Legal question: Mosque dome challenge may test Swiss minaret ban
Jun 20, 2019 – A Bern politician looks set to test Switzerland’s decade-long ban on the construction of minarets by objecting to a dome that is planned for a […]
House passes bill to bolster security at synagogues, churches, mosques
Source: The Hill The House on Monday passed a bill aimed at bolstering security at synagogues, churches, mosques and other nonprofit organizations in the wake of recent attacks on houses of […]
Is Christianity Losing to Islam?
Suggested reading: If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Source of the Op Ed: Project Syndicate By Paul Seabright, who is Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse […]
The Future of Christianity and Atheism
June 7, 2019 by Bob Seidensticker A Pew Research study, “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050,” makes interesting predictions about how religion will change. Part 1 discussed […]
In an Indian village, Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens
May 21, 2019 (reuters_tickers) By Krishna N. Das, Zeba Siddiqui and Aftab Ahmed NAYABANS, India (Reuters) – Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a […]
War-ravaged Bosnian mosque reopens in move towards reconciliation
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 4, 2019 A view of the renewed Aladza Mosque that was demolished at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]
Terror has no religion, acceptance and tolerance must prevail
BASHDAR PUSHO ISMAEEL Published 02.05.2019 A wave of deadly bombings on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter left 290 dead and over 500 wounded. The attack, as […]
California synagogue shooting casts harsh light on mutual-fund darling Cloudflare
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 30, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Howard Kaye holds his daughter Hannah Jacqueline Kaye at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the sole fatality of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims in Regina invite public to visit mosque
Regina / 980 CJME Joseph Ho March 20, 2019 Imam Zeeshan Ahmed speaks to reporters at Regina’s Mahmood Mosque on March 19. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) In the wake of the […]
Fraser Anning’s attempt to blame Muslim victims of the New Zealand terror attack is all too familiar
I saw at first-hand the blind spot to anti-Muslim hate and Islamophobia during my six years with Tell Mama Fiyaz Mughal @TellMamaUK The grief had hardly set in for the families […]
New Zealand mosque shootings kill at least 49, seriously wound 20
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 15, 2019 10:10 AMMAR 15, 2019 An injured person is loaded into an ambulance following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/SNPA/Martin Hunter (reuters_tickers) By Praveen Menon and Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) – At least one […]
Turkey to build mosque in Caracas upon Venezuela’s request
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Turkey has started working on plans to build a mosque in Caracas after a request from Venezuelan authorities, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Monday during […]
Australia: Work on Narrabundah mosque could start next year
By Andrew Brown 11 November 2018 The ACT government confirmed a site in Narrabundah was chosen for the mosque It ends a five-year search for a site for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association The association says a DA could be submitted as early as January Mosques have previously been […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s ‘pope’ visits to dedicate a mosque in North Philadelphia
by Kristin E. Holmes, Posted: October 18, 2018 HEATHER KHALIFA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Nearly a century after the first Ahmadiyya Muslim missionary sailed across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, the sect’s international leader […]
Australia’s Ahmadiyya Muslim youth focus on ‘self-reformation’ at annual gathering
By Matt Connellan Ahmadiyya Muslims from around the country have gathered in Sydney for their annual youth summit. Hundreds came from around Australia to attend the 2018 Ahmadiyya Muslim National […]
Moaning about mosque loudspeaker not blasphemy, says Indonesian Muslim group
Reuters International This content was published on August 24, 2018 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance on Friday as it criticised a court that jailed […]
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare, public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions […]
First mosque opens on Outer Hebrides in time for Ramadan
Source: The Guardian Money raised worldwide to convert building in Stornaway before start of holy month By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent, @harrietsherwood The first mosque in the Outer Hebrides has […]
Austrian PM Kurz threatens to close mosque, urges stricter funding for Muslim organizations
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference after a cabinet meeting in Vienna, Austria (Reuters Photo) Austria’s anti-Turkey Chancellor Sebastian Kurz threatened […]
Can you be spiritual if you do not believe in God? 21st Century Spirituality
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/spirituality More than half of the UK population identify as having no religion. But many have a spiritual side. Ten people explain what spirituality means to them. Barbara My […]
