King calls for ‘culture of dialogue’ as he meets Pope
Epigraph And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
France: Women of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association unites with UNICEF for the children in Syria
Ahmadiyya Times : On saturday 5th april 2014, the Ahmadi Muslim Women organized a donation event in partnership with UNICEF to help the children in Syria. The event took place in […]
Analysis: Do Indians care about secularism anymore?
ET: KARACHI: After Imam Bukhari’s press conference, in which the imam of India’s largest mosque announced his support for the incumbent Congress party, religion has again resurfaced as a divisive, potentially decisive factor in the Indian elections kicked off this week. “We have to fight unitedly against communal forces,” Bukhari said […]
Interfaith symposium shares faith in the city
meridian booster.com: by Jeff Peters — Topics of religion can often be touchy, however with their latest Symposium, hosted at the Vic Juba Theatre, the Ahmadiyya Muslims of Lloydminster are challenging that assumption. The group, which in the past has hosted a number of inter-faith symposiums brought, a challenging yet […]
Pope Francis Praises Chastity As A Strategy To Prevent The Spread Of HIV In Africa
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments: I am glad the Pope is suggesting this, I had demonstrated the benefit of chastity in an article, in the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest […]
Violent video games leave teens ‘morally immature’
More than half of teenagers in the study played a computer game every day Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Games age rating rules changed EA denies games encourage violence New war games exhibition opens Playing violent video games for long periods of time can hold back […]
Ukraine crisis: Protesters declare Donetsk ‘republic’
Pro-Russian protesters who seized the regional government building in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk are reported to have declared a “people’s republic”. The rebels have called for a referendum on […]
How Jesus became God – Ehrman vs Gathercole
Epigraph: Indeed they are disbelievers who say, ‘Surely, Allah is none but the Messiah, son of Mary,’ whereas the Messiah himself said, ‘O children of Israel, worship Allah Who is my Lord […]
Pakistan: The state and the CII
Source: tribune.com.pk The establishment of one religion as the state religion to the exclusion of others diminishes equality of citizens of other faith. How can Pakistan be a democracy if all […]
Answering the call to prayer in China
Source: China Daily By Zhao Xu (China Daily) African Muslims find gathering spot to worship in Guangzhou, Zhao Xu reports. For Chinese residents living near narrow, tree-lined Jinrong Street in the center of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Friday is the day when they are treated to a spectacle – a weekly […]
Sex Education Deters Teenagers from Pre-marital Intercourse
Source: Morocco World News: I don’t have to be a parent myself to definitively say that all parents have the same concerns regarding their children; they want to protect them and prepare them for success in their adult lives. All loving parents do these things. Parents differentiate themselves by the […]
New train ticket offers 53-day rail trip around the world
Source: CNN London, England (CNN) — A 53-day journey by train might sound like murder on the Orient Express, but one enterprising British travel company is offering rail tickets that take nearly eight weeks to circumnavigate the globe. As you’d expect for the $36,500 price tag, you won’t be spending […]
Turkey losing faith in the European dream
For the last year, Turkey has been dogged by one of the worst domestic political crises in its history. It started with the countrywide protests sparked by the Gezi Park sit-in and continued with the Turkish government corruption scandal. It was then further exacerbated by the government’s ban on […]
UNDER PRESSURE: US tried to search Swatch factories for terror clues
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 6, 2014 – 11:31 The United States pressured the watchmaking Swatch Group to open its factories in Switzerland to anti-terrorism experts, the chief executive has revealed in a newspaper interview. “They no doubt wanted to check if it was possible to conceal explosives, poison or […]
Quran forbids men from hurting wives
Source: Duluth News Tribune By M. Imran Hayee During a discussion with my 11-year-old daughter on the subject of respect and the status of women in Islam, the conversation turned to the issue of domestic violence. When I told my daughter that critics of Islam allege the Quran encourages men to […]
SWEET TALK – Dark chocolate said to boost stress resistance
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 7, 2014 – 11:59 Consumption of dark chocolate helps protect against harmful stress and cardiovascular diseases, scientists at the universities of Bern and Zurich have found. […]
eDigest: Scottish Independence: Role of religion ‘should be recognised’
Epigraph There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Court: NYC Can Ban Church Service In Public School
Huff Post: NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest chapter of a long-running legal fight over separation of church and state, a federal appeals court again ruled on Thursday that New York City school officials can ban a small Christian congregation from holding weekend services in a grade school. The […]
Richard Dawkins is so wrong it hurts: What the science-vs.-religion debate ignores
Salon.com: Acolytes of Dawkins & Hitchens pretend that ignorant evangelicals represent all of religion. Here’s what they miss I’m supposed to hate science. Or so I’m told. I spent my […]
‘There are ways to make home attractive afresh for Christians in exile’
by Rula Samain | Apr 07, 2014 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Before the Arab Spring started, Majda Ayoub, a Jordanian Christian, decided to leave the US, where […]