Epigraph:

أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

Have they been created from nothing, or they their own creators? (Al Quran 52:35)

Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times

The collection below is intended to add on to the above debate and different aspects of it:

1. Atheism examined theologically.
2. How dogmatism applies to the above and many other debates.
3. Is religion cause of wars?
4. What if we had more enlightened religion, where we stood for absolute justice rather than our tribe or our tribe’s religion?
5. Different Abrahamic faiths and their contributions to wars.
6. Applying this debate to the present Israel – Gaza war and contrasting with the Ukraine – Russia war.
7. At 1:08 hour mark the atheists’ team is asked if they are strict materialists and is anything possible beyond the physical world? To address this I link a few articles about soul, revelation, Quran, exorcism and Quantum Physics. Of the five categories highlighted in the previous sentence, I am with the theists for four of them but when it comes to exorcism, I am with the atheists. In other words I learn from everyone and defy categories or identities to keep my mind free and open to learn new ideas.

The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute Atheism …

Please click on the above link to review our collection about atheism. It is dozens of articles if not hundred.

Applauding, Challenging and Exposing Dawkins: Let him serve rationality and Islam

Wars not needed any more — If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Epigraph: And you (Muhammad) shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the […]

Video: The world’s best known atheist, Richard Dawkins does seem to believe in a Creator God

Epigraph: Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou see in the creation of the Gracious God. Then look again: Seest thou any flaw? Aye, look again, […]

Quran: Have they been created from nothing, or they their own creators?

Epigraph: أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ Have they been created from nothing, or they their own creators? (Al Quran 52:35) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]

The Quranic Challenge to the Atheists: Make a Fly, if You Can

Epigraph: People, here is an illustration, so listen carefully: those you call on beside God could not, even if they combined all their forces, create a fly, and if a […]

Dogmatism enemy of scientific, political and religious truth

“The Universe is vast. Nothing is more curious than the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes […]

The Holy Quran about dogmatism and black and white thinking

O ye who believe! why do you say what you do not? Most hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not. (Al Quran […]

Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates

By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have had the good or bad fortune to move from one sect to the other in Islam since […]

Clare Daly an Irish MEP: Afghani Blood is As Holy As Ukranian

Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing an innocent is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim […]

Video: Christiana Amanpour’s interview of Queen Rania

Christiane Amanpour In a world exclusive, @QueenRania of Jordan spoke with me about the ongoing bombing of Gaza, civilian deaths, the massacres of October 7, and what she calls “a […]

What is the Basis of Our Morality, Why Do We Feel Bad, When Innocent Children are Killed? Are Our Morals Only a Random Darwinian Chance or Mistake?

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 […]

Video of General Wesley Clark: We’re going to take out 7 countries in 5 years

Promoted posts: Video of an Irish Lady: Afghani Blood is As Holy As Ukranian, Collection of Articles: Is the Ukrainian Blood Holier Than the Middle Eastern? And: Is Russian Orthodox Church, Catholic […]

Putin: In War Time Either You are With Us or With the Enemies

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The divisive language that Putin is using that you can find and hear in the CNN video linked […]

If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!

Epigraph: And you (Muhammad) shall 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 […]

No, Religion Does Not Cause All Wars – A Conversation With Karen Armstrong

Source: huffingtonpost.com Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. The […]

A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer

Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God. (Matthew […]

Karen Armstrong: ‘We’re just not good at religion’

Source: Financial Times The author on defending Islam, her unconventional family — and why she broke with a convent “I always say”, Karen Armstrong admits with a conspiratorial grin, “that […]

A spiritual defense of the war in Ukraine? Putin’s patriarch is trying

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. By Deborah Netburn Wearing crisp, olive-green robes and a towering, white head covering embroidered with the somber face of Jesus, Patriarch Kirill, the […]

Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after ‘Putin’s altar boy’ remark

Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32) By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – The Russian […]

BBC Video: Saladin: Who taught Europe the Ethics of War

Source of video / Courtesy: BBC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an hour and a half movie or documentary about […]

Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words

By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times When the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, claimed Monotheism in the polytheistic society of Mecca they turned against […]

The Best Muslim, Jewish and Christian Voices for Bringing Peace in Israel and Palestine

Epigraph: Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9). Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The intent […]

The holy Quran: There will be another reckoning after the Gaza war

Epigraph: Does man think he will be left alone? Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm, which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion, fashioning […]

Celebrating Our Cognitive Dissonance or Finding the Truth?

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death […]