Colleges Should Teach Religion to Their Students
Source: The Atlantic When students feel adrift, spiritual guidance might help. By MARSHALL POE I think religion should be taught in college. I’m not talking about “religious studies,” that is, the […]
A History of Religion in 11 Objects
Huff Post: by S. Brent Plate — Humans are needy. We need things: keepsakes, stuff, tokens, tchotchkes, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk and treasure. We carry special objects in our pockets and purses, or place them on shelves and desks in our homes and offices. As profane and ordinary as the […]
Right to information: YouTube ban equated with stopping blasphemy
ET: LAHORE: A group of lawyers favouring the ban on YouTube staged protested demonstration outside the Lahore High Court against “blasphemy or any steps taken to defend blasphemers.” Bytes for All, the petitioner, is seeking withdrawal of the ban on the popular video sharing website. Its counsel Yasser Latif Hamdani and […]
(Ahmadi) Muslim volunteer from Southfields recognised on ITV’s Daybreak this morning for work helping flood victims
yourlocalguardian.co.uk: A 16-year-old boy appeared on ITV’s Daybreak show this morning in recognition of his work helping flood victims. Zafar Ahmad, from Southfields, volunteers for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association and helped […]
A letter to the Religious Minister of Indonesia
Humanity remains one. kemanusiaan tunggal ika. The Jakarta Post: By Natalia Laskowska, Dear Minister Suryadharma Ali. I wish to share with you the feeling of restlessness that may be common […]
Denmark: Islamists threaten poet Yahya Hassan.
Der Spiegel Since his rise to fame, Islamists have threatened to kill 18-year-old Danish poet Yahya Hassan. They are angered by the portrayals in his writing of his immigrant family background, which he describes as backwards, hypocritical and blinded by religion. Yahya Hassan has only written one volume of poetry. It’s modern, […]
My father came home from Iraq a monster
Kristi Anne Raspperry, 19, lives with her mother and father, Heather and John Moates, outside Savannah, Georgia. Heather cares full time for her husband, John, an Army veteran who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq. The strain of that, coupled with fights with her husband, prompted the Army […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: New plans for a mosque in the western part of Frankfurt (Germany)
The Ahmadiyya community wants to build a house of prayer in the Frankfurt district Nied . The stated goal is: “a place to break down prejudices ” . By RAINER […]
Mississippi man who awoke in body bag dies two weeks later
(CNN) — Walter Williams, the Mississippi man who returned to life after being pronounced dead about two weeks ago, died Thursday. He was 78. “They came and got him again around 4:15 a.m.,” Williams’ nephew, Eddie Hester, told CNN affiliate WAPT. “I think he’s gone this time.” CNN learned about the death […]
On Islam and Feminism
Huff Post: by Sami H. Elmansouri — For those who may use this piece to attempt to demonize over one billion Muslims, know this: I am not your ally. Although there are other communities which have indeed had more advanced conversations on this issue to date, statistically, this is not […]
Nine unopened Dead Sea Scrolls found
Foxnews.com: Nine newfound penny-sized pieces of parchment belonging to the Dead Sea Scrolls laid unopened for nearly six decades before they were rediscovered in Israel. The scrolls went unnoticed for […]
Blasphemy law use on rise, led by Pakistan: US group
Dawn: WASHINGTON: Governments around the world are increasingly invoking blasphemy laws, with Pakistan by far the country that jails the most citizens for allegedly attacking religion, a US report said Thursday. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, a government advisory panel, voiced fear that the rise in laws banning […]
Daniel Pipes and the anti-Islam crowd’s cries for attention sounding increasingly desperate
Dailycaller.com: Imagine if you picked up your morning paper and the news story read “Judaism’s inadvertent effects on adherents.” Imagine if article’s non-Jewish author wrote, “The Torah strictly bans the consumption of pork, leading to the virtual disappearance of domesticated pigs in Jewish-majority areas, then their replacement by sheep and […]
To Be or Not to Be Veiled
Source: The Huffington Post By Bushra Alvi, Freelance writer and Editor The standard reaction of all those who heard that we were shifting to Dubai was, “Wow, that’s a beautiful place, […]
Crimean referendum, 2014
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Crimean referendum, 2014 whether Crimea should join the Russian Federation or restore 1992 Constitution and remain within Ukraine Location Crimea, Ukraine Date 16 March 2014 (in 2 days) Results Result not yet known Results by county Yes No ‹ The template below (Crimean Crisis of 2014) is being considered for deletion. […]
Legal or not, Crimean referendum will shape Ukraine crisis
Washington (CNN) — To President Barack Obama and U.S. allies in Europe, Sunday’s secession referendum in Crimea is unconstitutional, illegal and a fraud because Russian troops have essentially taken over the […]
“Only” 20,000 Ahmadi Muslims Make History
Source: faithstreet.com | Salaam Bhatti This month saw the launch of the bi-partisan Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus. Here’s why. I often hear the phrase “Only 20,000 people?” as a critique of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
The new Great (Threat) Game in Eurasia
Source: Asia Times: As if the EU had any feasible Plan B to escape its dependency on Russian gas (not to mention eschew the very profitable financial game played between key European capitals and Moscow). What are they do, import gas on Qatar Airways flights? Buy LNG from the US […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is hosting a travelling conference on Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh)
Source: loyolamaroon.com The conferences, taking place in several U.S. cities, will take place in the St. Charles Room on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, from 7 to 9 p.m. The conference is designed to combat terrorist and anti-Islam beliefs by teaching attendees about the Prophet Muhammad from the perspective of American Muslims. […]
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of their imagination, by hook or […]