Catholic Attitudes Toward Confession: A 500-Year Overview
Presented by Zia H Shah MD From the Reformation to the Council of Trent The Protestant Reformation in the 16th century sharply criticized Catholic penitential practices, from the sale of […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
The Quranic Challenge to Make a Fly: Silicon-Based Life: Feasibility, Philosophy, and Future?
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 […]
Quranic Challenge to Atheists to Make a Fly?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Arabic Text:يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَن […]
While We Wait a New Pope: Catholic and Protestant Perspectives on Papal Authority?
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Introduction: Papal authority has been a defining feature of Christianity for nearly two millennia, though it is viewed very differently within Catholicism and Protestantism. […]
Hadiths on the Soul’s Relationship to the Body at Death and After Separation
Presented by Zia H Shah MD At the Moment of Death (Soul’s Departure) Hadith 1 (Umm Salama – Sahih Muslim): The Prophet ﷺ visited Abu Salamah after he had passed […]
Rainfall, Lightning, and the Atmospheric Delivery of Nutrients and Trace Elements to Earth
Epigraph وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ And in the alternation of night and day, and […]
Sexual Reproduction in Plants: Angiosperms and Gymnosperms
Epigraph This Scripture is sent down from God, the Mighty, the Wise. There are signs in the heavens and the earth for those who believe: in the creation of you, […]
Refuting Bertrand Russell’s “The Universe is Just There, and That’s All”
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Bertrand Russell famously claimed that he would simply say “the universe is just there, and that’s all,” implying that […]
The First Cause Argument for God’s Existence
Scientific Perspective By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Modern cosmology has repeatedly confronted the notion of a First Cause. General Relativity and observational evidence (like […]
Panentheism vs. Classical Theism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3) Allah is the Light of the […]
The Universe’s Glorification of God: An Interdisciplinary Commentary on Select Qur’anic Verses
Verse 61:1 – Universal Praise in the Heavens and Earth Translation: “Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the […]
God’s Foreknowledge in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives
Epigraph: Allah is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3) He is Allah, and there is […]
“Do Not Despair of Allah’s Mercy” – A Comprehensive Commentary
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Surah Az-Zumar (39), verse 53 of the Qur’an is often regarded as one of the […]
The Glorious Surah Yā Sīn: Arguing from the First Creation to Afterlife
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Surah Yā Sīn (36:77–83) concludes with a powerful argument affirming bodily resurrection and divine omnipotence. Classical […]
Speculation mounts that Musk will raise tens of billions for AI supercomputer with 1 million GPUs: Report
Elon Musk has held a call with major xAI investors recently in an attempt to raise tens of billions of dollars, according to CNBC‘s David Faber, a renowned financial journalist and […]
Invitation to Dialogue: A Qur’anic Appeal to Jewish Readers
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shared Theological Foundations In both Judaism and Islam, we find a rich common ground of core […]
The Bible’s Most Overlooked Miracle—And Why It Changes Everything
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Resurrection of the Saints in Matthew 27:51–53 – A Comprehensive Analysis Introduction One of the most […]
Isaac Newton’s Theological Beliefs: Rejecting the Trinity in Favor of Pure Monotheism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sir Isaac Newton is widely celebrated for his scientific genius, but he was also a deeply religious […]
The Glorious Quranic Verse 6:101: Christianity or Islam?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ صَاحِبَةٌ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ […]