Law column: Handling religion in the workplace
Source: The Gazette Religion is one of the most confusing areas in employment law and also one of the fastest-growing areas of employee complaints and concerns. According to the […]
Americans Tell Candidates: More Religion, Please!
Source: Christian Today Republican U.S. presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rick Santorum pray at the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa November 20, 2015. A growing number […]
Now Deeply Christian, Cruz’s Religion Once Wasn’t So Obvious
Source: ABC News Ted Cruz sometimes sounds more like a preacher than a presidential candidate. But one biblical tenet he rarely evokes is tithing, a mandate that 10 percent of possessions be donated to God. That’s because tax records Cruz released between 2006 and 2010 show he and his […]
Linking Terrorism With Religion Will Help Terror Groups: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Source: NDTV BENGALURU: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said linking terrorism with any particular religion would only help terror forces to succeed in their motives as they use “division […]
Sweden masked gang ‘targeted migrants’ in Stockholm
Source: BBC Up to 100 masked men, dressed in black, gathered in central Stockholm to attack people from immigrant backgrounds, reports say. Swedish police say the large gang distributed leaflets […]
An Ancient Philosopher’s Brilliant Theory Explains Everything Bad You’ve Ever Done
Source: Huffington Post What do you think of when you hear the word “sin?” Some immediately think of immoral acts, like adultery. For others, the mind may go to illegal activities. And some may even conjure up images of indulgences, as in enjoying a “sinful” dessert. In short, there could […]
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Trolls Trump: ‘I Bailed You Out Twice’
Source: Huffington Post A Saudi prince may have just beaten Donald Trump at a game of Twitter trolling. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that he’s bailed the billionaire out twice — and suggested the GOP presidential frontrunner might need his help a third time. The exchange was initiated […]
HOW PAKISTAN PLAYED WITH SECULARISM CREED
Saturday, 30 January 2016 | Ashok Malik | Farahnaz Ispahani in her book, Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s Religious Minorities, bravely records not just the near-annihilation of religious minorities in Pakistan, but also the intensifying sectarian conflict Farahnaz Ispahani’s recent book, Purifying the Land of the Pure: Pakistan’s […]
Anti Islamic slogans in Richmond Hill learning centre
Swastika, anti-Islamic slogans graffiti found on Richmond Hill learning centre Source: CBC York Regional Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect, or suspects, responsible for spray painting […]
How this Waterloo x-cop’s evidence-gathering software is changing how we investigate crime
Police captured Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from his hideout in a boat in a dramatic hail of bullets, but that was just the beginning of their work. Less exciting, […]
B.C. teacher reprimanded for calling Muslim student ‘Taliban’
Sooke Grade 11 math teacher Matthew Pell repeatedly referred to the teen as “Taliban” and told the class “don’t make her angry, otherwise she will bomb you.” A Vancouver Island […]
USA: Glenbard South High School visits Masjid Bait-ul-Jaamay of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
“Islam means peace, Islam teaches respect to all, The Messiah who was to come, already has come”, said Imam Shamshad Report by Dr Iftekhar Ahmad One hundred ten students from […]
What I’m doing to protect my kids from sexual abuse
Source: Religion New Service By Boz Tchividjian A few months ago, I had the opportunity to connect with an amazing woman after she stepped forward to share about being re-traumatized by her former church after reporting being sexually abused as a minor. What amazed me about Natalie Greenfield is that […]
The World Really Hates Donald Trump
The Daily Beast From China and Afghanistan to Turkey and Britain, human beings watching the U.S. appear to finally agree on one single issue: The GOP frontrunner is a frightening, loathsome candidate. LONDON — No doubt Donald Trump will be thrilled that the entire world is mesmerized as he steamrolls […]
Rouhani-Hollande lunch scrapped after French insistence on serving wine.
Dawn.com, IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani had been due to eat lunch with French President Francois Hollande in an upmarket restaurant on Thursday, but negotiations broke down after the Iranians requested a halal, alcohol-free meal. French officials insisted on serving traditional local food and wine, saying making a meal “Iran friendly” […]
The rights of minority students
ET, Good news emanating from the education sector anywhere in the country is rare indeed, even rarer when the good news comes with even better news for the religious minorities. There is a diversity of religious minorities in the country — Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu and Zoroastrian to name but […]
Cat Stevens: ‘Alliance of Virtue (or Get Your Bags Together)’
Source: Huffington Post By Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens; Musician, Artist, Writer, Producer and Philanthropist As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further […]
BBC Video: Does Heaven Exist?
Suggested Reading Afterlife A Dream-State or A Virtual Reality? Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’ Surah Al Waqi’ah (The Event or the Resurrection) Video: Does Heaven Exist? https://t.co/M5QwG0DDGr pic.twitter.com/T0u71xJmT8 […]
‘Islam answered many unresolved queries’
Source: Arab News By Jermaine Jackson, who is the brother of world-famous star late Michael Jackson. He here recounts how he embraced Islam. It was way back in 1989 when […]
False deities of modernity
IMAM KAMIL MUFTI Published — Friday 29 January 2016 God is in no need of our worship, it is mankind that needs to worship God. If no-one were to worship God, it would not take away from His glory in any way, and if all of mankind were to worship […]