Hiding Behind Religion: The case of Extremism and Terrorism
Umar Gyasi AgyemangFREEDOM OF RELIGION 17th May 2024 © Shutterstock Umar Gyasi Agyemang, Ghana A few months ago, a terrorist group attacked a mosque filled with people who had gathered […]
State action, not religion, drives extremism in West Africa
Written byAnver Versi Not a day passes without the news agencies informing us of yet more bloodshed and destruction caused by the extremist organisations now active in wide swathes of […]
Book burning must be banished from political discourse
YOSSI MEKELBERG July 26, 2023 Short Urlhttps://arab.news/9z3pzThere is something frighteningly true in the observation of the 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine, which was prompted by a burning of the Qur’an […]
Forgotten histories
Forgotten histories Arifa Noor Published July 11, 2023 IT turns out this Eid, many people of Pakistan didn’t just have their hands full with animals and qurbani or other festive chores. A report in Dawn claimed […]
On the Turkish earthquake: The question of mercy
BY EKREM DEMIRLI MAR 31, 2023 – daily sabah Fevzi Anli, 53, carries his three-year-old grand-son Fevzi in his arms as they wait to receive food in Orhanlı tent city […]
Intra-civilization clash in Türkiye after the earthquakes
BY İBRAHIM KARATAŞ MAR 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A Turkish flag flies next to damaged buildings in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, March 9, 2023. […]
Anti-Islam sentiment: Europe shooting itself in the foot
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN FEB 01, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Young protestors hold placards during the demonstration against the Quran burning in Sweden, London, U.K., Jan. 28, 2023. (Getty Images Photo) […]
What does Islam promise to non-believers?
BY EKREM DEMIRLI JAN 26, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Islam is “universal” when inviting people to its teachings but offers absolute felicity only to the ones who attain the knowledge […]
Please don’t wish me ‘Merry Christmas’
It’s impolite and alienating to assume I follow your religion. Perspective by Julia IoffeJulia Ioffe, a correspondent for GQ Magazine, is currently at work on a book about Russia. December 21, […]
America’s new pagans
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, December 4, 2019, in New York. (AP) Liel Leibovitz Published: 14 December ,2022: Here’s a very, very brief history of America: It’s a nation founded […]
Beyond beliefs: does religious faith lead to a happier, healthier life?
The ObserverReligion The stress-reducing, life-extending benefits of religion can offer useful strategies even for non-believers, say scientists David RobsonSat 3 Dec 2022 In his Pensées, published posthumously in 1670, the French philosopher […]
French cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admits to abusing 14-year-old girl 35 years ago
Ricard released a statement confessing to sexually abusing the child during his early days in the Catholic Church Source: The Guardian One of France’s highest-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church […]
Religion and the Creation of Economics
Benjamin Friedman, Harvard UniversityPublished on 25th September 2022 PODCAST Religion and the Creation of Economics Benjamin Friedman| Harvard University source https://econofact.org/podcast/religion-and-the-creation-of-economics Episode Highlights Transcript Episode Details Most people don’t think of economics as having a religious basis, and may question whether religion affects people’s views of economic issues. But in his […]
Where is Noah’s Ark?
BY EKREM BUĞRA EKINCI SEP 08, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç. People have been searching for the Prophet Noah’s Ark in Anatolia for centuries. Is this ark […]
‘Terrorism in name of religion’
PAKISTAN * PTV MD, controller programme also booked for airing hate content against Imran Khan* Minister says incitement of hatred, violence against any citizen won’t be allowed Agencies SEPTEMBER 20, […]
William Ruto: How Kenya’s new president is influenced by religion
By Evelyne MusambiBBC News, Nairobi Share Related Topics William Ruto, who has been sworn in as Kenya’s new president, is the country’s first evangelical Christian president and is likely to […]
New king at ease as figurehead of multifaith UK
Sep 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Joseph Sotinel, Véronique Dupont LONDON — In a hushed atmosphere of a south London mosque, a dozen Muslims of all ages wait to sign […]
Declaration Of VII Congress Of the Leaders Of World And Traditional Religions
in CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS, INTERNATIONAL on 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 We, the participants of the VII Congress – spiritual leaders of world and traditional religions, politicians, heads of international organizations, […]
The clash of cultures
Jan 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Harold James PRINCETON — Historian Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis that the post-Cold War world would be defined by a “clash of civilisations” turned out to be quite wrong. What we have instead is a clash of cultures within civilisations, which ultimately make civilisation itself […]
India’s ruling party suspends official over comments about Islam
BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma has been suspended over comments she made during a TV debate about the Prophet Muhammad. (@NupurSharmaBJP) Short Url https://arab.news/4p5r3 Updated 05 June 2022 REUTERS June 05, […]