Why a Christian Can View Muhammad as a Prophet
By Craig Consindine, who is a Catholic American of Irish and Italian descent. Craig is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas As an advocate […]
Pakistan’s Unnecessary Martyrs
NY Times Op Ed: KARACHI, Pakistan — According to our security analysts, the massacre of students and teachers at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on Wednesday proves that we are winning against terrorism. A month before that, Pakistan marked the first anniversary of the Army Public School attacks in Peshawar, […]
Faith groups call on Liberals to keep Office of Religious Freedom
http://ottawacitizen.com: The Liberal government is facing pressure to keep the Office of Religious Freedom open, after representatives from three influential faith groups wrote Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion on Friday asking him not to scrap it. The open letter from organizations representing Jewish, Sikh and Ahmadiyya Muslim Canadians underscores the potential political cost […]
Canada: 5 killed in school shooting
Source: National Post Saskatchewan January 21, 2016 Right now, La Loche is devastated,” said an emotional First Nation chief after at least five people were killed, two were in critical condition and a suspect was taken into custody after a daytime shooting at the community school in the northern Saskatchewan community. Those in the remote […]
Prof. Nadia Raza v. Lane Community College
Source: Press Release Nadia Raza, a long-time tenured faculty member and award-winning teacher at Lane Community College, filed a lawsuit against LCC today because of its failure to respond effectively […]
Teaching migrants how to behave
Source: BBC Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how to behave towards women. Concerned about a rise in the number of sexual assaults in […]
US snowstorm: Millions prepare for huge blizzard
Source: BBC A huge blizzard bearing down on the US east coast is expected to dump near-record levels of snow on Washington and the Mid-Atlantic region. More than 50 million […]
Child Deaths Bring Urgency to Debate Over Faith Healers
Source: Magic Valley BOISE • A bill challenging Idaho’s exemptions for faith healers whose children are injured or die could have a better shot at a hearing this year. “If […]
The Gambia: Africa’s new Islamic republic
Source: BBC Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh, declared his West African country an Islamic republic, at a political rally, on 11 December – making it Africa’s second, after Mauritania. The president justified his announcement by saying he was breaking from The Gambia’s colonial past. The announcement was unexpected and similar to […]
Tajikistan shaves 13,000 beards in ‘radicalism’ battle
Source: Al Jazeera Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 people’s beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country’s fight […]
In busy first session of ’16, Philly Council calls for making Eid a city holiday
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer By Tricia L. Nadolny, Staff Writer As Philadelphia City Council returned Thursday for its first meeting of the new term, bills were offered that would add teeth […]
Tying of pig’s head to Islamic school gates treated as hate crime
Source: The Guardian The tying of a severed pig’s head to the gates of an Islamic school is being treated by police as a hate crime. The head was found […]
More Than 20 People Killed as Somali Forces End Siege of Restaurant
Source: Time Al-Shabab, the Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with […]
Merkel’s Last Stand? Chancellor Running Out of Time on Refugee Issue
The most unusual tribunal in the republic meets around 25 times per year, usually on Tuesdays in the gray-panelled conference room on the third floor of the Reichstag where conservative parliamentarians often meet. At the front sits the defendant, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her accusers sit at the long rows […]
China supports East Jerusalem as capital of sovereign Palestinian state – President Xi
Source: RT.com China has openly declared that it supports the independence of a Palestinian state which has East Jerusalem as its capital. Addressing the Arab League, the Chinese president also […]
Muslim leaders plan summit on protecting non-Muslims in their midst
By Lauren Markoe, who covered government and features as a daily newspaper reporter for 15 years before joining the Religion News Service staff as a national correspondent in 2011 (RNS) […]
Keeping belief during tough times
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 22 January 2016 In hardships and calamities, it is natural to get swept away by the affliction of the moment. During such trials of faith, unless we are careful, Satan can inject fear and plant doubts in our hearts and minds. Our beliefs in such […]
Meaning of life in Islam
IMAM KAMIL MUFTI Published — Friday 22 January 2016 Islam is the response to humanity’s search for meaning. The purpose of creation for all men and women for all times has been one: To know and worship God. The Qur’an teaches us that every human being is born conscious of […]
European refugee tensions exposed in Davos
WEF 2016 By Matthew Allen in Davos JAN 21, 2016 – 15:09 Refugees wait their turn at the Tabakika registration centre on the Greek island of Chios on January 15 (Keystone) The European Union risks being torn apart unless member states can agree on how to deal with the record […]
Hope for peace in Afghanistan
Jan 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Recently, the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group — comprising representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US — met in Kabul to hold discussions on a roadmap to peace in Afghanistan. A former senior Taliban official said that “military confrontation is not the […]