A Man of God: Mirza Tahir Ahmad
This is the story of an astonishing man. He leads a holy war of words to unite all the world’s religions under Islam. God speaks to him directly he says […]
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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
Islamic Concept of the Soul
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed THE mystery of life and death can be explained in the Quranic framework by understanding that the soul gives life to the body and that the body dies as soon as the soul leaves it. The foetus in the womb, in spite of being biologically alive, […]
Spain lends Jordan 12 million euros to enhance water supply
Projected $250m World Bank loan to support state budget — Hassan Reported by Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Spain on Thursday agreed to provide Jordan with 12 million euros in soft loans to help develop the water sector in the northern region. The loan agreement, signed by Minister of […]
Hamas agrees to join PLO
By AGENCIES CAIRO: Hamas has agreed to join the Palestine Liberation Organization — a key step toward unifying the long-divided Palestinian leadership. Hamas’ leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday joined a […]
Pilgrimage to Rumi: May It Be Love
Omid Safi, Huffington Post A few days ago I stood with a few thousand people, huddled inside Rumi’s shrine, celebrating the 738th anniversary of his passing on to the Beyond. […]
Pakistan faces flood threat, says study: That Sinking Feeling
DAWN News: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been warned of frequent floods of disastrous nature like the ones that battered the country in 2010 and 2011 in the Indus river owing to rapid glacier retreat and shifting of monsoonal zones by about 100 kilometres towards northwest regions. In a recent communication it […]
Central Moscow bans alcohol for New Year: Inching towards religious prohibitions
RT: Getting a drink in Central Moscow on New Year’s eve is going to be impossible. Authorities are to ban the sale of alcohol in the city centre on New Year’s Eve night. All shops is central Moscow will stop selling all alcoholic drinks at 7pm local time on December […]
Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After centuries of research, technology has created solar panels. The plant kingdom has been converting solar energy into […]
Ahmadiyya Youth going Door to Door
Source; Peterborough Examiner Door to Door Muslims A group of 36 young Muslims from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada will visit Peterborough on Saturday and Sunday, going door to door to educate people about the teachings of Islam and dispel any misconceptions about their religion. Over the last 12 […]
‘Iran attack: Downfall of Zionist Israel’
Former German lawmaker Norman Paech says any Israeli venture to launch a military strike against Iran would spell the end of Tel Aviv regime. A war with Iran would be […]
AMYA volunteers bring message of PEACE
Credit; Chris Abbott Source; Tillsonburg Independent The message Saturday was peace. A group of 12 volunteers from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, visited Tillsonburg Saturday to spread their message. “It’s a good day today, not too cold,” said Sadqat Chaudhary of […]
Picture of the Day
ZURICH: Flamingos rest on a frozen pond at their enclosure at a zoo in Switzerland. ap
Preachers hail UAE’s religious tolerance
DUBAI: Christian residents here must count their blessings – including the freedom of worship in the UAE – more than their personal troubles in order to live the message of the season, said preachers in the run-up to Christmas. “We are all just visitors, minorities here,” the Rev Fr Tom Veneracion, […]
US, Pakistan share blame for NATO attack: Reports
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Huma Imtiaz Published: December 22, 2011 WASHINGTON: The American and Pakistani forces both are to be blamed for the November 26 Nato […]
Prime Minister Julia Gillard bends on Nauru offshore processing (of immigrants)
LABOR will talk to Nauru about reopening an asylum seeker processing centre there if the coalition agrees to pass the government’s amendment to the Migration Act without changes. Immigration Minister […]
In Islamic Law, Gingrich Sees a Mortal Threat to U.S. and how should Muslim Times respond?
Source: NY Times. WASHINGTON — Long before he announced his presidential run this year, Newt Gingrich had become the most prominent American politician to embrace an alarming premise: that Shariah, or Islamic law, poses a threat to the United States as grave as or graver than terrorism. For Newt Gingrich, in […]
US says poor coordination caused Mohmand massacre
Source: TOI on Line. WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday offered a cautious and qualified mea culpa — laced with obdurate defence — for the 26/11 Mohmand air strike by Nato forces which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. It sought to blame the fog of war and inadequate coordination between the […]
US expert claims Khan network supplied nuke technology to India
Source: TOI on line. A US arms control expert has made the astonishing claim that Pakistan’s notorious nuclear engineer AQ Khan may have proliferated nuclear technology to India. WASHINGTON: A US arms control expert has made the astonishing claim that Pakistan’s notorious nuclear engineer AQ Khan may have proliferated […]
To complain or not to complain?
A car struck two men and killed one and maimed the other. the maimed one sat up and started filling the sky cursing the driver to Allah and begging retribution and finally the driver was unnerved and pleaded “i just maimed you a little and you’re sitting there cursing me, […]
Let’s Make a New Way to Get Married and Get the State Out of the Matrimony Business
By Dr. Keith Ablow Source: Fox News com As I have predicted in the past, a new Pew Foundation study of U.S. Census data confirms what I’ve been saying — marriage in America is falling out of fashion. Among those aged 18 to 29, only 20 percent are now married, […]