING (AP) — China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage’s hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities […]
Khilafat Or Democracy: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Versus Hafiz Muzzafar Ahmad
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First, Immigration Authorities Fed A Muslim Man Pork For Days. Now, He’s Being Deported
By Roque Planas The Trump administration deported a Muslim man Thursday who was detained by Border Patrol even though he was married to a U.S. citizen, held a valid […]
Populist Buddhist Politics Shaping up in Sri Lanka Against the Muslims and the Christians
Freed Sri Lanka Buddhist monk vows to expose Islamist militancy Souce: Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said […]
Angela Merkel warns against dark forces on the rise in Europe
By Luke McGee (CNN) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said “there is work to be done” in Germany to face up to the dark forces that are finding mainstream support […]
There Should be no Separation in Makkah Haram – Saudi Imam
Source: Al-Bawaba The former Imam of the Holy Mosque in Makkah, Sheikh Adil Al-Kalbani, has called for men and women not to be separated using a partition during prayers. In a televised interview with Saudi Broadcasting Corp. (SBC), he said that this type of segregation did not happen during […]
The average marriage age since 1980
Young people around the world are delaying marriage and children and embracing a new life stage of singleness marked by budding careers, hip urban areas, adult roommates and dating around. Indicators of extended adolescence, 1980 to 2017 Read Further