Late Thai king’s remains returned to palace after night of tears
Reuters International This content was published on October 27, 2017 7:14 AMOct 27, 2017 – 07:14 By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Suphanida Thakral BANGKOK (Reuters) – The ashes and […]
Nepal Criminalizes Christian Conversion and Evangelism
Source: Christianity Today President approves new sanctions targeting non-Hindus and foreign missionaries. Last week, Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalizing religious conversion, joining neighboring countries like […]
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project good news for Jordan, region — officials
Minister says agencies prepared for any terror threat, borders secure By JT – Oct 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The city of Aqaba is likely to have a boost in investments as Saudi Arabia starts a large-scale project dubbed NEOM, officials say (File photo) AMMAN — Minister of State for Media […]
No British Muslim man has the ‘right’ to a second (or even third) wife
Source: The Telegraph By Shelina Janmohamed Secondwife.com now has 100,000 users I’m not a second wife, and I have no plans to ever be one. There is only really one reason […]
Morocco: the Apostate no Longer Faces Death
A recent step taken by the kingdom’s ulama represents a turning point. The attempt to curb extremism Chiara Pellegrino | 02 March 2017 Moroccan ulama Free to leave Islam without facing death: this is the turning point of Morocco’s ulama, the religious scholars. Apostasy, in Arabic “ridda”, has always been a critical issue […]
Istanbul’s oldest burial site found during metro excavation works
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Related Articles History 9.7 million-year-old teeth fossils discovered in Germany History Turkey, Hungary restore 500-year-old Ottoman tomb in Budapest History 1,600-year-old mosaics unearthed again […]
‘Too important to be alienated’
Oct 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Over recent years, many Iranians in the big cities confided quietly to the opinion pollsters that they feel an empathy with the West. It was not reciprocated. Frankly, most people in the West have no in-depth opinion about Iran. If they think […]
After Daesh, ruined Raqqa fears new strife
Rebuilding city to take years By Reuters – Oct 26,2017 -JORDAN TIMES Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces dance along a street in Raqqa, Syria, on October 18 (Reuters photo) RAQQA, Syria — The morning after the Daesh extremist group’s defeat in Raqqa, a local militia fighter stood in a […]
View from Turkey: US funds ‘Turkey’s al-Qaida’
HILAL KAPLAN @hilal_kaplan On July 21, U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Thomas, the head of Special Operations Command, said that he was the one advising the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to rebrand itself in order to produce an argument against Turkey’s rightful accusation that the U.S. is working with a […]
AMWA Celebrates Islamic Heritage Month
By Tahira Chaudhary, Maple Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association (AMWA) celebrates Islamic Heritage month. The event is marked by a Holy Quran Exhibition and kids activities. It is arranged by Lajna […]
India: Child marriages among Indian Muslims
Child Marriage among Indian Muslims: The Mullahs Have Brought Shame to the Muslim Community, Yet Again By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 13 October 2017 It is astounding. No sooner had the Supreme Court said that sex with a minor wife would amount to rape, Hashtags began to run on prominent news […]
Bangladesh to remove Jihad from school text books
Bangladesh to Remove Jihad from Madrasa Textbooks October 25, 2017 The new textbooks of the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board will not contain any chapters with lessons on Jihad, for the first time in nearly four decades. The Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board – also known as the Alia Madrasa Education Board […]
New Security Screenings Begin for Passengers on U.S.-Bound Flights
Source: Time BY Jon Gambrell / AP 6:28 AM ET (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — New security screenings for all passengers on U.S.-bound flights began on Thursday, with airlines worldwide […]
Half of U.S. Catholics say belief in God is not necessary to be a good person
Source: America Magazine BY Michael J. O’Loughlin For the first time, a majority of Americans—56 percent—say it is possible to be a good person without religious belief. And about half of […]
Pakistan university students tackle intolerance problem
Source: UCA News A growing number of blasphemy attacks on campus has prompted a new program to promote religious understanding Students at a diversity workshop in Lahore. (Photo courtesy Youth […]
Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Wm. Moyer October 24 Faheem Younus greets visitors to a mosque for a community meeting about the development. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) JOPPATOWNE, Md. — Dueling legal […]
I will return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam, says crown prince
Source: The Guardian By Martin Chulov in Riyadh Mohammed bin Salman tells the Guardian that ultra-conservative state has been ‘not normal’ for past 30 years The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin […]
Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
Source: Religion News Service By Matthew Levering and Kevin J. Vanhoozer Matthew Levering, a Catholic perspective In my book “Was the Reformation a Mistake?: Why Catholic Doctrine Is Not Unbiblical,” I […]
Are religious people more moral?
Source: The Conversation Why do people distrust atheists? A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people […]
Interview with Khalifa of Islam – Islam Ahmadiyya
Source: Leolgar.com For Interview here is LINK