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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
Does the Quran Describe Survival of the Fittest?
Epigraph: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; Who has created death and life that He might try you — which […]
Book Review: The Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism
Epigraph: وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my […]
Ghamidi: The Reality of The Pul Siraat or the Straight Bridge
“Pul-e-Siraat” translates to “the bridge of Siraat.” In Muslim eschatology, the Siraat is a bridge that connects the world to paradise and passes over the chasm of hell. The word […]
Why are Christians leaving religion in the West?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In recent decades, Western societies have witnessed a notable decline in Christian affiliation, with many individuals choosing to […]
Free Will Incompatibilists: Spinoza, Robert Sapolsky, Derk Pereboom and Galen Strawson
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Most of the Muslims are Muslims by tradition. They have been born into Muslim families, […]
Defense of Free Will by Kevin Mitchell
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In his book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will, neuroscientist Kevin J. Mitchell presents a compelling argument that free will is not an illusion but a natural outcome of evolutionary processes. He contends that living organisms, […]
Is Time Travel Possible? | Episode 206 | Closer To Truth
Understanding Time with Tim Maudlin Tim William Eric Maudlin (born April 23, 1958) is an American philosopher of science who has done influential work on the metaphysical foundations of physics and logic. Maudlin graduated from Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C. Later he studied physics […] God: Cosmos, Nothing, Abstract Objects, Time, Necessity? Did God Create Abstract Objects? Epigraph: وَمَا […]
The Night of Glory in the Quran and the Butterfly Effect
Epigraph: In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy. We sent the Quran and the destiny down on the Night of Glory. What will explain […]
For Theologians and Philosophers Do or Die Moment: Study Quantum Physics
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment It may not be easy to master all of mathematics of quantum physics. May be physicists struggle with this as well, my guess. But, […]
Atheist Philosophers and Scientists Possessed by Laplace’s Demon
Epigraph The Crashing Blow! What is the Crashing Blow? What will explain to you what the Crashing Blow is? On a Day when people will be like scattered moths and […]
Quranic Embellishment of the Biblical Description of Baby Moses
Commentary by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many a Christian apologist have alleged over the centuries that the Quran is copied from the Bible as it has […]
Video: Copenhagen vs Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics for Dummies
Epigraph: الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ He […]
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (A Brief History of the Natural World)
Epigraph: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; Who has created death and life that He might try you — which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving. He is the Mighty, the Forgiving; […]
Stephen Hawking’s Book: The Grand Design
Review in Amazon: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A whirlwind tour of fundamental physics and cosmology.”—The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating . . . a wealth of ideas [that] leave us with a clearer understanding of modern physics in all its invigorating complexity.”—Los Angeles Times When and how did the […]
Perspective: Theists are Grateful for Our Universe and Atheists are Whining
Epigraph: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; Who has created death and life that He might try you — which […]
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and Me: Human Evolution and the Quran
Presented by Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Javed Ahmed Ghamidi is one of the most respected and effective Muslim scholar from Pakistan back ground. […]
Is Our Consciousness a Hallucination?
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Does the Electron Exist? Does Our World Exist?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle integral to our understanding of matter and energy. However, […]
The Seven Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics, the fundamental framework for understanding the behavior of particles at the microscopic scale, is built upon a set of core principles known as postulates. These postulates provide the mathematical and conceptual foundation for the theory. While the number and formulation of these postulates can vary slightly depending on […]