White Americans are the biggest terror threat in the United States, warns a study from the New America Foundation. The Washington-based research group found that since 9/11, almost twice as […]
Even if America strongly believes in religious freedom, the public is still cold in welcoming Muslims. The United States has long been considered as the “Land of the Free” not […]
The Telegrapgh: by Jo Fidgen Some of our best loved books are warping the minds of our children about women and the way they ‘deserve’ to be treated, argues Jo […]
The Telegraph: by Bettany Hughes — Socrates, Confucius and the Buddha were not exactly model family men. The Buddha left his wife and newborn son to hit the road in search of his own enlightenment; Socrates allegedly had two wives, one of whom, Xanthippe, famously despised both her philosopher-husband and […]
http://www.patheos.com/: As is usually the case in France, any time anything happens where Muslims could even remotely be involved, it becomes a media circus – any time is a good […]
Indonesia’s guarantee of religious freedom looks hollow Aug 8th 2015 | JAKARTA | From the print edition image: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/all/modules/custom/ec_bookmark/assets/timekeeper-btn.png http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.b4a367eaaf8727457b2c58a20f015188.en.html#_=1438887827427&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F21660573-indonesias-guarantee-religious-freedom-looks-hollow-god-whose-side&dnt=true&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F21660573-indonesias-guarantee-religious-freedom-looks-hollow-god-whose-side&related=theeconomist&size=m&text=Religion%20in%20Indonesia%3A%20With%20God%20on%20whose%20side%3F&url=http%3A%2F%2Fecon.st%2F1IPVfQT&via=TheEconomist image: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/print-edition/20150808_ASP004_0.jpg Ahmadis: always under threat LAST month, just days before Idul Fitri, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, worshippers at the An-Nur mosque in southern Jakarta, […]
http://blog.press.princeton.edu: What’s at stake when governments set the standards for religious practice? Policymakers in North America and Europe regularly advocate abroad for religious freedom, interfaith dialogue, religious tolerance, and protections […]
Guardian: On 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in anger detonated over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, it was Nagasaki’s turn. That was […]
RIYADH: An explosion probably triggered by a suicide bomber ripped through a mosque used by Saudi police Thursday killing at least 13 people in the southern city of Abha, the interior […]
Naturalized citizens will no longer have to pledge to defend the United States through military service when reciting the Oath of Allegiance if they have certain religious or conscientious objections, […]
Newsweek: Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands studied the impact of various social activities on depressive symptoms in older […]
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman; Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine It’s not easy being chair of a religion department. August is […]
Source: Brampton Guardian Meet the Brampton businessman whose $2.5 million donation to Peel Memorial made history Ever since Sajjad Ebrahim, 63, made the announcement of a $2.5 million donation to […]
Source: MSN By FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis declared on Wednesday that divorced Catholics who remarry and their children deserve better treatment form the church, and […]
Source: Huffington Post The declared policy sparked widespread controversy, and now brings legal trouble for the gun shop owner. A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was […]
August 5, 2015 Source: The Express Tribune AFP- LONDON: Anjem Choudary, one of Britain’s most high-profile Muslim preachers, and known globally for praising the men responsible for the September 11 attacks on […]
548. Commandment – Be on your guard and fear Allah that you may prosper [3:201] O ye who believe! be steadfast and strive to excel in steadfastness and be on your guard and fear Allah that you may prosper.
Daily Times;WASHINGTON – A seven-year-old Indiana student was “banished” from sitting with his classmates at lunch after stating that he did not believe in God, according to a lawsuit which claims the school violated the child’s First Amendment rights, Russia Today channel reported on Wednesday. The suit – filed […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Marion Leary Assistant Director, Center for Resuscitation Science and Associate Course Director, Penn School of Nursing “I believe that spirituality and science are different but complementary […]
By Bani Kaur Randhawa; Student at Northwestern University and proud Sikh American For as long as I can remember, my Sunday mornings have been spent handing out warm rotis during the […]
