Source: The Guardian More than 36 million people face hunger across southern and eastern Africa, the United Nations has warned, as swaths of the continent grapple with the worst drought […]
Source: Huffington Post More than 150 years have passed since Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, and we’re still arguing about science and religion. Outrageous public statements from religious and scientific leaders reinforce the impression of endless conflict, whether it’s Richard Dawkins claiming that religion is a “God delusion,” or […]
Source: The Washington Post Some of the most hotly contested issues that come in front of the Supreme Court are based in religion. Our national debates over the death penalty, […]
Source: Independent A young Muslim girl is hoping to become the world’s first hijab-wearing ballerina. After converting to Islam in 2010, Stephanie Kurlow gave up performing as she believed ‘there […]
Source: BBC A few years ago, the artist Concetta Antico discovered that she was carrying a genetic mutation that gave her astonishingly sensitive perception of colour – seeing a spectrum […]
Source: BBC Wedding celebrations are supposed to be happy events but in northern India, a shocking number end tragically, thanks to a surprisingly tenacious tradition of celebratory gunfire. Take the […]
Source: BBC The Kurdish militant group TAK says it carried out Sunday’s deadly attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara. In an online statement it said the attack, which killed 37 […]
Source: BBC Even as people struggle and drown on the river border between Greece and Macedonia the proposed solution to Europe’s migration crisis is dissolving before our very eyes. European Council […]
Source: CNN (CNN)An elementary teacher who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp has won a $1 million prize recognizing the “outstanding contribution” she has made to her profession. Hanan […]
Source: The New York Times Each time I visit Mumbai, I make a pilgrimage to an old five-story building with crumbling balconies on Nepean Sea Road. It’s where I lived […]
St http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/st-patricks-day-quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-ireland_uk_56e848b0e4b096ed3adc7608?utm_hp_ref=ukPatrick’s Day is celebrated in honour of the patron saint of Ireland every year on March 17th. The day was chosen because it is commonly held to be the date of the saint’s death. The precise date of his birth is believed by some to be 387 AD, although others […]
Source: BBC Four Kashmiri students were allegedly beaten up at a private university in northern India over rumours that they were cooking beef in their hostel room. The police intervened […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle of […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-failure-of-the-us-media-a-1082401.html#ref=nl-international An Essay By Holger Stark Forbes writer Clare O’Connor? “Dummy.” AP reporter Jill Colvin? “One of the truly bad reporters.” CNN Journalist Sara Murray? “Absolutely terrible.” Arianna Huffington? “Liberal clown.” Fox moderator Megyn Kelly? “A bimbo” with “blood coming out of her wherever.” It would be hard to top the insults […]
24 FEB 2016 POSTED BY SHEHLA AHMAD, AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY TACKLING THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM PLACES OF WORSHIP. President Obama recently made his first official visit to an American mosque. […]
Kabrina Krebel Chang MARCH 15, 2016 Since 2007, the number of complaints for religious discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has risen significantly. It’s not hard to see why: An increase in immigrants of diverse faiths, greater workforce diversity, and the globalization of business all play […]
Source: RT Female Muslims from the North of England plan to launch a mosque in Bradford open to all, but the first to be led entirely by women, it has […]
The historic covenants the Prophet Muhammad made with Christians could lead to greater tolerance and understanding today, according to a new research paper. Craig Considine, a sociology lecturer from Rice […]
The argument that to believe in God and to believe in science is irreconcilable is one that believers of every faith are used to (and tired of) hearing. None more […]
Source: Los Angeles Times For almost a year, the University of California has been struggling to address complaints that campus protests against Israel have crossed the line into harassment of […]