Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
posted by Zia Shah 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, […]
GLOBAL FAITHS: Stories of Jesus go beyond the Gospels
November 23, 2013 Goshen News Jesus is central to Christianity, likely more so than Mohammed is to Islam or the Buddha to Buddhism, and this importance of Jesus seems to have produced claims about him beyond the story in the canonical Gospels. Recently Karen L. King, a professor at Harvard, […]
A Brown, Bearded Muslim American Gives Thanks to Gap on Thanksgiving
As this brown, bearded Muslim was getting ready to pick up his Thanksgiving turkey order from a local Boston Market, news broke of racist graffiti in New York city. Dr. Faheem YounusMuslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist HUFFPOST RELIGION Gap had recently launched a holiday ad campaign featuring diverse models. One […]
Roma in Sweden: A nation questions itself
Source: BBC By Tim Mansel News of a secret police register in Sweden containing the names of 4,000 people, most of them Roma, has tarnished the Swedish reputation for tolerance and resulted in anti-Roma prejudice being described as the last “acceptable racism” in the country. “When I saw this I […]
The rise and rise of Islamic music – The industry is growing fast despite opposition from conservative Muslims.
by Omar Shahid Omar Shahid is a freelance journalist specialising in religious affairs. He blogs at: omarshahid.co.uk Ten years ago, a young and unassuming British-Azerbaijani, who’d recently had a spiritual […]
Germany’s Risky Push to Outlaw Far-Right Party
Source: Spiegel Germany launched a new push to outlaw the NPD party on Tuesday amid doubts whether the legal bid will succeed, and whether a ban would significantly curb the […]
Germany's Risky Push to Outlaw Far-Right Party
Source: Spiegel Germany launched a new push to outlaw the NPD party on Tuesday amid doubts whether the legal bid will succeed, and whether a ban would significantly curb the […]
Non-Arabs win Qur’an contest
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Wednesday 4 December 2013 ARABNEWS The top two prizes of the King Abdul Aziz International Qur’an contest, which was held at the Grand Mosque […]
5 Arab states top ‘most corrupt’ list
BERLIN: Five Arab countries are ranked among the top 10 most corrupt nations, according to Transparency International’s newly released annual Corruption Perceptions Index, as instability in the region has profound […]
Switzerland: INDUSTRY ALARM: Smartwatches: a ticking timebomb for watchmakers?
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch December 3, 2013 – 11:00 Forty years after Japanese quartz watches brought the Swiss watch industry to its knees, the sector faces a new challenge in […]
Turkey’s rock ‘n’ roll imam ruffles religious feathers
Source: Dawn An imam from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has run into trouble with the country’s powerful religious authorities — for his other life as a rock musician. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer told AFP he is being investigated by the Diyanet, the […]
Turkey's rock 'n' roll imam ruffles religious feathers
Source: Dawn An imam from a tiny hamlet on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has run into trouble with the country’s powerful religious authorities — for his other life as a rock musician. Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer told AFP he is being investigated by the Diyanet, the […]
Ancient Manuscripts to go Online
Huff Post — VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Library and Oxford University’s Bodleian Library have put the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient manuscripts online. The two libraries in 2012 announced a four-year project to digitize some of the most important works of their collections of Hebrew manuscripts, […]
The Mystery of God and the Brain
Huff Post: by Deepak Chopra — To summarize the situation, we have three mysteries that we do not understand: the unpredictable movements of atoms, the existence of our own consciousness, and the friendliness of the universe to life and mind. I am only saying that the three mysteries are probably […]
U.S. small business borrowing rises to six-year high, index shows
Reuters) – U.S. small businesses boosted borrowing in October to its highest level in over six years, an index showed on Tuesday, fresh evidence that the budget battle that shut the federal government for 16 days did little to derail underlying economic growth. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, […]
A Plan to Halt German Jihadists from Going to Syria
Source: Spiegel: German jihadists are heading to Syria in ever greater numbers, with some 230 having already traveled to join the opposition in battle. A German politician wants to create an early warning system to prevent young men from making the trip. More:
The Bible will be translated into modern Russian language
Source: pravmir.com Moscow, December 2, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has stated his wishes to the translation of the Bible into modern Russian. “Everyone understands the Synodal […]
A rare 16th century Breeches Bible stolen from a Conwy church
Source: newswales.co.uk Police are appealing for information after a rare 16th century bible was stolen from a Conwy church sometime between October 25 and December 1. The Breaches Bible, which dates back to 1589 AD, was stolen from St Mary’s Church in Trefriw, Conwy. The bible, with a black outer cover, […]
Going to Jerusalem? …there’s an app for that.
Source: orlandosentinel.com So you want to go to Jerusalem, walk the path that Jesus took, visit the Basilica of Agony, stand inside The Last Supper room, but you hate to travel, can’t afford the airfare, and suffer from the fear of lost luggage. Well, there’s an app for that. Bible Travels – […]
Going to Jerusalem? …there's an app for that.
Source: orlandosentinel.com So you want to go to Jerusalem, walk the path that Jesus took, visit the Basilica of Agony, stand inside The Last Supper room, but you hate to travel, can’t afford the airfare, and suffer from the fear of lost luggage. Well, there’s an app for that. Bible Travels – […]