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Joiners - Religiously Active Americans: Poll

About 40 percent Americans who are active participants in religious groups, are likelier to feel good about their communities than their non-religious peers, suggests Pew Research Center poll, Friday. On average, religiously active citize [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

US study says Christians one third of world population

A major US study released Monday put the total number of Christians worldwide at 2.18 billion -- almost a third -- of the estimated global population of 6.9 billion. Christians make up as big a proportion of the world's population as [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Moderate Islam, Pop Culture, and the 'All-American Muslim' B...

I think Jonah Goldberg is making excellent sense with his assessment of the ‘All-American Muslim’ controversy we discussed yesterday: Pop culture is designed, basically, to create an impression of what is and isn’t mains [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Political Islam at a crossroads in Egypt

Abbas joined the Brotherhood, the Arab world's largest Islamic movement, when he was in college. But the group that brought the 27-year-old closer to God and honed his social conscience booted Abbas out in July when he made clear that [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Holy cities face threat from polluting pilgrims

An estimated 2.5 million pilgrims have descended on the city of Mecca for the Islamic Hajj, said to be the largest annual gathering of people in the world. Every fit and able Muslim is obliged by their faith to make the journey at leas [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

The rise of political Islam

Political Islam is making a dramatic comeback right across the greater Middle East. Some in the West will react with alarm at what they see as a dangerous geopolitical upset. Democrats, secularists, feminists, Christians and other r [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Islam and Politics, Any Relation?

Islam is not just a religion, it is a way of life, and so it differs from other religions in many ways. When you accept that your money, your job, your family, your life, your soul, and indeed your all, belong to God Almighty, you underst [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Dead poet's solace

Earlier this month, on an unusually cool Saturday evening, almost a thousand people packed a concert hall at Macquarie University to hear the musical and theatrical imitations of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. Most were first- [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Polytheistic Christianity

Due to the changing of forums, I have moved this post to my blog, at the request of mods. Although Christians will vehemently deny it, they are actually polytheists. The claim of "multiple gods in one" is actually found in the w [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Islamic Organization Opposes Miss Aceh Pageant

Islamic students organization Rabithah Thaliban Aceh (RTA) has opposed plans to hold a Miss Aceh pageant as part of the 2011 Aceh Fair at Blang Padang in Banda Aceh. According to the fair's official Web site, the 2011 Aceh Fair will b [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Pope calls for solidarity for Gypsies as parents of 4 Roma c...

The parents of four Gypsy children killed in a blaze as they slept in an illegal settlement in Rome have heard Pope Benedict XVI call for more solidarity toward Roma people. Benedict issued the appeal during his Sunday appearance to the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Hindus laud pope’s call for solidarity towards Gypsies

Hindus have termed Pope Benedict XVI’s call for solidarity toward Roma (Gypsies) as a “step in the right direction.”Lauding the pope’s solidarity appeal, US-based Hindu statesman Rajan Zed urged the pontiff to emb [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas tree becomes new Korean flashpoint

South Korean marines have been deployed to protect a large Christmas tree on top of a military-controlled hill along the tense land border with the North. A South Korean church is planning to switch on Christmas lights on the tree later [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Pope finds Hinduism’s “sense of the sacred, sacrifice and fa...

Talking about “dialogue with other religions”, he voiced Catholic Church’s respect “for the ancient religions and spiritual traditions of the various continents. These contain values which can greatly advance unde [...]