What Is a Real Muslim? Who Gets to Decide?
OCTOBER 2, 2018 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER Muslim Prayer Beads. Creative Commons After returning from the mosque years ago, one of my students remarked, “I was hoping we would […]
AMERICA’S CLERGY ARE TEAMING UP WITH SCIENTISTS
AUTHOR: REBECCA HEILWEIL SCIENCE 10.03.18 These moveable antennas take in radio signals, some extremely faint, from throughout the cosmos. This facility has enabled scientists to garner detailed images of natural […]
How silence in the face of Conor McGregor’s Islamophobia led to a disgraceful mass brawl after his defeat
Source: The Independent Earlier this year McGregor threw a metal dolly at a bus on which Khabib Nurmagomedov was travelling. Rather than chastise him, the UFC used it in a promotional […]
Video: Analyzing Islamic Position: Does Islam Monopolize Salvation?
Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown[1] (born 1977) is an American scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has been associate professor at Georgetown University‘s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He holds the Alwaleed bin Talal […]
Pakistan Supreme Court, Blasphemy Laws and Fate of Asia Bibi and a Whole Nation
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution Source: Dawn A special three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the final appeal […]
Serb nationalist Dodik claims victory in Bosnia’s tripartite presidency
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Bosnian-Serb candidate for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite Presidency in the next term in office, Milorad Dodik, casts his ballot, at a voting station in Laktasi, […]
Pakistani Islamists warn of ‘terrible consequences’ over blasphemy appeal
Source: Swiss Info Additional reporting by Saad Sayeed; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Nick Macfie Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 9:14 AMOCT 8, 2018 […]
Two Pakistani former PMs, journalist face court in treason case
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives to attend The Queen’s Dinner during The Commonwealth Heads of […]
Pope Francis Says Sex Abuse Crisis Has Driven Young Catholics Away From The Church
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that young people are being driven away from the Roman Catholic Church because of the way it has handled […]
Turkey demands permission to search Saudi consulate after journalist Khashoggi’s disappearance
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday summoned Saudi Arabian Ambassador Waleed A. M. Elkhereiji for the second time after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and demanded permission […]
Pressure on Saudis after disappearance of dissident in Istanbul
Calls for international inquiry amid claims Riyadh involved in state-sponsored murder Martin Chulov in Istanbul Sun 7 Oct 2018 Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in […]
This Black History Month, let’s teach young people how slavery interrupted a rich and powerful black history
Our young people should be taught about the horrors of the slave trade so that we never forget, but they also need to understand that their ancestors came from some […]
Video: Atheism and Agnosticism – By Dr. Laurence Brown
Epigraph: Allah created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom. In that surely is a Sign for the believers. (Al Quran 29:44/45) Written and collected […]
Marriage referendum divides Romania
Source: Politico By ANCA GURZU BISTRIŢA, Romania — In this small northern Transylvanian town, volunteers were up early the other day putting up dozens of posters that exhort in large […]
Muslims pray for strength in quake-hit Indonesian city
Source: Associated Press By TATAN SYUFLANA PALU, Indonesia (AP) — As the sun slipped behind the mountains and a gentle breeze blew onshore, hundreds of people gathered on an Indonesian […]
From Jails to Congress, Brazil’s Evangelicals Could Swing Election
Source: Bloomberg BY R.T. Watson, David Biller, and Samy Adghirni Imprisoned for credit-card fraud in 2010, Joao Luiz Francisco da Silva faced a choice between the filthy, treacherous cells ruled by drug […]
Pope adviser says systematic reforms needed to address abuse
Source: Associated Press ROME (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ top advisers warned Friday that the Catholic Church risks increased police and government intervention if it doesn’t address the clergy […]
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination fight is dividing his D.C. Catholic church
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein A couple of weeks ago, the prominent congregation of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament parish stood united in its shared anger at […]
Einstein’s letter belittling God and religion will be auctioned for $1 million or more
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk A letter in which Albert Einstein explicitly rejected God and religion will be auctioned in December for the second time since the famous physicist […]
The National Council of Churches makes a rare statement to oppose Kavanaugh
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The National Council of Churches, an umbrella organization representing dozens of Protestant denominations, usually steers clear of Supreme Court nominations. When Republican senators refused […]