Huff Post: While ninety percent of Americans would vote for a black, a woman, Catholic, Hispanic, or Jewish presidential candidate, only 54 percent would vote for an atheist and only 58 percent would vote for a Muslim according to a Gallup poll below. Gallup first asked this question in 1937 referring to […]
Huff Post — The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently released a large-scale study on the “Religious Understandings of Science,” and it’s findings might surprise you. The survey of 10,241 respondents investigated views on religion, science and faith and took particular interest in the responses from evangelicals and people working […]
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown “Animal welfare takes precedence over religion” declared Denmark’s ministry of agriculture when a ban on ritual slaughter came into effect this week. There were immediate accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia from Jews and Muslims, even though both communities are still free to import meat killed […]
Aljazeera: Religious leaders in Denmark say law changes to kosher and halal slaughter practices will not greatly affect their ways of life, despite international criticism about the change. Denmark’s minister […]
ET: Militarisation of the subcontinent continues unabated — and this trend has been further fed by India’s latest increase in its defence spending. The Indian government has announced a 10 per cent increase in its military budget — pushing spending in this sector to a whopping 36 billion dollars. This increase […]
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain – without constructing prison facilities for them – was Ottoman Turkey. By Dmitry Shumsky | Feb. 20, 2014 | 3:39 AM Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Wednesday, 19 February 2014 12:59 Muslims ruled much of Spain for centuries starting from 711 to 1492. MADRID – Struggling to keep the memory of Al-Andalus alive, a Muslim advocacy group has urged the Spanish authorities to grant Muslims, expelled from Spain in 1609, the […]
Religious News Service | by Naveed Ahmad Posted: 02/19/2014 2:32 pm EST Updated: 02/19/2014 2:59 pm EST ISLAMABAD (RNS) Mohammad Asghar, a 69-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, faces a death sentence in Pakistan for claiming to be the Prophet Muhammad in letters written to officials and police in 2010. The retired British national of Pakistani descent is […]
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON 02/20/2014 02:38 MK Levin: ‘For 60 years the state treated all minorities as one homogeneous group, and it was a mistake.’ Women walking in the mixed Arab-Jewish city Lod Photo: REUTERS Coalition chairman Yariv Levin’s proposal to legally differentiate between Christian and Muslim Arabs passed its second and third readings […]
Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 09:25 by Daoud Kuttab PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK The seriousness of the U.S.-initiated framework for a possible solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem appears to have shaken dormant relations in the region, including in Jordan. The Palestinian-Jordanian relationship, which is experiencing its highest degree […]
February 20, 2014 12:11 AMBy David Ignatius STORY SUMMARY Western and Arab intelligence services that support Syria’s struggling opposition gathered for a two-day strategy meeting in Washington last week that appears to signal a stronger effort to back the rebels. Sources warn that President Barack Obama is still wary of […]
Source: Ibtida Pakistan shakes Hands with KSA against Syria تحریر: ٹیپو یوسفزئی ہمارے بھولے بادشاہ سمجھ رہے تھے کہ تخت سعود والے تخت لاہور کے پاس مشرف صاحب کی جان […]
Epigraph: If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state […]
by Thomas Sowell. The Afghanistan government’s recent release of dozens of imprisoned terrorists, many of whom had killed Americans, was a galling betrayal of those Americans who died defending Afghanistan […]
Source: Independent MP’s comments come after Briton carries out suicide attack in Shia-Sunni Syria conflict By Oliver Wright, 18 February 2014 In a speech during a trip to the Middle East, […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, […]
Source: muslimwriters.org | Mirza Haseeb I am an American Ahmadi Muslim middle school student. I was born in America and will never leave it. I love this country, America, because this country is my […]
Source: muslimwriters.org A white has no superiority over a black nor does a black have any superiority over a white except by piety and good action. -words of Prophet Muhammad during […]
Source: digitaljournal.com Landmark Conference in London on God in the 21stCentury LONDON, Feb. 18, 2014 /CNW/ – Around 500 delegates from 26 countries attended a landmark conference, including faith leaders from various countries, politicians, government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, academics and representatives of various NGOs. The conference also received many messages of support […]
Source: allafrica.com The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has condemned governments across the world for prioritizing on defence and military spending above and beyond social welfare and humanitarian projects. “In order to protect ourselves and save mankind, we need to turn to God Almighty and we […]