‘Meet a Muslim’ events hope to dispel misconceptions
Source: Associated Press By KRISTIN J. BENDER FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending […]
70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Radesh Singh’s grandfather was just 11 years old when he left his village in India’s Punjab province to move to […]
Australia church abuse: Priests ‘must report’ confessions
Source: BBC News Catholic clerics should face criminal charges if they do not report sexual abuse disclosed to them during confession, an Australian inquiry has recommended. It is among 85 […]
Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
Source: The Atlantic BY SABA IMTIAZ For the first 16 years of her life, Ravita Meghwar was a Hindu girl living in a village in Pakistan. But today her name […]
Ranking countries by their blasphemy laws
Source: The Economist BLASPHEMY laws, in the sense of laws that penalise speech or acts that disrespect God or the sacred, are “astonishingly widespread”. From the harshest laws to the […]
Hurt and Angry, Charlottesville Tries to Regroup From Violence
Source: The New York Times By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training at Sojourners United Church of Christ, arrived in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday morning […]
Orthodox Jewish group sues New Jersey town for ordering eruv removed
Source: JTA (JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish group filed a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey town for ordering it to remove an eruv, or religious boundary, from utility poles […]
Museum of the Bible to offer free admission when it opens in November
Source: The Washington Post By Peggy McGlone The entrance to the Museum of the Bible, under construction and set to open Nov. 17 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The […]
Grandmother in travel ban lawsuit arrives in US
Source: Associated Press By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) — The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from six mostly […]
Indian Independence Day: everything you need to know about Partition between India and Pakistan 70 years on
Source: Telegraph By Barney Henderson, and agencies 70 years ago, Partition came into effect, dividing British India into two new, independent countries: India and Pakistan. At midnight on August 14 […]
In pictures: 2017 Galapagos photography competition
Source: BBC The winners have been announced for a photography competition capturing wildlife and scenery from across the Galapagos Islands. Please see the pictures in BBC Suggested Reading and Viewing […]
To Refute the Hate-mongering of White Supremacists I visited Martin Luther King’s Memorial
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Recent tragedies in Charlottesville has shook the conscience of a nation wounded by racism once again. The […]
BBC Video: ‘It’s an act of terror’
A friend of Heather Heyer who was killed in the Charlottesville car attack has spoken to the BBC. Please watch the video in BBC Suggested Reading To Refute the Hate-mongering […]
In God we trust: why Americans won’t vote in an atheist president
Source: The Guardian By Jonathan Freedland The notion that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is considering a run for president in 2020 seemed fanciful until the final days of last year, when he posted […]
British Museum first to showcase interactive display with wifi link
Source: The Guardian By Maev Kennedy Even in a giant high-resolution image at the British Museum, the inscription on a slab of limestone carved almost 2,000 years for a major Buddhist […]
Leah Remini Questions Elisabeth Moss’ Continued Support Of Scientology
Source: Huffington Post She isn’t allowed to talk to me.” By Cavan Sieczkowski Leah Remini is continuing her crusade against the Church of Scientology and its alleged abuses, and has some […]
The Mormon Church Just Excommunicated A Leader For The First Time In Decades
Source: Huffington Post Church officials have not said why Elder James J. Hamula was removed from church membership. By Antonia Blumberg The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated […]
Given the President we elected, Americans shouldn’t be surprised by the horrific actions of the alt-right in Charlottesville
Trump’s bigoted rhetoric has been gearing up to this point for years, and even now he refuses to condemn the violence of neo-nazis Skylar Baker-Jordan @skylarjordan If you’re surprised by what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, you shouldn’t be. On Friday neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and other “alt-right” […]
Does Romans 13 Give The President The Right To Nuke North Korea?
Source: Huffington Post BY David J. Dunn, PhD, Contributor Theological troublemaker. Orthodox Christian. Let any who doubt the lamentable state of theological education among Christians in America consider this fact: Right […]
5 Ways Faith Can Reduce Bullying And Empower Victims
Source: Huffington Post “Don’t laugh at me, Don’t call me names, Don’t get your pleasure from my pain. In God’s eyes we’re all the same, Someday we’ll all have perfect wings, Don’t laugh at me.” […]