Last week’s Global Faiths column discussed briefly the Rig Veda, the oldest Scriptures in the long evolution of Hinduism. Hinduism’s next Scriptures are the Upanishads, which come from the last ...

Over half the world practices Christianity, Islam or Judaism, according to Pew Research Center. These religions are all monotheistic, involving the worship of one God. But according to scholars, our ...

Long established as a leading sociologist of American religion, Stark has in recent years extended his methodology into increasingly speculative territory. Here he follows up his inquiry into the ...

The further back we go in history the more glaringly evident it is that humanity at its most primal stage of development had a proclivity for a plurality of gods and goddesses. Africans, long regarded ...

The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, represented by the Department of Da'wah and Religious Guidance, conducted the first session of the 11th Ramadan dialogue programme 'Wa Amenhum ...

Narrating the stories of the prophets, Hoode (Hud), Saalih (Salih) and Nooh (Noah), may Allaah exalt their mention, in Soorat Al-A‘raaf, Allaah The Almighty says that they commanded their people to ...

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