By Dr. Warren Larson The 2016 hajj (pilgrimage) has just ended, and it was a very public event indeed, watched on television by millions of people all over the world. As the last of five pillars, the Qur’an says the religion has now been “perfected” (5:3). This year, approximately two million Continue Reading
Meet the Muslim YouTuber Who’s Proving Modesty Can Be Fashionable
By Zaina Arafat “Salam Alaikum, everyone!” Yasemin Kanar, known to her fans as YazTheSpaz, uses the traditional Muslim welcome to greet her 68,000 subscribers at the start of almost every video on her YouTube channel. I’m watching as she films a tutorial on how to achieve a simple, stylish look Continue Reading
How Halal Food Became a $20 Billion Hit in America
By Craig Giammona Sometimes, culinary trends move in sync with political ones. Sauerkraut was renamed “liberty cabbage” when the U.S. was at war with Germany, and a more recent falling-out with the French led to the invention of “freedom fries.” But sometimes they move in mysterious ways. In Continue Reading
Austrian cardinal clarifies: It’s not ‘Islamic conquest’ but Christian surrender
By Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, a close ally of Pope Francis, is trying to clarify a provocative warning he made that Europe is at risk of an “Islamic conquest” because it has squandered its Christian heritage. The archbishop of Vienna made headlines when Continue Reading
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