Reuters International MAR 31, 2017 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Friday arrested five people for suspected treason linked to planned demonstrations by hardline Muslim groups demanding the removal of Jakarta’s Christian governor, city police spokesman Argo Yuwono told broadcaster TV One. Hardline Muslim group leader Muhammad Al Khaththath was […]
Gehad Quisay Muslim prison chaplains: radicalisation threats or convenient scapegoats? Date of publication: 30 March, 2017 Blog: Reports that the Westminster attacker converted to Islam in prison reopens the question on radicalisation in British prisons. Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Muslim convert originally named Adrian Russell, killed five people and injured 50 […]
The debate about sharia poses bigger questions about law and society by Rowan Williams / June 17, 2013 Published in July 2013 issue of Prospect Magazine Question to Archbishop Williams: Must we accommodate Islam or not, as Christians? Archbishop: Must we accommodate Islam or not as Christians? Must I love […]
Source: The New York Times By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNERMARCH 30, 2017 On Thursdays, the nonprofit organization Footsteps hosts a drop-in group for its membership of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews, who mostly refer […]
Source: Time BY Frank Furedi / History Today This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. It is unlikely that Martin Luther […]
Source: The New York Times By SADHBH WALSHE TUAM, Ireland — Last year, during the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising that led to Irish independence, the writer Colm Toibin […]
Source: Independent By Qasim Rashid For some reason, a lot of men seem to think they can simply force women to observe hijab. Instead, the Quran and Prophet Muhammad are […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shadi Hamid and Rashid Dar In conservative political circles in the United States, Islamism has become interchangeable with “radical Islamic terrorism,” which President Trump has vowed to […]
Source: Religion News Service By Priyadarshini Sen LOS ANGELES (RNS) The rhythmic chanting of 15 “beloveds,” as they call themselves, ripples across a prayer room in a family home in […]
Source: Orlando Sentinel A Rollins College student who has accused his Muslim professor of religious discrimination has been clashing with his teacher since the semester started, court records show. Areej […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 30 at 6:00 AM Humanist clergy from as far as England and Saskatchewan gathered at Washington Ethical Society. (Julie Zauzmer/The Washington Post) […]
Source: Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The parents of a developmentally disabled boy in Ohio have sued his former court-appointed guardian, a minister and the child’s mentor claiming he was […]
Reuters International MAR 30, 2017 – FILE PHOTO: Free Syrian Army fighters gesture as Turkish military vehicles drive in the Syrian rebel-held town of al-Rai while heading towards the northern Syrian city of al-Bab, Syria January 9, 2017. To match Analysis MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-WAR REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo(reuters_tickers) By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) […]
Reuters International MAR 30, 2017 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Muslim and Jewish communities in Flanders have criticised a proposal by the Belgian region to ban the unstunned slaughter of small animals, which they say would contravene their rules for ritual killing. Under the draft law, animals like Sheep and poultry […]
Reuters International MAR 28, 2017 – Flags are seen at the 2016 International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Dublin, Ireland June […]
HATEM BAZIAN@hatembazian Published19 hours ago A figuring representing U.S. President Donald Trump as a warrior of the Crusades. The otherization of Muslims and Islam by Trump and his administration has awakened a sleeping civil society giant, a human decency guided by universal ethical and moral imperatives that soon will bring […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is modified version of a speech by me in St. Paul Church in Endicott, NY. “No […]
https://www.dawn.com/news/1323775 A Pakistani-born doctor announced Wednesday that he is joining the 2018 race for lieutenant governor of California, US on a platform of saving the Affordable Care Act, providing free community college education and fighting what he termed “Donald Trump’s hate.” Dr Asif Mahmood A Pakistani-born doctor announced Wednesday that […]
(CNN) A federal judge in Hawaii granted the state’s request for a longer-term halt of the revised travel ban executive order Wednesday. US District Court Judge Derrick Watson blocked the core […]
Reuters International MAR 30, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up a campaign against religious extremism in the far western region of Xinjiang on Saturday by implementing a range […]