Epigraph
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son when He has no consort, and when He has created everything and has knowledge of all things?
Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God but He, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Guardian over everything. (Al Quran 6:102-103)
Lead post collected by Zia H Shah MD , Chief Editor of the Muslim Times
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Epigraph: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son when He has no consort, and when He has created everything and has knowledge of…
President Obama To Meet Pope Francis On March 27: What To Expect
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Comment: I hope President Obama openly acknowledges some of his Islamic background, to the Pope and presents him a new book by Prof. Bart Ehrman, coming…
God of Islam: God of Nature and the Creator of our Universe
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and…
If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!
Epigraph: And thou (Muhammad) shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are…
8 Ancient Beliefs Now Backed By Modern Science
Huff Post: by Aleena Hall — The Earth may not be flat nor is it the center of the universe, but that doesn’t mean old-world intellectuals got everything wrong. In fact, in…
‘Cloth’ Video Art Piece By LSE Students Will Make You Question Your Assumptions About The Veil
Huff Post — A veil is just a piece of cloth, but it often takes on enormous political and social implications that can fail to take the agency of the…
As U.S. war ends, Russia returns to Afghanistan with series of investment projects
Source: The Washington Post KABUL — To the white-bearded Afghan machinists, it felt like the Cold War era had suddenly returned. After 25 years of working in a sprawling Soviet-built factory…
Video: Special Message, in Arabic, by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, on 23rd March 2014
His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Mir-za Mas-roor Ah-mad), is the fifth Khalifa (Caliph) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Elected to this lifelong position on 22nd April 2003, he serves as…
eDigest: Women’s World Congress – Hyderabad INDIA
Epigraph Surely, men who submit themselves to God and women who submit themselves to Him, and believing men and believing women, and obedient men and obedient women and truthful men and truthful…
The 10 Best Weather Places in the World
Weatherwise: by Ed Darack — Splintering gale force winds, stabbing cold, blistering heat, blinding fog, pitiless rain … the sky can foul our lives in endless ways to all degrees,…
23rd March 1889: The Birth of Ahmadiyya- Revival of True Islam by Promised Messiah
Alislam.org: He it is Who has raised among the unlettered people a Messenger from among themselves who recites unto them His Signs, and purifies them, and teaches them the Book…
Religious Police Go Far Beyond Saudi Arabia, Found In Nearly One-In-Ten Countries
Huff Post — While Saudi Arabia is well-known for its “religious police” that enforce government-approved religious moral codes, from gender-segregation and the ban of alcohol to rules against women driving,…
Pakistan: Council of Islamic Ideology has been in overdrive
Khaled Ahmed | March 21, 2014 9:53 am, Indian Express CII has become aggressive with Talibanisation and the capacity of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to target-kill people supporting modern or…
Islamic law is adopted by British legal chiefs
Telegraph: Islamic law is to be effectively enshrined in the British legal system for the first time under guidelines for solicitors on drawing up “Sharia compliant” wills. Under ground-breaking guidance,…
‘Noah’ Film Receives Praise From Christian Evangelicals Unfazed By ‘Creative Interpretation’
Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming Biblical drama “Noah” may be “the least biblical biblical film ever made,” as the director said, but it turns out quite a few Christian leaders enjoy the…
Qutb, Maududi and the military
ET: If you can’t win the game, change the rules. This has been the cornerstone of the political ideology of religious groups from Egypt to Pakistan. It all started from Syed…
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