Happy Birthday, Muhammad
Source: New York Times By Haroon Moghul, who is the author of “How to Be a Muslim: An American Story.” The prophet was an outsider. Just like me. Tuesday is the Prophet […]
Finnish Women Convert to Islam in Search of Spirituality, Logic – Researcher
Source: Sputnik Finnish women converting to Islam don’t see the veil as a symbol of oppression, but as a sign of liberation from superficial beauty, a researcher specialising in religious […]
Eid el-Maulud (from the Nigerian Press)
By . | Published Date Nov 20, 2018 Today is being celebrated throughout the Muslim world as Eid-el Maulud, the birthday of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Maulud is […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims Participate in Book Fair Interliber Croatia
By Zubair Khan Report compilation: Misel Androic. Pictures: Rana Munawwar Khan Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia stall in Interliber Interliber, recognized to be one of the most famous book fairs in the region, was held from 13th to 18th of November. Organized under the auspices of Ministry of Culture of […]
Libyan Sufis celebrate Prophet’s birthday despite security fears
. Reuters International Nov 20, 2018 Libyan Sufi Muslims chant and beat drums during a procession to commemorate Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, also known as Mawlid, in the old city of […]
Syria: Raqqa in ruins and civilians devastated after US-led ‘war of annihilation’
5 June 2018, Amnesty International carried out field investigations in the destroyed city US-led Coalition fired vast number of imprecise explosive weapons in populated civilian area Even Coalition precision bombs […]
Suicide bomber kills over 50 at religious event in Kabul
Reuters International Nov 20, 2018 By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a banqueting hall where Islamic religious scholars had gathered in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people, three government officials said. Najib Danish, […]
Airbnb: Israeli uproar as firm bars West Bank settlements
Source: BBC News Israel has denounced as “shameful” Airbnb’s decision to withdraw its listings from homes in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Its tourism minister said Israeli authorities […]
American Exorcism
Source: The Atlantic Louisa muskovits appeared to be having a panic attack. It was March of 2016, and Louisa, a 33-year-old with a history of alcohol abuse, was having a regular […]
It’s still hard to teach evolution in too many public school classrooms
Source: Los Angeles Times By Ann Reid Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby. Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Obergefell vs. Hodges. Supreme Court cases involving the role of religious beliefs […]
Can religion unite Americans?
Source: San Francisco By Celia Viggo Wexler statue modeled after the Statue of Liberty stands outside the World Overcomers Church in Memphis. Many white Christians have supported President Trump’s stance […]
100 Women: The woman who decides if men can take a second wife
Source: BBC News By Heather Chen BBC News, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia Image copyrightJOSHUA PAUL FOR THE BBC Islamic law, also known as Sharia, is often associated by critics with […]
Sheep Without Shepherds
Source: The New York Times By Ross Douthat Cardinal Daniel DiNardo last weekend at the General Assembly of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.CreditCreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Here is […]
The Top 10 Podcasts of 2018
Source: Time By ELIANA DOCKTERMAN Unlike film, television or music, there’s a low barrier to entry in the podcasting world: All you need is a microphone and someone to speak into […]
Peanut allergy treatment ‘in sight’
Source: BBC News Peanut allergy can be beaten with a treatment that slowly builds up tolerance, a large study shows. None of nearly 500 four- to 17-year-olds from the US […]
Fake psychiatrist prompts UK investigation of 3,000 foreign doctors
Source: CNN BY Rob Picheta London (CNN) Up to 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are having their backgrounds checked after it emerged that a fake psychiatrist with no qualifications was […]
Finns held in Muslim Malaysia over ‘Christian pamphlets’
Majority of Malaysia’s population are Muslims. (File/AFP) AFP November 21, 2018 They are accused of breaking laws that forbid people from disturbing religious harmony, and could be jailed for […]
The tide is turning: Israel is losing on two war fronts
Nov 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD The November 12 botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip is delineating Tel Aviv’s failure to utilise its army as a […]
Qatar 2022: £40 a week to build the World Cup stadiums
A migrant worker at the construction site for the al-Rayyan stadium. Workers from some of the world’s poorest countries are being paid a pittance to deliver the football dream […]
Trump ‘stands with’ Saudi Arabia and defends crown prince over Khashoggi
President issues extraordinary statement of support and repeats Saudi claim that murdered journalist was ‘enemy of the state’ Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in Beirut Tue 20 Nov […]