Science in the Service of the Scriptures
Source: Muslim Sunrise 2015 winter volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Are science and religion at odds with each other? Cary […]
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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
64% of Indians say it is very important to stop women in their community from marrying into other castes
Source: Pew Research Center Caste is another dividing line in Indian society, and not just among Hindus Religion is not the only fault line in Indian society. In some regions […]
China and the Muslims
China has been accused of genocide against the largely Muslim group in Xinjiang, but Beijing says it is only tackling extremism. Here’s what you need to know about China’s minority […]
Is McDonald’s Halal (Permissible) by Yusuf Estes?
Source: Just Ask Islam Q: Could you please guide me as to the question about eating food like meat and poultry outside from restaurants in US like steak houses, burger […]
Video: Maternal Instinct Among Mammals Across the Species
Suggested reading for living in the image of the Loving and the Most Merciful God by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Thirty Plus Quotes from the Poet […]
Majority of Indian Muslims support Islamic courts
Source: Times of India Read more at: Additional suggested reading If We give up Islamism and Jewish and Christian Sharia in State Affairs, What is Left is Human Rights and Coexistence […]
Dilip Kumar, Film Star Who Brought Realism to Bollywood, Dies at 98
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: New York Times By Baradwaj RanganPublished July 6, 2021Updated July 7, 2021, 12:48 p.m. ET Dilip Kumar, the […]
Chinese Emperor’s beautiful poem about the Holy Prophet Muhammad
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Hong-Wu (also known by his given name Zhū Yuánzhāng) was the Emperor of China between […]
Vatican indicts 10, including a cardinal, in London deal
ROME (AP) — A Vatican judge on Saturday indicted 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, on charges including embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a London real estate venture. The president of the Vatican’s criminal tribunal, Giuseppe Pignatone, […]
Encyclopedia Britannica: Just How Old Is Homo sapiens?
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica By John P. Rafferty In scientific classification, human beings are tagged with the name Homo sapiens (Latin: “wise man”). In his 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeuscoined the term […]
The Serenity Prayer: One of the Best Prayers
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr[1][2] (1892–1971). The best-known form […]
Provident God of the Abrahamic Faiths: Plain Water will Tell you the Story
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then […]
Surah Al Rahman the Most Comprehensive Approach to Thanksgiving
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and […]
Spanking can worsen a child’s behavior and do real harm, study finds
(CNN) Physical punishment does not appear to improve a child’s positive behavior or social competence over time, according to a review of 69 studies from the US, Canada, China, Colombia, […]
The Muslim Sunrise and the theme of Religion and Science
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Albert Einstein, the man of the 20th century according to the Time magazine, once said, “All of science is nothing more […]
Caliph Umar Farooq versus Emperor Heraclius: Who gave us our Religious Freedoms?
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely […]
Religion and Science: The Indispensable God-hypothesis
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an article describing the Transcendent, yet Personal God of the Abrahamic Faiths in the present […]
After Monotheism, the Two Most Seminal Verses of the Quran
Allah it is Who has sent down to you (Muhammad) the Book; in it there are verses that are fundamental or decisive in meaning — these are the corner stone […]
Surah Mumtahinah: A Clear Quranic Message of Interfaith Tolerance
Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction The surah describes as to how to deal with national enemies and not share state secrets with them and how to be kind and compassionate towards all […]
As U.S. Jews switch denominations, Reform Judaism has gained and Conservative Judaism has lost
Source: Pew Research Center The U.S. Jewish population, like other groups, is in constant flux. Some people who were raised as Jews have left the religion, while some who were […]