Raya Shokatfard

On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate the birth of Jesus born supposedly in Bethlehem. Trees are decorated and gifts are put under the tree and exchanged among friends and family. So, how did December 25 come to be the birth of Jesus? First Confusion Biblical scholarship has recently called the identification of Bethlehem as Jesus’ birthplace into question: If Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem, why is he called a Nazorean and a Galilean throughout the New...

Many youth don't understand their own religion, let's find out why. I have come across many Muslim youth and even some adults I met in the U.S. who do not practice Islam. When I asked them why, their reply was, “We just inherited the title, but we are not interested in Islam.” I was not surprised. Why? Was I not one of them at one point? What about my own family, brothers and sister? What went wrong and why we left Islam? Why did some of us even dislike being associated with Islam? I can...