by Sahar Alsahlani | Oct 19, 2021 | Opinion
The Quran is a reminder of the previous messages in the earlier scriptures of the Abrahamic traditions, as one will find the essence of the Five Books of Moses, the Gospels and the Psalms of David throughout the text. Prophet Moses is mentioned 136 times in the Quran,...
by Sahar Alsahlani | Oct 18, 2021 | Opinion
Human intellect cannot fully comprehend the concept of the “Divine” or “God.” Shamans, healers, ethicists, philosophers, jurists, scientists, transcendentalists, artists, storytellers and other seekers of knowledge have continued to search for this entity far beyond...
by Lisa Sharlach | Apr 8, 2002 | Opinion
Does religion permit government to kill its own citizens? According to international law, the answer is never. International law prohibits the death penalty. According to the Islamic legal code known as sharia, however, sex between an unmarried man and woman is a...
by Robert Parham | Nov 6, 2001 | Opinion
Afghanistan, Burma, China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam were listed as the worst violators of religious freedom, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2001 International Religious Freedom Report. These totalitarian or authoritarian regimes sought to...
