Show me an ex practicing Ahmadi living an admirable moral and spiritual lifestyle. Inviting people to something better than Ahmadiyyat and #Khilafat
The truth is, when they leave and oppose Khilafat, they either denounce faith or make it their duty to hate Ahmadiyyat
— Abdullah Dibba (@MurabbiDibba) January 28, 2022
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By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times
I am not going to engage in a debate here with the learned scholar. The fact of the matter is that I am not an Ex Ahmadi, so how can I tackle this? May be they will in the comment section.
I will not be debating as having blogged more than four hundred thousand articles and tweeted for a long time with 39000 followers in Twitter, I know all debates devolve into dogmatism, black and white thinking and ‘us’ versus ‘them’ paradigms, while I am a staunch believer in universal brotherhood, interfaith tolerance and women rights, so I shy away from destructive debates. May Allah be our Helper. Ameen
The question that Abdullah Dibba is posing is a complex question, made up of multiple questions, so in reality cannot be answered.
The better questions will be:
Does every human being has a conscience and can he or she be moral?
Does a belief in All Knowing God help humanity in being moral?
Is morality objective or subjective?
What are the struggles in trying to force Biblical or Quranic morality?
Are organized religions a good phenomenon in our present times?
What does the holy Quran say about organized religion?
What are different organized religions doing and what good or bad have they achieved for the humanity in general?
What is the role of organized religion for women rights, who are our mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and daughters in law?
Is ‘truth seeking’ an important human activity?
Is ‘truth seeking’ an individual sport or a team / group sport?
How has science served human search for truth or truths?
If we believe in organized religion how does it affect the secular values in any or every country?
I do not have the audacity to claim that I know all the answers. However, I have been searching for the answers by blogging for the last 12 years and writing for the last twenty.
I do, at least, firmly believe now that truth is an individual sport and not a team / group sport. In this regards, I completely agree with Michael Servetus, who gave up his life in defense of pure Monotheism as opposed to Trinity.
The Muslim Times has a very large number of collections on the issue of morality and organized religion in general. So, without further adoo, I would like to share a few of those with you. You can explore many others by clicking some of the links provided above.
National Geographic Video: All Knowing, All Seeing God Keeps Us Away from Crime and Sin, See the Evidence
Epigraph: For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. […]
Is Our Morality Constantly Evolving?
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be […]
Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Only 15% of the French Believe […]
Debate by Intelligence Squared: The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World
Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Are Religions Pluralistic or Myopic and Parochial? I am a Jew, a Catholic, a Christian and a Muslim; […]
International Poll: Is God Necessary for Morality?
Source: Pew Research Center People’s thoughts on whether belief in God is necessary to be moral vary by economic development, education and age BY CHRISTINE TAMIR, AIDAN CONNAUGHTON AND ARIANA MONIQUE SALAZAR How we […]
God and Morality – Mending ‘The Global God Divide’
By Sarmad Naveed, who is a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who graduated from the Ahmadiyya Institute for Languages and Theology in Canada. The concept of morality is perhaps […]
Debate: God & Morality: William Lane Craig vs Erik Wielenberg
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion? […]
Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Only 15% of the French Believe […]
No God, no objective morality – Meanwhile UNICEF says pornography is child’s human right
By Mustafa Siddiqi, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK In bizarre and rather disturbing news, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, one of the world’s most well-known and recognised children’s charities, […]
Ted Talk About Empathy, Fairness and Morality in Animals
What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation — caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares […]
Only 15% of the French Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: 
Indonesia 96% 
Philippines 96% 
Nigeria 93% 
Brazil 84% 
India 79% 
Turkey 75% 
Mexico 55% 
U.S. 44% 
Russia […]
Only 37% of the Germans Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: Indonesia 96% Philippines 96% Nigeria 93% Brazil 84% India 79% Turkey 75% Mexico 55% U.S. 44% Russia […]
79% in India Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: Indonesia 96% Philippines 96% Nigeria 93% Brazil 84% India 79% Turkey 75% Mexico 55% U.S. 44% Russia […]
Only 15% of the French Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: Indonesia 96% Philippines 96% Nigeria 93% Brazil 84% India 79% Turkey 75% Mexico 55% U.S. 44% Russia […]
75% of Turks Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: Indonesia 96% Philippines 96% Nigeria 93% Brazil 84% India 79% Turkey 75% Mexico 55% U.S. 44% Russia […]
Morality: New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill people
New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill people, preliminary referendum results show https://t.co/q5qWtZgV4R — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 30, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, […]
U.S. Christians are much more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to say that most things in society can be clearly divided into good and evil
U.S. Christians are much more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to say that most things in society can be clearly divided into good and evil. 64% of White evangelical Protestants […]
Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?
Source: The New York Times By Olivia Goldhill CONSCIENCE – The Origins of Moral Intuition By Patricia S. Churchland In “Conscience,” Patricia Churchland recounts a conversation with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, in which he laments moral philosophers’ focus on reason. “Surely,” he said, “philosophers must know about biological […]
Richard Dawkins admits a world with no God would be immoral
Source: Premier By Heather Preston Noted atheist Richard Dawkins has admitted a world without God would lead to moral decline. Speaking to The Times, Dawkins said he fears the removal […]
Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling homosexuality a ‘sin’ and a ‘choice’
Rome (CNN) The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions, in a combative statement approved by Pope Francis that threatens to widen the chasm between […]
‘The Global God Divide’ – Analyzing Belief in God and Morality: An Interview with the Pew Research Center
Jacob Poushter CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 3rd September 2020 In 2019, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey across 34 countries, spanning 6 continents, which was recently published, titled ‘The […]
Richard Dawkins Examines Afterlife, But, Fails to Answer the Basic Issue of Consolation
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Belief in life after death is not only restoring order in our present life, by belief in […]
China issues morality guidelines telling citizens to ‘inherit the red gene’
Source: New York Post By Yaron Steinbuch Chinese citizens have been instructed to “inherit the red gene” by following new morality guidelines that focus heavily on nationalism and people’s duty […]
Dr. Zia H Shah’s interview by Voice of Islam: Is Morality Objective or Subjective?
For the sake of reference I have included the transcript of the first question below. 1. Can you describe the difference between subjective and objective moral values? Humans are one […]
Audio: Radio Interview of Zia H Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times about Science and Existence of God
The questions answered in this program are: 1. How does the scientific world perceive the universe came to be and does it make sense for something to come out of […]
Are the Scientists the Better Teachers for Several of the Attributes of God?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Charles Darwin did not make my list of heroes until after I was forty years old. Part […]
I am a Jew, a Catholic, a Christian and a Muslim; I am Zia H Shah
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have found Senator Bernie Sanders to be the most generous, fair and inclusive politician. In our age […]