12 Famous Scientists On The Possibility Of God
The Muslim Times has the most extensive and the best collection on the theme of Religion & Science Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor When President Barack […]
Obama Visits Mosque In U.S. For First Time During His Presidency
Source: NPR President Obama is delivering remarks at a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, in the first visit to an American mosque he’s made during his presidency. His visit, […]
Indian Muslim Women Seek Supreme Court for Entry in All Mosques
Women at SC door for mosque gate-pass Source: Telegraph India New Delhi, Jan. 30: A group of Muslim women has decided to move the Supreme Court demanding entry into all […]
Seminar: Missionary Islam and Humanitarian Engagement: The Case of the Ahmadiyya Movement
ascleiden.nl: The religious movement of the Ahmadiyya was founded by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian Muslim scholar (1835-1908). It reached West Africa in the 1920s, but its importance in the West African public space only grew in the 1990s. Its followers combine the will for the restoration of true […]
Latino Muslims are part of US religious landscape
Al Jazeera: On January 30, Latino Muslim leaders from around the United States gathered in Houston, Texas, for the opening of IslamInSpanish, a spacious, state-of-the-art community centre. As children bounced around […]
Rethinking secularism- Religious Pluralism not Non Religious?
Nepali Times: At a time when ‘secularism’ has become something of a bad word in India, and the Hindu-right establishment in New Delhi is said to take a dim view of of neighbouring Nepal declaring itself ‘secular’ in its new constitution, a leading Indian thinker says the misunderstanding stems from […]
How Politics Has Poisoned Islam
NY Times OP Ed: ISTANBUL — We Muslims like to believe that ours is “a religion of peace,” but today Islam looks more like a religion of conflict and bloodshed. From the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen to internal tensions in Lebanon and Bahrain, to the dangerous rivalry […]
Obama to rebut GOP Muslim rhetoric in first U.S. mosque visit
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama heads Wednesday to a mosque in […]
Afghanboy dons Messi’s Barcelona jersey
A five-year-old Afghan boy, Murtaza Ahmadi, who became an internet star after a picture of him wearing a makeshift plastic Lionel Messi jersey went viral had his dream come true as he was seen wearing the Argentine football superstar’s Barcelona jersey. A visibly excited Murtaza Ahmadi was seen playing with […]
Syria: The story of the conflict
Source: BBC More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war. More than 11 million others have been forced from their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to […]
The story of Coke’s rise on the Gaza strip
Source: BBC Zahi Khouri was nine when his Palestinian Christian family left their home in Jaffa. It was 1948; modern Israel was being born, and his parents, listening to the […]
Zika virus infection ‘through sex’ reported in US
Source: BBC A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is […]
Islamicide: How the Mullah Mafia Is Destroying Pakistan
Source: The Daily Beast A boy cuts off his own right hand because it offended God. Pedophilia is holy. To question is to risk execution. Welcome to a nation in […]
Freedom of Expression and Its Double Standard
Source: Huffington Post Almost a month ago, the French Club at the University of Chicago invited Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui to discuss “the context surrounding Charlie Hebdo, the […]
These Black Boxes Guarantee Independent Radio to Thousands of Residents of Syria
Source: Time Hidden transmitters can relay signals to areas controlled by ISIS and the Syrian government In his Berlin office, Philipp Hochleichter, points to a map of Syria showing the […]
Another Tragic Photo of a Drowned Child Refugee: ‘What Is Happening in the World?’
Source: Time “I couldn’t hold myself together. I couldn’t look at his face,” says the photographer who witnessed the latest harrowing scene of drowned children MORE Alan Kurdi’s Story: Behind […]
Remembering Dr Salam on his 90th birthday
Dr Abdus Salam and all the wrong choices Pakistan made By Nayyar Afaq Published: January 29, 2016 http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/31969/dr-abdus-salam-and-all-the-wrong-choices-pakistan-made/ 65 CommentsPrintEmail Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Abdus Salam. The best way to wish him is to let freedom of religion and intellectual thought prevail in the country. PHOTO: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT What […]
How Brazil Uncovered the Possible Connection Between Zika and Microcephaly
Source: Time The Zika outbreak almost certainly began in the Brazilian city of Recife, where doctors figured out what was happening to pregnant women It’s a Sunday in the Brazilian […]
Video Debate: Do We Need a British Islam?
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Edmonton Muslim Teen, Forgives Store Owner After Being Refused Service
“If women had the right to wear as little clothes as they desired without people finding it offensive, then I had every right to cover my body as much as […]