Will camel discovery break the Bible’s back?
Epigraph: Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? (Al Quran 88:18) Opinion by Joel Baden, special to CNN (CNN) – It’s been a rough 2014 for […]
Rumi’s Quotes On God Illuminate The Mystical Divine
Epigraph: Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and […]
The task of protecting India’s child cotton pickers
Source: BBC By John NealProducer, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 Some 400,000 children work on cotton farms across India Related Stories Uzbekistan: Traffic offenders ‘forced to pick cotton’ Exploited […]
G20 meeting targets an additional 2% economic growth
Source: BBC Financial leaders from the 20 biggest economies have set a goal of generating $2 trillion (£1.2 trillion) in extra output over the next five years. During that period […]
Why God Won’t Go Away: Reflections on the “New Atheism”
By Alister McGrath: He is a British/Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian,scientist, and Christian apologist, currently Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at King’s College London Patheos.com: The term “New Atheism” was invented in 2006. Gary Wolf […]
Will Turkey become the new Pakistan?
Epigraph: I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; […]
Malcolm X’s dedication to the truth is something to which all Muslims aspire
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
China calls on U.S. to scrap meeting between Obama and Dalai Lama
Hong Kong (CNN) — China has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to call off a meeting at the White House with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama that’s scheduled to take […]
Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious Debates
The Muslim Time’s Chief Editor’s comment: By the Grace of Allah, I joined Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, from a Sunni family, in 1984, while I was in my Medical School. Since then […]
Indian Supreme Court gives Muslims right to adopt a child
Epigraph: If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state […]
Breaking News: Jesus Did Not Die for Our Sins
Epigraph: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12) Written and collected by […]
The American Split On Evolution Vs. Creationism Based On Religious Tradition
Source: The Huffington Post As “Science Guy” Bill Nye and the founder of Kentucky’s Creation Museum, Ken Ham, prepare for their much-anticipated debate Tuesday evening on evolution (Nye) versus creationism (Ham), recent polls point to […]
A close call in space tonight: Asteroid zips by Earth
By Dana Ford (CNN) — Only in space would 2 million miles be considered a close call. An asteroid with an estimated diameter of three football fields zoomed by Earth late […]
Muslims sue satirical paper for blasphemy, MP for hate speech
Epigraph: When Hillel, a first century Jewish scholar, was challenged by a Gentile that the Torah be explained to him, while Hillel stood on one foot, Hillel replied, “What is […]
Lessons from Tunisia for Secularism
Source: The Nation By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid As Pakistan mulls over rewinding the clock back a millennia-and-a-half by imposing Sharia under the Taliban gun, Tunisia is celebrating arguably the most […]
Abbas, Talking to Israeli Students About Peace, Finds a Receptive Audience
Source: New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNERFEB RAMALLAH, West Bank — A decade ago, after the suicide bombings of the second Palestinian uprising, Israelis mostly came to Ramallah and the […]
Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection. It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States. […]
Russians Return to Religion, But Not to Church
Epigraph: I see my community in the land of Russia, as numerous as the grains of sand. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani Source: Pew Research: Religion & Public Life Project Over […]
Denmark outlaws Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter as of next week
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Mass evacuation in Indonesia as Java volcano erupts
Source: BBC Two people have been killed after their home collapsed from the weight of volcanic ash as Alice Budisatrijo reports. Continue reading the main story and watch a video […]