The Muslim Ummah: Quran 3:110 – A Multifaceted Commentary
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Historical Context of Quran 3:110 Revealed in the Medinan period, Quran 3:110 addressed the young Muslim community at a time of identity […]
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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
Ahmadiyya Beliefs on Islam’s Future Triumph and Global Dominance
Theological Foundations of the Promised Victory The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), believes that Islam is destined to prevail over all other faiths in the coming […]
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi on Etiquettes of Polite Communication
Epigraph Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:148) Call […]
Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Animals: Scientific Evidence Overview
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acupuncture has become increasingly popular in veterinary medicine as an adjunct treatment for various conditions in […]
Pope Leo XIV: The First American Pope
Promoted Post: Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis, For the Whole of our Human Family The new Pope has just addressed the square here in confident Italian, switching to […]
Qur’anic Guidance on Reality, Causality, and Divine Unity
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction The Qur’an is not a book of abstract philosophy, yet it offers profound guidance on […]
The Roman–Persian War: Commentary on Qur’an 30:1–7: Historical, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives
Epigraph The Byzantines have been defeated in a nearby land. They will reverse their defeat with a victory in a few years’ time –– God is in command, first and […]
Prophetic Visions and the Hypnagogic State: Altered Consciousness in Abrahamic Tradition
Epigraph It is not granted to any mortal that God should speak to him except through revelation or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by […]
The Quran and Biological Evolution: Towards a Theistic Evolutionary Model
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction The relationship between Islam and Darwinian evolution has often been misunderstood as inherently conflictual. However, […]
Respectfully Disagreeing with Javed Ghamidi on the Subject of the Glorious Quran and Evolution: Humans Did Come from Apes
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I respect Javed Ahmed Ghamidi as one of the most knowledgeable Muslim scholars. I love him […]
Huston Smith: Life, Religious Pluralism, and Views on the Afterlife
Epigraph The [Muslim] believers, the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabians –– all those who believe in God and the Last Day and do good –– will have their rewards […]
Scientific Commentary of the Four Fundamental Verses of the Surah Anbiyya
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Commentary on Qurʾān 21:30–33 Verses 21:30–33 (Translation): “Did the unbelievers not realize that the heavens and the earth were […]
Rebuttal of the “Selfish Gene” Theory
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 […]
Dr. Maurice Bucaille’s Analysis of the Glorious Quran — A Three-Minute Reading
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Maurice Bucaille, a French physician and author, is renowned for his 1976 book The Bible, The […]
Arguing the Afterlife from the Miracle of Mammalian Pregnancy
By Zia H Shah MD Mammalian Pregnancy and the Placenta: Biology and Evolution Mammalian pregnancy exhibits remarkable complexity, centered on the placenta – a transient but vital organ that forms […]
The Understanding and Practice of Hajj in Nizari Ismaili Islam (Aga Khan Lineage)
Written and Collected by Zia H Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hajj – the pilgrimage to the Kaʿba in Mecca – is one of Islam’s most important rituals. […]
Oaths by Natural Phenomena in the Qur’an
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Qur’an contains numerous qasam (oaths) in which God swears by various created things – from […]
Theological Foundations of Leadership in Ahmadiyya Islam
Promoted Posts: Spiritual and Political Leadership in Sunni Islam, Spiritual and Political Leadership in Twelver Shiʿism and The Ismaili Imamate: Doctrinal Foundations and Historical Evolution Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, born on 15 September 1950 in […]
Spiritual and Political Leadership in Twelver Shiʿism
Promoted Posts: Spiritual and Political Leadership in Sunni Islam and The Ismaili Imamate: Doctrinal Foundations and Historical Evolution Presented by Zia H Shah MD Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been the Supreme Leader […]
Spiritual and Political Leadership in Sunni Islam
Promoted post: The Ismaili Imamate: Doctrinal Foundations and Historical Evolution By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sunni Islam recognizes the Muslim community’s need for both religious guidance […]