Only 15% of the French Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: 🇮🇩Indonesia 96% 🇵🇭Philippines 96% 🇳🇬Nigeria 93% 🇧🇷Brazil 84% 🇮🇳India 79% 🇹🇷Turkey 75% 🇲🇽Mexico 55% 🇺🇸U.S. 44% 🇷🇺Russia […]
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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
75% of Turks Believe God is Necessary for Morality
% who say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral: 🇮🇩Indonesia 96% 🇵🇭Philippines 96% 🇳🇬Nigeria 93% 🇧🇷Brazil 84% 🇮🇳India 79% 🇹🇷Turkey 75% 🇲🇽Mexico 55% 🇺🇸U.S. 44% 🇷🇺Russia […]
Would the Prophet Muhammad Convert Hagia Sophia?
Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol, who is a contributing Opinion writer, is a senior fellow on Islam and modernity at the Cato Institute and the author of the forthcoming book […]
Trump says U.S. has reached deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine
Epigraph: Every human life if precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CNBC By Noah Higgins-Dunn President Donald […]
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as his 2020 vice presidential running mate
Harris, who early on was a Biden opponent for the nomination, brings the political prowess of winning statewide election in the largest state while also personifying the diversity that key […]
Latest Insights About Cellular Immunity Against Covid 19
Epigraph: Every human life if precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Why does COVID-19 strike some and not […]
Religion has become a powerful hammer driving a wedge between ‘us’ and ‘them’
Source: Miami Herald By David Elcott Democracy is under assault every day. Journalists are called enemies of the people. Judges are threatened by vicious tweets. Those who try to sustain […]
Former Jehovah’s Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood We Will be Judged by Our Compassion and Deeds and Not Our Dogma Two ex-members tell independent inquiry the church believes it is ‘answerable only […]
Putin Says Russia Has Registered World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine
Source: Bloomberg By Jake Rudnitsky Russia began Phase 3 trials of the vaccine last week Registering drug puts Russia on the path to mass vaccination President Vladimir Putin said Russia has […]
A blow-by-blow account of how the president killed thousands of Americans.
Source: Slate On July 17, President Donald Trump sat for a Fox News interview at the White House. At the time, nearly 140,000 Americans were dead from the novel coronavirus. […]
Jerry Falwell Jr., a prominent evangelical supporter of Trump, on indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University
Source: Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Jerry Falwell Jr., an early and prominent supporter of President Trump, will take a leave of absence from leading Liberty University after posting […]
Germany rated world’s most admired country
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: The Local Germany stood out from other surveyed countries with a government approval rating […]
Novavax Inks Vaccine Deals In Japan, India
Epigraph: Every human life if precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo Finance Novavax announced a partnership […]
COVID-19 May Never Go Away — With Or Without A Vaccine
Source: NPR Humans have never been particularly good at eradicating entire viruses, and COVID-19 might not be any different. More than 19 million people have tested positive for the coronavirus globally, […]
Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have had the good or bad fortune to move from one sect to the other in Islam since […]
In ‘The Second Mountain,’ David Brooks Chronicles His Journey Toward Faith
Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks Source: New York Times Book review by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist in New York City. […]
Why Joe Biden Keeps Missing His Own V.P. Deadlines
Source: New York Times By Katie Glueck On issues big and small, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will not be rushed, including the critical choice of a running mate. He’s deliberative, and […]
Ghamdi A Wonderful Teacher, But Only in Moderation
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This video is in Urdu, so this post will make sense to only those who know both Urdu […]
Covid-19 vaccine before the election is “highly unlikely,” senior administration official says
Source: CNN By James Acoosta It is “highly unlikely” a Covid-19 vaccine would be ready by election day, a senior administration official close to the coronavirus task force told CNN. “Metaphysically […]
Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun Yahya
Additional Reading: Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I […]