Today is Tu Bishvat, the Jewish “New Year of the Trees.” Originally a quasi-economic date, used to calculate the ages of fruit trees (and thus their suitability for tithing), the day was turned by ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We begin by asking Allah, the ...

Assalaamu alaykum. Please, according to the Quran, a hypocrite has some characteristics. His actions differ from what he says. My brothers, I want to know its meaning. I also want to know if its the ...

The past couple of weeks I've tried to explore spiritual concepts that have nearly universal applications for everyone from church deacons to skeptics. Previously, I looked at the importance of ...

This interview originally appeared in the Last Word on Nothing. A. Sin is about the most primitive emotional elements of survival and reproduction. If you look at the seven deadly sins, you see that ...

Paul Prather: President, janitor, clergy, heretic, Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist —if you’ve got a brain, much less a soul, you ought to repent for your own good and the good of those around you.