World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace

  Author: His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifa-tul Masih V  Source: Alislam.org Table of Contents of the Book About the Author ……………………………………………………………………ix Publishers’ Note ………………………………………………………………………xi Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………….xv Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. xvii Speeches Islamic Perspective on the Global Crisis …………………………………… 3 Islam’s Teachings of Loyalty and Love for One’s Nation ………… 23 The […]

Sow hate, reap terrorism

Source: LUBP I found it encouraging to see Pakistan’s famous singer, Shehzad Roy, talking publicly against the hate content in the country’s text books. The uproar against Mr Roy from the Islamist and the right wing lobbies, including political parties, is nothing unexpected. What is more remarkable is that a […]

Church and state

Source: The Economist: THE perennial debate about religion and politics in America has a new point of reference: a bill passed a few weeks ago by a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives to permit the allocation of federal disaster relief money for the reconstruction of houses of worship […]

Selecting a pope

Source: CNN Technically, any Roman Catholic male can be elected pope. But since 1379, every pope has been selected from the College of Cardinals, the group casting the votes at the conclave. Many of the cardinals are bishops and archbishops appointed by the pope to assist in religious issues. Some […]

ISLAM COMPATIBLE WITH UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM: APP

Islam compatible with universal human norms, Muslim scholars say NEW YORK, March 7 (APP): A conference of leading Muslim scholars from across the world, held in Istanbul earlier this week, adopted a strongly worded resolution that reaffirmed Islam’s compatibility with universal human norms and called on religious institutions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring countries […]

Why Do Evil and Suffering Exist?

Source: Huff Post, by Jeffrey Small. Our individual lives are short, inconsequential in a universe that is 13.7 billion years old. We are finite. We suffer. Yet the faiths of the world also teach us that we can transcend suffering and death because we are part of something bigger than […]