Does Hell Exist? And Did the Pope Give an Answer?
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ Pope Francis has had several chats with a left-wing Italian journalist who considers himself an atheist and occasionally puts words in the pope’s […]
Turkish president recites Muslim prayer at the Hagia Sophia
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president recited an Islamic prayer Saturday in the Hagia Sophia, a historic Istanbul landmark that has become a symbol of […]
Nazis destroyed this Berlin synagogue. A Muslim politician and a Jewish leader want to rebuild it.
Source: The Washington Post By Luisa Beck April 1 at 4:37 PM Email the author A memorial marks the vacant lot in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood where the Fraenkelufer synagogue once stood. There are […]
Major Jewish private donor ditches Labour over antisemitism
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Savage One of Labour’s biggest private donors has said he no longer feels “any affinity or connection” with the party, and accuses its leadership of failing […]
Anxious Hong Kong Catholics told to make leap of faith over China deal
Source: Reuters By Greg Torode, Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A looming deal between the Vatican and China is causing divisions between the church hierarchy and Catholics in Hong Kong, […]
Tibetan leader urges efforts to enable Dalai Lama’s return
Source: Associated Press DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile urged his compatriots Saturday to strengthen efforts to make the return of the Dalai Lama […]
Hijab ban attempt is ‘racism dressed up as liberalism’, teachers’ conference told
Source: The Guardian By Richard Adams Education editor Amanda Spielman has called for ‘muscular liberalism’ to promote British values in schools. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Efforts to bar girls […]
2 British IS members say hostage beheadings were a ‘mistake’
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB and ANDREA ROSA KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Two British militants believed to have been part of an Islamic State group cell notorious for […]
Are ‘Trump Christians’ really Christian?
Source: Boston Globe By Margery Eagan IT’S THE DAY after Easter, 2018, a good time to call out Donald Trump supporters who claim to be Christians. They’re not. Here’s the […]
Democrats Are Christians, Too
Source: The New York Times By Amy Sullivan March 31, 2018 Now that Stormy Daniels has confirmed on national television that Donald Trump initiated sex with her just months after his […]
Yes, we’ve lost our faith in God, but we’ve lost our faith in reason too
Source: The Guardian By Kenan Malik Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. So runs the inscription above the gates of hell in Dante’s Inferno. Through those gates walks Dante […]
You should read the Bible
Source: The Washington Post By Christine Emba Columnist March 30 Email the author On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal was compelled to issue an amusing, if embarrassing, correction after misquoting Israel’s prime minister the day before. […]
How the FBI Infiltrated the Civil Rights Movement
Source: MSN News By Marc Perrusquia Bobby Doctor understood the movement came with peril. Eagerly, he dodged fists and boots while integrating lunch counters; he negotiated angry mobs as he marched […]
Microsoft gambles on a quantum leap in computing
Source: BBC News BY Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent@BBCRoryCJ In a laboratory in Copenhagen, scientists believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough that could transform computing. A team combining Microsoft researchers […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
العربية The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, it spans over 200 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Its […]
THE AMMAN MESSAGE
SUMMARY ‘[T]he best resource for those who wish to travel along the straight path in their words and their actions, and in their spiritual and religious life’. — The Grand […]
Madhhab
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a series on Islam Usul al-fiqh Fiqh Ijazah Ijma Ijtihad Ikhtilaf Istihlal Istihsan Istishab Madhhab Madrasah Maslaha Qiyas Taqlid Urf Ahkam Batil […]
Schools of Thought in Islam
By M. Cherif Bassiouni , Professor of Law | Jan 24, 2012 Islamic jurisprudence has developed over fourteen centuries. Over that span of time, various schools of jurisprudence have […]
Dozens participate in all-women bike rallies across Pakistan
The Girls at Dhabas movement was established to encourage women to repossess accessibility of streets and public spaces The event encourages women in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad to challenge the […]
Israel says to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries
Reuters Staff JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it has canceled a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to […]