Is There Coercion in Islam and Christianity?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A silver lining from the gravely tragic event of September 11, 2001, is that a verse […]
Saudi Arabia: Program to protect rights of domestic workers
JEDDAH: FADIA JIFFRY ARABNEWS Published — Saturday 15 March 2014 The Ministry of Labor announced plans to launch a program next week to ensure the rights of domestic workers and to ascertain the responsibilities of employers toward their employees. The program will introduce and discuss the rights that […]
‘One day, you will all be lynched, dead, sick or alive’
The decision by 77-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run again as President of Algeria has attracted the excoriating scorn of journalist Kamel Daoud ROBERT FISK Friday 14 March 2014 40 PRINT A A A “Shame upon you, Bouteflika! You have no shame for our martyrs, for your age, for your own sickness, for […]
Muslim Spain (711-1492)
Source: BBC Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of Muslims, Christians and Jews. It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and […]
Modern life damaging infant brains, charity warns
BBC: by Patrick Howse — Overuse of baby equipment and electronic screens can impede the physical and emotional development of under-threes, a charity has warned. What About The Children? (Watch?) says modern lifestyles could be harming infant brains. It highlights strapping small children into pushchairs, and the increased use of […]
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. […]