Source: bridgewatersociety.wordpress.com My father recently referred to basic ethics as “biblical morals.” I rehashed the tired arguments that suggest our morals come from elsewhere and encountered, in response, a religious meme […]
Source: heartsupport.com Most people will believe anything they hear as long as someone makes it sound important, so when it comes the the reliability of the bible, most people assume it’s […]
Source: thecelebritycafe.com The first book written in the US has fetched $US14.2 million ($15.59 million) in New York, becoming the world’s most expensive printed book sold at auction. The translation of […]
Source: csmonitor.com ‘The Book of Books’ displays 200 of the rarest biblical manuscripts in an illuminating tale of how the world’s most-published book came to be. JERUSALEM — Copied by Jewish scribes […]
The Jakarta Post: Two Ahmadiyah Muslim families left their homes in Jambi after members of a local Islamic boarding school offered the families an ultimatum: convert to Sunni Islam or […]
Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord is gracious to mankind, but most of them are not grateful. (Al Quran 27:74) Why Muslims should celebrate Thanksgiving? Epigraph: And, truly, thy Lord […]
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely grasped […]
Huff Post: by Meredith Bennett-Smith — Just in time for the holiday season, an anti-religion organization is planning on erecting dozens of atheists billboards in an effort to let fellow non-believers know they’re “not alone.” The Greater Sacramento Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has paid for 55 different […]
theguardian — Our panel discusses whether a secular society merely separates church and state, or if secularism has a wider remit Will Self: ‘I think of it as the separation of church(es) from the state’ I suspect it doesn’t mean anything particularly original to me: I simply think of it […]
The Malaysian Reserve | November 28, 2013 A fatwa issued in April has allowed the creation of trusts that will allow the family business to be preserved and passed down to ensuing generations in a non-disruptive way. by Sathish Govind & Kazi Mahmood PETALING JAYA: The Labuan International Business and […]
Reports of mosque closures and restrictions on wearing veils in public have surfaced despite Angola’s president denying the country’s ban on Islam. All of Angola’s 60 mosques are closed at present, eight mosques have been been dismantled in the past two years and Muslim women are not allowed to wear […]
Representatives of German Turks said on Wednesday they were disappointed by an accord clinched by top political parties to partially lift a ban on dual nationality under the “grand coalition” […]
Story Summary The Syrian government said Wednesday it would participate in U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending the country’s civil war but insisted that it was not going to the conference to hand over power. The meeting, which would be the first face-to-face talks between President Bashar Assad’s government and […]
JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Most Palestinians believe the renewal of peace talks with Israel was a mistake and over two-thirds think the negotiations will fail, according to a poll released Wednesday. Just over half the respondents — 50.5 per cent — said the decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas […]
A member of the Syrian opposition coalition has warned the Syrian community in the Gulf countries against sending money to armed fighters in Syria. He also appealed to Syrians living […]
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has warned against attempts to spread propaganda through social media platforms and attacking and faulting the state for what it does in the service […]
Source: BBC A young Muslim woman is challenging France’s full-face veil ban at the European Court of Human Rights, based in the French city of Strasbourg. The woman argues that the niqab, and the burka body covering, accord with her “religious faith, culture and personal convictions”. She denies being under […]
“Phony pretexts repeated often enough become real reasons. Things that…are not true become true in the public mind simply through endless repetition.” – Lenny Bloom
Source: CNN “I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security,” the Pope said Tuesday in a major new address. “I do not want […]
Source: Morocco World News: HAGUE – The Dutch opposition suggests an amendment to a law that bans offensive speaking against religion. Dutch legislators are discussing whether or not to change a law that bans offensive speaking against religion as senators in the upper house of the Dutch parliament opposed the plan to amend […]