Source: Salon If Daniel Dennett is anything, he is a champion of the facts. The prominent philosopher of science is an advocate for hard-nosed empiricism, and as a leading New […]
Source: BBC With their awe-inspiring architecture, magnificent facades and sheer size, places of worship are often some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. No matter the religion, travellers […]
Source: BBC In some countries the idea of paternity leave – when a father takes time off work to stay at home with a new child – has yet to […]
Source: Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Lassana Bathily was an undocumented migrant from Mali until he became an unlikely hero by saving shoppers’ lives during the jihadist attack on a […]
Source : The Guardian The official Twitter account of the Australian navy’s adviser on Muslim affairs was shut down within days of an official complaint by an anti-Islam group about […]
The Muslim Times’ collection, promoting secularism in every country of the world Source: The Christian Science MOSCOW — Baikonur Cosmodrome may lie in Kazakhstan, but it is an iconic symbol […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune If Ammon Bundy and other Mormons involved in taking over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon believe their religion is backing them, they should reconsider. […]
Source: Yahoo news Istanbul (AFP) – Engaged couples should refrain from flirting, holding hands and “other behaviours that are not endorsed by Islam,” Turkey’s religious affairs agency declared Monday. Answering […]
Source: CNN By Dean Obeidallah, A former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM’s weekly program “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” a columnist for The Daily Beast and editor of the politics […]
Source: Time The former president is also opening up Hillary’s campaign to a new line of Republican attacks Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail for his wife in New Hampshire […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Asra Q. Nomani, 5 January 2016 From mass executions to ISIS and the San Bernardino attack, the manifestations of Saudi Arabia’s Salafi extremism are everywhere—and […]
Style.com Arabia announced on Sunday that Dolce & Gabbana was debuting a line with abayas and hijabs, a first for the brand. Style.com Arabia, which exclusively revealed the line for the […]
http://allafrica.com/: The national youth president of Ahmadiyya, Tahir Ahmad Touray, has revealed that Islam is a peaceful religion and gives no authority to anyone to harm others. He made the statement on Friday at the 32nd annual national Ijtema of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya held at Nusrat Senior Secondary School in Bundung.It […]
Source: Salon Reviewed by Andrew Aghapour Princeton professor Kevin Kruse on Christian libertarianism and what we get wrong about America’s religious revival According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that […]
By Priyanka Mogul, January 5, 2016 12:36 GMT Jokes mocking Sikhs have been popular in India for a number of years, bearing a resemblance to jokes in the west that mock […]
By Matthias Bartsch and Anna Clauß AFP False rumors of misdeeds by Muslim refugees are everywhere in the Internet. But where do they come from? Absurd, unfounded reports about asylum seekers are circulating on German social media. They are part of a targeted misinformation campaign by right-wing extremists designed […]
JAN 5, 2016 – 10:23 The plywood shelters were put up in an exhibition hall near Zurich (Keystone) A first group of refugees has moved into an exhibition hall near Zurich where they are occupying small wooden houses specially built for them after models purchased from IKEA were deemed unsafe. […]
WAGE DISCRIMINATION Women paid up to 20% less than men for same work JAN 5, 2016 – 10:00 In Switzerland, salaries for equally qualified men and women doing the same job can vary by as much as 20% in men’s favour. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/SRF) To narrow that gap, the Swiss […]
Fresno, California’s First Homicide Victim of 2016 Is Another Sikh American Man Source: Identities.mic On New Year’s Day, a 68-year-old liquor store employee named Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed […]
Source: Religion News Service Guest post by Daniel Bennett, who researches the conservative legal movement. He is a professor of political science at Eastern Kentucky University. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a small […]