If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The philosophical query, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear 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 Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It
Epigraph: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ All praise belongs to Allah, Sustainer of all the worlds. (Al Quran 1:2) إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا ۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ […]
Consciousness: Focusing on Christof Koch a Coworker of Francis Crick
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 […]
Karen Armstrong an Ex-Catholic Nun, Who Introduces Muhammad and Islam to the West
Epigraph: Say, ‘People of the Book, let us arrive at a statement that is common to us all: we worship God alone, we ascribe no partner to Him, and none […]
Did Stuart Kaufman Showed Darwin’s Theory is Incomplete in 8 Minutes?
The Adjacent Possible Kauffman introduced the idea of the “adjacent possible,” describing how biological systems evolve by exploring new functional possibilities that are one step away from their current state. This concept illustrates the open-ended nature of evolution, where the emergence of novel traits and functions expands the space of […]
Andrew Dickson White’s Seminal Work: A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Andrew Dickson White’s A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom is a seminal work that examines the historical conflicts between scientific progress and religious dogma. The book is rich with insightful observations and […]
The Concept of Historical Adam and Original Sin
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The concept of a historical Adam—the belief that Adam was a real, individual ancestor of all humans—holds […]
Marcelo Gleiser: Templeton Award Recipient in 2019
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In 2019, Brazilian theoretical physicist and cosmologist Marcelo Gleiser was awarded the Templeton Prize, a prestigious honor recognizing […]
Video: Why the “Unreasonable Effectiveness” of Mathematics?
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 […]
Can We Trust Our Reasoning: Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (EAAN) challenges the coherence of simultaneously holding beliefs in both naturalism […]
Philosophers suggesting morality to be subjective or relative
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than God’s, while to Him submits whatever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned? (Al Quran 3:83) Remain ever inclined to God, not associating anything with Him. And whoso associates anything with God, […]
The Seventy Million Cheating Spouses of Ashley Madison Site, Do We Need Better Morality and Religion?
Epigraph: We call to witness the Fig and the Olive, and Mount Sinai, and this Inviolate City, that We have created man in the best mold; then, if he works […]
Nuremberg Trials and Foundation of Our Morality
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than God’s, while to Him submits whatever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be […]
Philosophers: The grounding of morality in God
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than God’s, while to Him submits whatever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be […]
Quantum teleportation has begun to change the world
Quantum teleportation, once confined to the pages of science fiction, is steadily becoming a tangible scientific achievement. Advances in quantum mechanics over the last decade have transformed teleportation from a theoretical concept into an experimental reality. These breakthroughs have revealed innovative methods for transmitting information instantaneously over vast distances, offering […]
Aristotle’s Eternal Universe, the Big Bang and the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Aristotle’s Metaphysics Aristotle, the eminent Greek philosopher of the 4th century BCE, posited that the universe is eternal, […]
Quran: Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, And Paul Tillich’s: Ground of All Being
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I present to you the theology of Paul Tillich as commentary of the second verse of the opening […]