DAOISM: MONTHEISM, TRINITY, OR POLYTHEISM?
By Dr. Naseer Tahir Daoism, also known as Taoism is an organized religious tradition that has been evolving in China, Korea and Japan for last two thousand years. It […]
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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 Muslim Times condemns Christmas carnage in Nigeria; 5 churches bombed
Source of info: CNN Jos, Nigeria (CNN) — A string of bombs struck churches in five Nigerian cities Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded on the holiday, authorities and witnesses said. The blasts mark the second holiday season that bombs have hit Christian houses of worship in the west […]
Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural
Italian government scientists have claimed to have discovered evidence that a supernatural event formed the image on the Turin Shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. After years of work trying to replicate the colouring on the shroud, a similar image has been created by […]
Imran’s dream team wows Karachi
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Saba Imtiaz / Web Desk Published: December 25, 2011 KARACHI: Addressing a mammoth crowd at the Quaid’s Mausoleum, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Chief Imran Khan signaled […]
Six women among 109 Kuwait parliament candidates as registration starts
Manama: Six women were among the 109 candidates who submitted their papers to run in Kuwait’s parliamentary elections on the first day of the application process. Under the country’s elections laws, parliament hopefuls have ten days to sign up their names for the elections in which around 400,000 eligible voters […]
Hadith on jokes:
1ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّي أمزَحُ ولا أقولُ إلّا حَقّاً. 1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘I joke but I do not speak other than the truth.’[Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 6, p. 330] Note by the editor: We really have to take care […]
Augustus: Another man-god like Jesus Christ!
The Roman Senate deified Augustus on September 17, 14 CE less than a month after his death. He was now divine not only for his ancestry and adoption but in […]
Examining Christianity: In Light of other Religious Traditions, Nature and Science?
Allah created mankind and took it upon Himself to guide them, as He says in the Qur’an, “Surely, it is for Us to provide guidance.” (92:12) Guidance and Law were given to every nation of the world through His Messengers, “And for every people there was a Messenger” (10:47). “And […]
Rising of the Sun from the West in the Latter Days
This article was originally published in the summer 2011 volume of the Muslim Sunrise. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, said and it is common knowledge among the Muslim circles, “In the Latter Days, the sun shall rise from the West.” The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes that this […]
Islamophobes are anti-semites by definition!
Arabs are Semites and Arabic is a Semitic language and hence Islamophobia is antisemitism by definition! In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical “Shem“, Hebrew: שם, translated as “name”, Arabic: ساميّ) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic […]
‘No room at the inn’ as Bethlehem celebrates Christmas
Jerusalem patriarch calls for Mideast reconciliation AFP |Jordan Times BETHLEHEM — Tens of thousands of Christians were flocking to Bethlehem on Saturday to celebrate Christmas following a year of political […]
OIC sends humanitarian mission to Mindanao
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is sending a humanitarian mission to Mindanao in Philippines, to take account of the situation there following a devastating storm […]
‘Iraq refuses passage of Jordanian trucks to Turkey’
AMMAN — Iraq has refused to allow passage of Jordanian trucks heading for Turkey through its territories, citing concerns that such a move would have negative effects on the Syrian people. Salam Quraishi, an economic adviser to the Iraqi government, said on Saturday that using Iraq as an alternative transit […]
The Origins of Christmas Customs
Source: http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm A. The Origin of Christmas Tree Just as early Christians recruited Roman pagans by associating Christmas with the Saturnalia, so too worshippers of the Asheira cult and its offshoots were recruited by the Church sanctioning “Christmas Trees”.[7] Pagans had long worshipped trees in the forest, or brought them […]
How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25?
Source: http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm (a Jewish website) A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were […]
U.N. passes leaner 2012-2013 budget amid economic turmoil: The beginning of the End
(Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Saturday approved a 5 percent decrease in the United Nations’ budget for 2012-2013 over the previous two-year period, only the second time in 50 years that the world body has slashed its spending. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the 193-nation General Assembly for […]
Beards, butter & the bomb: Will Pakistan Army break the country again?
DAWN: Nadeem Paracha: OP-ED: When on December 18 leaders from more than a dozen radical religious parties, certain down-and-out politicians, one very verbose former ISI chief and the son of a bygone and dead dictator graced the ‘Defend Pakistan’ rally organised by the controversial Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), I wondered, was the […]
China, ROK plan for talks next week
BEIJING – Beijing and Seoul are coordinating strategies on the Korean Peninsula following the death of the top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as high-level talks are planned for next week. Read More…
Chen Wei jailed in China for ‘subversive’ writing
Chinese writer Chen Wei has been sentenced to nine years in jail for “inciting subversion of state power”. Mr Chen published several essays online calling for freedom of speech and reform of China’s one-party system. Read More…