BBC World Service: A blurred division between religion and state in some parts of the Middle East and North Africa is often alluded to. Terrorist attacks on western targets in the name of Islam have amplified calls for a ‘Muslim enlightenment’ and movement towards secularisation. But Karen Armstrong, author of […]
NY Times: For Many, Faith Comes at a High Price AS we celebrate the holidays, let’s remember that this is one of those savage epochs when some families must choose between their faith and their lives. It is an echo of when Nero burned Christians alive, or when self-described Christians […]
Source: End of Atheism By Ayesha Malik. Reposted with permission from An Eternity of Discourse. In his recent piece in The Times, Matt Ridley speaks of how Muslims are “turning […]
NY Times: One of the greatest weaknesses in the American-led fight against the Islamic State is the lack of competent regional forces to join in defeating the militants, especially on the ground. Saudi Arabia’s plans to organize a military coalition of 34 Islamic nations against terrorism could be a breakthrough, […]
Alislam.org: By Khalifa of Islam; After greeting everyone with “Assalamo-Alaikum wa Rahmatullah” – peace be upon you and the Mercy of Allah – and bearing witness to the absolute Unity of Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger and Servant, and seeking the protection of Allah against Satan, Huzur Aqdas […]
Building Better Bridges in Barrie, Ontario-6 Mayor Jeff Lehman opened the 1st Annual Interfaith Symposium on December 18, 2015 held at the Army Navy & Air Force Centre in Barrie, […]
Is Islam Peace-Loving Or A Warrior Cult? A Bit of Both, Just Like Other Religions By Ahmer Anwer, December 17, 2015 http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/is-islam-peace-loving-or-a-warrior-cult-a-bit-of-both-just-like-other-religions/ Islamo-xenophobes claim a fundamental warp in Islam. Quranic injunction requires that the faithful wage holy war against heretics, polytheists, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, dipsomaniacs, smokers, singers, visual artists – […]
Source: BBC Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but are its local Islamic traditions in danger of being overtaken by fundamentalism? As I thread my way through crowds […]
Source: BBC China has accused the US of “serious provocation” after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Chinese military personnel […]
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. Security Council members agreed Friday on a resolution on a peace process for Syria involving talks by representatives of the Damascus government and the […]
Source: Huffington Post How do people perceive Bible verses if they think they’re coming from the Quran? Dutch YouTube duo Dit Is Normaal decided to conducted a social experiment following […]
Source: The Guardian David Cameron has described members of the Muslim Brotherhood as possible extremists but stopped short of banning the group after a long-delayed official inquiry into its activities […]
Source: Yahoo News Abuja (AFP) – West African leaders said Thursday they were seeking to “forbid” women wearing full-face veils in an effort to curb the growing number of female […]
Source: Reuters A grandson of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini registered on Friday for February’s election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme leader, state broadcaster […]
Dr. Abdus Salam 29th January 1926 died: 21 November 1996 Singapore: plans are underway to hold a grand meeting on the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam 29th January 2016. What is unique about this meeting is that there will be 4 Nobel Laureate speakers, and many mother […]
Source: The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a country that has more than 20,000 religious schools, Pakistani investigators say the madrassa where Tashfeen Malik studied the Koran doesn’t stand […]
Source: Slate One of many ugly patterns since Sept. 11, 2001, is that those who say they are worried about Islamic terrorism often fight to keep mosques out of their […]
Source: The Guardian It did not even seem like a good idea at the time. British diplomats warned from the start, in April 2014, that David Cameron’s decision to conduct […]
A Sunday Jane’s Walk will take participants through the west end, touring the site of city’s first mosque and other Islamic touchstones. VIEW 2 PHOTOS zoom CHRIS SO / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Himy Syed, seen at the Albanian Muslim Society of Toronto building, will lead a chilly Jane’s Walk […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published December 18, 2015 Photo: Wikimedia Commons Some citizens of the small Swiss town Oberwil-Lieli have recently established a committee and named the possible arrival of six refugees “an invasion,” calling for a referendum to redeem the municipality from the obligation to admit the refugees, various Swiss […]