Is the Internet killing religion?
Source: CNN (CNN) We can blame the Internet for plenty: the proliferation of porn, our obsession with cat videos, the alleged rise of teen trends like – brace yourself – […]
December of the season of Religion
December is the Season of “Religion” ———————————huffingpost.com CHRISTIANITY Advent, December 1-20 Advent is the time that Christians prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on Christmas. JUDAISM Hanukkah, December 6-14 Hanukkah is the Jewish holiday that is celebrated over eight nights and days and commemorates the rededication of the […]
Undue interference
ZUHAIR AL-HARTHY Published — Thursday 3 December 2015 In her book titled “Islam: A Short History,” renowned British author and commentator Karen Armstrong writes, “Islam is the most misunderstood religion…The Qur’an gave Muslims a historical mission. Their chief duty was to create a just community in which all members, even […]
Buddhism Is Waning In Japan
Source: NPR Thousands of Japan’s historic Buddhist temples are expected to shut down. NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Ian Reader, an expert on Japanese culture, on how Buddhism is changing […]
How The UK Is Strengthening Interfaith Bonds After Paris Attacks
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post Inter Faith Week has been celebrated in the UK since 2009. But this year, the terrorist attacks that gripped Paris […]
Terrorism Is Not A Religious Act
Huff Post: by Rev Dr. Chuck Currie — “Nous sommes tous des Français aujourd’hui.” Across the world, we watch with sadness the news from Paris. The people of France are hurting and so we are hurting too. Nothing can justify the attacks which occurred today. They are, as President Obama […]
Anonymous posts Ku Klux Klan alleged sympathisers list
Source: BBC The hackers’ collective Anonymous has shared details of hundreds of alleged sympathisers of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the internet. Anonymous said the data was […]
More young Chinese embracing religion
Islam and Catholicism were found to have the highest proportion of believers under the age of 30 …………. According to a recent survey by Renmin University, religious Chinese are getting […]
STRANGE MAPS: Does Islam Prevent AIDS?
by FRANK JACOBS Maps have many fathers. One of them is the genie of omission. So beware of the map that is too straightforward and simple. It may very well be obscuring something. For also in cartography, this general rule applies: If it looks too good to be true, it […]
Polygamy app? ‘Halal’ dating service launched in Russia
Published time: 14 Jul, 2015 02:12Edited time: 15 Jul, 2015 07:09 WWW.RT.COM Get short URL RIA Novosti / Said Tsarnaev / RIA Novosti A mobile dating service based on ethnic and religious criteria has been launched in Russia. Described as dating “in eastern traditions,” it could help you […]
America’s Changing Religious Landscape
America’s Changing Religious Landscape Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing, according to an extensive new survey by […]
CNN’s Reza Aslan to aim for window on world religions
BY STEPHEN BATTAGLIO LOS ANGELES TIMES Reza Aslan will be at the University of Toledo speaking on “Youth Revolt: The Future of the New Middle East.” CNN is looking to a higher power in its quest to get new viewers. The cable news network’s original series lineup for 2016 includes […]
Book Review: Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe, by Esra Özyürek
19 MARCH 2015 | BY URSULA KING Ursula King on a profile of the many faces of Islam in one country Muslims feature daily in news headlines in the West. […]
SIGNS OF RELIGION : When did showing your faith become so controversial?
By Jo Fahy Whether it’s a turban or a headscarf, showing your religion in Switzerland can make others treat you extremely differently. From stares in the street to difficulty in […]
Finland: National radio to read Koran ‘from cover to cover’.
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, […]
Muslims in the United States
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 […]
The need for religion
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 […]
A Muslim Reflection on Global Crisis
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 myth of religious violence – by Karen Armstrong
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 […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims promote peace at Ball State University
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 […]