How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham When I was a kid of ten or eleven years old, newly returned to New York after a few years living in Chicago, I […]
A church under surveillance by a man in a Toyota
Source: BBC News Officially the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is now fully independent of Moscow, but many parishes remain loyal to the Russian patriarch – leading in some cases to […]
Why Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is festival to end all festivals
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Prayagraj What does the Kumbh Mela celebrate? The Kumbh Mela is held at the four spots along the Ganges river where, Hindu tradition has it, drops […]
Video: PM Trudeau defends immigrants after man claims Islam, Christianity ‘will not mix’
Epigraph: And you shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are saints […]
Split between Ukrainian, Russian churches shows political importance of Orthodox Christianity
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci The recent decision by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart after more than 300 years of being linked reflects […]
There Is No ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’
Source: The New York Times By Matti Friedman; Contributing Opinion Writer JERUSALEM — If you are reading this, you’ve most likely seen much about “the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” in the pages […]
A view from Turkey: Did Trump really threaten Turkey?
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published January 15, 2019 Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together […]
USA: Masroor Mosque Inauguration
In November 2018, Masroor Mosque in Prince William County was officially inaugurated by the worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad. An inauguration reception […]
CBC Fifth Estate Doc on Polygamy Among Muslim Canadians: A Personal Reflection
Written by Chelby Daigle Published in News A recent CBC Fifth Estate episode about polygamy among Muslim Canadians and its accompanying article has sparked online debate among Muslims. You can […]
Indonesia doubles trade missions to Muslim markets in export push
Widodo promotes textiles, footwear and train cars, competing with Chinese goods ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer January 15, 2019 00:47 JST JAKARTA — Indonesia is accelerating a strategy to […]
Manuscript Review: The Book on the Soul, by Ibn Bajjah
By: N.A. Baloch Besides philosophy and mathematics, Ibn Bajjah was well-versed in botany, astronomy, logic, grammar, literature and music. Figure 1. Article image banner *** Editor’s Note: The following […]
Lauren Booth’s Video – Tony Blair’s Sister in Law: ‘My Journey To Islam!’
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The ultrasound scan you can do yourself
Source: BBC A US company has produced an ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and costs $2,000 (£1,555). Necessity is often credited as the mother of invention. For Jonathan Rothberg it was the frustration of sitting around in hospital waiting rooms that made him the father of a new […]
How the idea of hell has shaped the way we think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham For centuries, we’ve given lavish attention to the specifics of punishment, and left Heaven woefully under-sketched. When I was a kid of ten […]
PM Imran Khan receives ‘Gold Kalashnikov’ as a gift from Saudi prince
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday received Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor Tabuk here at the Prime Minister’s Office. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak […]
USA: Warrenton-area farm eyed for Islamic retreat site
by James Ivancic Times Staff Writer Jan 7, 2019 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is seeking a special permit from Fauquier County officials to hold four events a […]
U.S. police arrest journalist working for Iran’s state TV – Press TV
This content was published on January 16, 2019 DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. police have arrested an American-born journalist working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, the state-run broadcaster reported on […]
This obscure law could help MPs wriggle out of Theresa May’s Brexit deal deadlock
The ‘Humble Address’ is a Parliamentary mechanism under which MPs can make their desires known directly to the Queen – and they could use it to withdraw Article 50 Philip […]
Israeli military finally admits supplying arms to Syria militants
Tue Jan 15, 2019 Lieutenant General Gadi Eizenkot (L), the Israeli army’s outgoing chief of staff, participates in a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem al-Quds on January 13, 2018. (Photo […]
Avi Loeb on the Mysterious Interstellar Body ‘Oumuamua> ‘Thinking About Distant Civilizations Isn’t Speculative’
Astronomer Avi Loeb believes that the interstellar object dubbed ‘Oumuamua could actually be a probe sent by alien beings. Given the evidence that has so far been gathered, he says, […]