eDigest: Science and religion need each other
Epigraph In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding. Those who […]
Does the God of the Bible exist? Dan Barker & Russell DiSilvestro
Video loaded on Apr 29, 2013 Dan Barker and Dr. Russell DiSilvestro came together to debate the topic “Does the God of the Bible exist?” on April 19, 2013. This […]
New Law in Saudi Arabia Labels All Atheists as Terrorists
Slate.com: No one has ever accused Saudi Arabia of being the Holland of the Middle East. You know, Holland, the country of unbridled liberalism where they encourage euthanization via legal pot brownie consumption. But, a recent report from Human Rights Watch shows new laws in Saudi Arabia have taken the country a […]
If a Muslim says it’s time to kill Americans we are ready to go to war but if an American says it’s time to kill Muslims we call it free speech?
aaronrtbass.blogspot.com: Extremism, America is not Excluded When we think of the term “extremist” the average American automatically assumes the discussion is around Islam, or Muslims. After all, extremism is regulated only to the Middle East countries and America is free of this ideology, right? If you think extremism is only a […]
Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth: Inviting Atheists to God: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Alislam.org: Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth Any divide between revelation and rationality, religion and logic has to be irrational. If religion and rationality cannot proceed hand in hand, there has […]
Turkey Twitter ban: Constitutional court rules illegal
People across Turkey have staged a number of street protests against the ban Continue reading the main story in BBCRelated Stories Turkish tweets from hidden networks Twitter ‘ignored Turkish courts’ […]
A child’s guide to Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen and why they scare me – Out of Europe: Both Nigel and Marine had good weeks. But are their parties the stuff of nightmare, or will they fade in an economic dawn?
THE INDEPENDENT by John Lichfield Neither is obviously scary. That is the most scary thing about them. In different ways, they represent a scary new kind of reasonable extremism. […]
A child’s guide to Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen and why they scare me – Out of Europe: Both Nigel and Marine had good weeks. But are their parties the stuff of nightmare, or will they fade in an economic dawn?
THE INDEPENDENT by John Lichfield Neither is obviously scary. That is the most scary thing about them. In different ways, they represent a scary new kind of reasonable extremism. […]
U.S. secretly built ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest
STORY SUMMARY The U.S. government masterminded the creation of a “Cuban Twitter” — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies […]
Musharraf survives assassination bomb attempt: Police
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to […]
Jet mystery may never be solved — Malaysian police
KUALA LUMPUR — A police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and search planes scouring the Indian Ocean for any sign of its wreckage […]
US Soldier kills 3, wounds 16 before taking own life at Texas Army base
FORT HOOD, Texas –– A US soldier with mental health issues shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before taking his own life at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, US military officials said. The soldier, who […]
France. Manuel Valls takes over as new Prime Minister.
Rfi. France. Though Valls and Ayrault are said to despise each other, and many of Ayrault’s staff were furious to learn of their boss’s dismissal on television, the short ceremony at 3 o’clock in the Paris sunshine went smoothly. Ayrault described the job as difficult but “exalting” and defended his […]
Obama urged to create religious envoy after papal meeting
catholicnewsagency: Washington D.C., Apr 2, 2014 / 04:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has called on President Barack Obama to follow up on his meeting with Pope Francis by backing the creation of a special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and south central Asia. “I urge […]
Science and religion need each other
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CAPITAL FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Goldman Sachs — Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) recently announceda partnership to create the first-ever global finance facility for women-owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The fund will raise up to $600 million to encourage banks in local markets to lend to women owned SMEs. […]
Dan Barker – How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists
Dan Barker (born June 25, 1949) is an American atheist activist who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. Barker, along with his wife Annie Laurie Gaylor, is […]
Toronto Protestor gets 9 months jail for hatred against Muslims
Eric Brazau says he will appeal his sentence for willful promotion of hatred and criminally harassment of a Muslim family. Share on Facebook Tweet CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Eric Brazau was convicted of willful promotion of hatred against Muslims and criminally harassing a Muslim family. By: Alyshah […]
The First Anglo-Afghan War
Apr. 02 2014 Few regions in the Muslim world have seen as much warfare in modern times as Afghanistan. Foreign interventions and invasions have been an almost constant threat to […]
One-a-Day Commandments of the Holy Quran – 84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring
84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring [84:7] Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring; then thou art going to meet Him. [94:8] So when thou art free, strive hard, [94:9] And to thy Lord do thou attend whole-heartedly. [4:126] And who is better […]