Finland: National radio to read Koran ‘cover to cover’ 24 February 2015 Share Finland’s public broadcaster describes the series as an “unprecedented” project The Koran will be read from cover to cover on Finnish public radio as part of a new series, it’s been announced. The country’s public broadcaster, Yle, […]
Author: Toni Johnson Council on Foreign Relations, 2011 Introduction Since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror abroad and domestic terror incidents involving U.S. and immigrant Muslims have focused attention on […]
By Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V (aba) Source: THE REVIEW OF RELIGION, October, 2014 Translated by Amer Safir After reciting Tashhahud, Ta’awwuz, and Surah-Al Fatihah, the Worldwide […]
BY AMAAR AHMAD As conflicts rage around the world and innocents suffer in the Gaza crisis, Ukraine-Russia tension continues, and sectarianism boils over in Iraq and Syria , one wonders if history is repeating itself. Just as in 1914, now a hundred years after Word War I, small conflicts have […]
The popular belief that religion is the cause of the world’s bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never mix. But the messy history […]
By Rick Yencer MUNCIE, INDIANA (NEWS) – Muzaffar Ahmad told of persecution and killing among Islamic sects in Pakistan and throughout the world as his sect of Muslims preach peace. Ahmad, who is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, talked with Ball State University students and professors Thursday about […]
How It Works The Religious Health-O-Meter evaluates the overall health of America’s eleven largest religious organizations by comparing combined factors related to happiness and devotion. Each religious organization was ordered from highest to lowest by percentage of membership that meet the requirement in six categories. Each religion was scored on […]
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed a few days ago when I came across a picture of the new billboard in Times Square. If you’re one of the approximately […]
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed a few days ago when I came across a picture of the new billboard in Times Square. If you’re one of the approximately […]
By Sazzad Khandakar July 26, 2013 It is the holy month of Ramadhan. Muslims all across the world engage themselves in dawn to dusk fasting as it was prescribed by God in the Holy Quran. In chapter 2, vs 184, God commands men to fast and mentions that it was prescribed for […]
Source: Daily Star MIXING RELIGION WITH POLITICS An otherwise little known group Hefazat-e-Islam has become instrumental in winning election, especially at a time when everyone has thought that secularism in Bangladesh taking a strong foothold. Political use of religion–especially Islam–is back, and it seems to have all the ingredients to […]
A 65-year-old British atheist who has lived in the US for 30 years has been denied US citizenship, unless she joins a church by Friday. During her application process to become a naturalized US citizen, Texas resident Margaret Doughty did not agree to bear arms to defend the country, claiming […]
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising […]
Source: New Haven Register, Connecticut. By Dr Sohail Husain As a child, I looked forward to March and April. Because that’s when our local pharmacy would sell Cadbury Creme Eggs. Being a Muslim, I had no idea at the time that the eggs were a symbol of Easter or even […]
Express Tribune: by Farahnaz Zaidi: It is said that there’s enough religion in the world to make men hate one another, but not enough to make them love. But what if religion were to become a common ground where shared religious and ethical values are celebrated? Perhaps, too far-fetched a […]
A Kiwi Journey From Christianity to Islam Sister Rhonda’s Journey from England to New Zealand Saturday, 29 December 2012 00:00 It was actually two years after that first day that the program on Islam was on, till when I actually took my Shahadah in London I was born just north […]
According to Wikipedia, Lesley Hazleton is an award-winning British-American writer whose work focuses on the intersection of politics, religion, and history, especially in the Middle East. She reported from Israel for Time, and has written on the Middle East for numerous publications including The New York Times, The New York […]
Source: Guardian By Alok Jha, science correspondent Higgs boson theorist says he agrees with those who find Dawkins’ approach to dealing with believers ’embarrassing’ As public disagreements go, few can […]
Courtesy: Dr. Mohamed Boodhun. Grand Falls-Windsor, NL http://www.rts.ch/video/emissions/religion/faut-pas-croire/4511333-reportage-un-petit-coin-d-islam-au-coeur-du-canada.html
Huff Post: Alan Jones. I wonder if there’s anyway to recapture just how weird and peculiar Christmas is? We’re so used to it. The religious observers take it for granted and the Winter Solstice crowd keep dreaming of a White one. Christmas trees are everywhere and Christmas carols are heard […]
