Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters
Source: The Huffington Post By Bart D. Ehrman: Author, ‘Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are’ Apart from the most […]
Mary: Mother of God or Jewish Mother of Seven?
Epigraph: And relate the story of Mary as mentioned in the Book. When she withdrew from her people to a place to the east, and screened herself off from them, […]
Thousands gather in London to mark Closer to Israel celebration
Thousands of Israel supporters filled London’s Trafalgar Square today to celebrate the country’s 65th birthday. Sun-drenched revellers heard speakers including Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, Israeli Ambassador to Britain Daniel Taub and Education Secretary Michael Gove praise Israel’s achievements. news/uk-news/108218/thousands-gather-london-mark-closer-israel-celebration
The Superland Amusement Park in Israel hosts Jewish and Arab children on separate days
Amusement park’s alleged anti-Arab racism Inquiry by teacher prompts Superland to admit it hosts Jewish and Arab groups on separate days The Times of Israel: Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has […]
Jerusalem in 1896 – Jews, Muslims, Christians living in peace
The Independent Catholic News: A glimpse of a forgotten era. This historic film footage, made shortly after the invention of celluloid by the earliest filmmakers in history – the Lumiere […]
[Video] Highlights: Jalsa Salana Sri Lanka 2013 of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at
Published on 1 Jun 2013 This video shows the highlights of the Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at which was held on Sunday the 12th […]
The hawk and the dove
Source: The Economist. WHO knows what Pakistan’s two most powerful men spent three hours talking about when the army chief travelled to Lahore to pay a visit to Nawaz Sharif, the country’s incoming prime minister? But if they discussed schemes for taking on the group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), […]
How the word Madrassa has been degraded
Source: LUBP It is amazing to think how the word Madrassa has been degraded by the modern Muslim experience and conduct. Madrassa is an Arabic word for school, which refers to any type of educational institution, secular or religious, and for all levels such as primary grades through post-graduate school. […]
Barack Obama’s rules for drones could shape the new global laws of war
Source: The Economist. WHEN it comes to lethal drone strikes against foreign targets, America’s government and Congress should be aware that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, says John Bellinger, for eight years a government lawyer charged with explaining George W. Bush’s global war on […]
What Do Religious People Really Believe?
Huff Post: Rabbi Alan Lurie. Few topics are more contentious than religion. Our culture has been so deeply immersed in religion for so long that we can’t avoid its presence and its influence, and therefore we all seem to have strong opinions — whether in defense of our own religion, […]
Qaida chief warns attacks on US
Source:TOI DUBAI: Al-Qaida’s military chief in Yemen warned Americans in an audio message posted online on Sunday that the Boston bombings revealed fragile security as he urged Muslims to defend their religion.Qassim al-Rimi, the military chief of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said making bombs such as the ones used […]
Religion is losing influence in US
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: While most Americans say religion is losing influence in the country, 75 per cent say American society would be better off if more Americans were devout.According to a new Gallup survey, over three-quarters of Americans (77 per cent) say religion is losing its influence on American life, […]
Egypt parliament ruled illegal, but to stay on
Source: TOI CAIRO: Egypt’s supreme constitutional court ruled as illegal the law by which the upper house of parliament was elected but said that the chamber would not be dissolved until a new parliament is in place, judicial sources said. More:
Syria’s Aleppo: Who cares who wins? A city’s people caught in the crossfire
The tiny, honey-coloured Al-Shuwaibiya Mosque is the oldest in Aleppo and one of the few that remains undamaged. Unlike many, its low minaret is protected by surrounding buildings and still […]
‘Diversity in Germany has become reality’
Source: The Local: Twenty years ago, two women of Turkish descent and three young girls were killed in their home during a far-right arson attack in Solingen, North-Rhine Westphalia. Three days earlier, on May 26th 1993, Germany’s asylum laws were drastically tightened. It appeared at the time as a bleak […]
Can Peace be Negotiated with Pakistani Taliban?
Source: The News via Wasim Sr. The outlawed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) has backed out on its earlier offer to engage in peace negotiations with the government of Pakistan, following a missile attack by a US pilotless plane in the country’s tribal region in North Waziristan a couple of days back, […]
Red Cross museum: Exhibition reflects ‘open and generous Switzerland’
June 01, 2013 After almost two years of renovation, the Red Cross and Red Crescent museum has reopened in Geneva with a new permanent exhibition. Visitors embark on a journey […]
Anti-Shariah Movement Gains Success in the US
Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when Oklahoma […]
Britain’s Islamic Future
thegatestoneinstitute.com: The moment that the white British become a minority will symbolize a huge transfer of power — cultural political, economic and religious — an “irreversible change in British society, […]
America must think the unthinkable: it is declining
Story Summary By Kishore Mahbubani The Daily Star However, too many American leaders are shirking this responsibility. Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two U.S. senators, one member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a deputy national security adviser participated in a forum on the future […]