India and Pakistan reach deal on new road to Sikh temple
November 22, 2018. India and Pakistan have agreed to construct a new border entry point and road to allow Sikh pilgrims from India to visit a shrine in Pakistan. Sikhism […]
Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing that killed 55
Source: Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have denied involvement in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that killed at least 55 people. Tuesday’s attack, which targeted […]
Letter from Africa: Cremations ‘threaten’ Zimbabwe’s ancestral spirits
Source: BBC News Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare. “For you were made from […]
China’s model village of ethnic unity shows cracks in facade
Source: Associated Press BY Emily Wang HOTAN UNITY NEW VILLAGE, China (AP) — In this corner of China’s far west, rows of identical white concrete houses with red metal roofs […]
Israeli minister urges Airbnb boycott, talks up rival service
Source: Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister called on Wednesday for a boycott of Airbnb and promoted one of its rivals, escalating the government’s response […]
4 Finns held in Malaysia for distributing Christian material
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
The varieties of Muslim faith become a vital form of diplomacy
Source: The Economist ABOUT 30 YEARS ago, in the final years of the cold war, the American political scientist Joseph Nye developed the concept of soft power. He meant the […]
Several white evangelical leaders reject anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why do their flocks embrace it?
Source: Vox By Tara Isabella Burton Members of the Central American caravan wait in line for food and other items while in a camp on October 31, 2018, in Juchitan, de […]
Ahmadi Muslims Have a Storied American History—And a Legacy That Is Often Overlooked
Source: Religion & Politics By Aysha Khan Hania Mansoor drove for more than 10 hours to catch a glimpse of her caliph. As members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in […]
In Rare Reproach, Chief Justice John Roberts Chides President Trump for ‘Obama Judge’ Comment
Source: Time By MARK SHERMAN / AP (WASHINGTON) — Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s description of a judge who ruled against Trump’s new migrant asylum […]
870 People Are Still Listed as Missing in the Camp Fire. Inside the Long Process to Find Them
Source: Time By TARA LAW The list of the people unaccounted for after the Camp Fire in Northern California has dropped from more than 1,000 to 870, which may come as […]
To unlock the diplomatic mysteries behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, take a look at Syria
Where should the Sunni Islamist fighters of Idlib go? Since their money and their weapons come from the Sunni Gulf, and since their Wahhabi Sunni faith was inspired by the […]
Video Book Review: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton’s new book, Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, is out now from Riverhead Books. Muhammad’s […]
Sister Lisa Vogl-Hamid shares Hijab experience and journey to Islam
Suggested reading How Islam has Influenced the Christian understanding of God Video: How Jesus Became God, by Prof. Bart Ehrman?
Thanksgiving Promotes Whitewashed History, So I Organized Truthsgiving Instead
By Christine Nobiss Courtesy of Christine Nobiss/Ducka Zo Yooxot Likipt, Cayuse In this op-ed, Christine Nobiss, MA (Religious Studies), Plains Cree/Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation and Decolonizer with […]
A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Thanksgiving
by Becky Little, National Geographic The pilgrims stole from graves, the Wampanoag were devastated by disease, and the peace between them was political. When the Mayflower pilgrims and the […]
Can ‘voluntary colonialism’ stop migration from Africa to Europe?
22 November 2018 A controversial proposal by a German minister that foreign powers acquire land in Africa to curb migration has been rejected by the African Union, writes the BBC’s […]
Did Israel Kill Yasser Arafat? Stunning Investigation Exposes Israel’s Secretive Assassination Program
Story November 21, 2018 Guests Ronen Bergman Israeli investigative reporter, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and the senior national security correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth. Israeli intelligence […]
Words of Wisdom: History of Ismailis in Portugal
by ismailimail Posted on August 16, 2018 …we can trace the story of Ismaili engagement with Portugal back many years – even to the time when Ismailis settled in Portuguese […]
Home Latest: Pakistan Maulana Tariq Jameel comments on PM Imran’s Madina-like welfare state remarks
ISLAMABAD: Prominent religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel has for the first time commented on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks to transform Pakistan into a Madina-like welfare state. Talking to […]