Source: Crux ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — While strongly rejecting abortion as a solution to the Zika virus now sweeping across Latin America and elsewhere, Pope Francis nonetheless appeared […]
Source: The New York Times PARIS — Depending on who is telling the story, Daoud Muradyan, a blind 21-year-old, is either a potential terrorist or a harmless immigrant who embodies everything that is wrong with France’s broad new antiterrorism powers. Mr. Muradyan came under suspicion after having contact with a […]
CBC Information Morning broadcasting live from Ummah Mosque The program will focus on the Muslim community, which consists of more than 25,000 people in Halifax. It’s one of the fastest […]
By Noha Medhat A startling new study of the Christian and Islamic texts has revealed that violence and anger are more common in the Old and New Testaments than in […]
Source: Business Insider No religion is unified. How Catholicism, for example, is practiced in rural Italy differs from the way this is done, say, in New York city. Language, culture, […]
Science can help save lives — and destroy future generations The most vulnerable among us are in danger when it comes to advances in scientific genetic modification. The Human Fertilization […]
Trump: Iraq invasion possibly worst choice made by any U.S. president. Watch: https://t.co/HAhU3M4HnF #GOPTownHall https://t.co/uvQl5Y7fSi — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 19, 2016 Suggested Reading Where are the bodies of […]
For our collection of articles to tackle Islamophobia, please click here Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to […]
Lankaweb: In Pakistan organisations like Khatme Nubuwwat have been allowed to grow and flourish and they now yield considerable power and influence over the government. Their religious ideology is now intrinsically woven into the political structure leading to extremism that has now spiralled out of control. “…..it is now beyond […]
NY Times: ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRLINER — Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border. “A […]
“Personally, I’ll admit that I was a bit surprised that the concept of ‘Mercy’ was most prevalent in the Quran.” —Tom H. C. Anderson upon completion of his analysis assessing if the Holy Quran were more violent than the Holy Bible. As the fear of Islam continues to permeate society, […]
http://amsa.org.uk/: This series, entitled ‘Islam and Slavery’ will examine the practice of the Prophet Muhammadsa with regards to the institution of slavery. It will compare the success of his policies and […]
Source: Huffington Post The year 2016 is one of both regression and progress, a time when anti-Muslim bigotry has reached new levels but also a time when the people speaking […]
Source: BBC Pope Francis has hinted that the Catholic Church could relax its ban on contraception for women at risk of contracting the Zika virus. The pontiff insisted that abortion […]
Source: BBC The Pope has questioned US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. Pope Francis said “a person who thinks only about building walls… and not of building bridges, is not Christian”. The New York businessman supports deporting nearly […]
Source: The Verge Photographs fade, books rot, and even hard drives eventually fester. When you take the long view, preserving humanity’s collective culture isn’t a marathon, it’s a relay — […]
Source: CNN Edward Snowden — the ex-NSA contractor who started this whole privacy debate — has joined the ranks of Apple defenders. On Tuesday, a federal magistrate-judge ruled that Apple […]
Source: Huffington Post NASA’s announcement that last month was hottest January ever recorded foreshadows some sizzling months ahead and sets a pace for 2016 that may rival 2015 for the […]
Source: BBC In 2003 a mysterious tiny species of hominin (early human) was discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores. It was given the scientific name Homo floresiensis, but it’s […]
18 FEB 2016 BY ROBERT CUMBER The mosque in Wellington Road South will serve free hot meals to those who need it most on the first Friday and Saturday of each month The launch of the community kitchen and food bank at Hounslow Mosque. Pictured left to right are Amin […]