How the idea of hell has shaped the way we think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham For centuries, we’ve given lavish attention to the specifics of punishment, and left Heaven woefully under-sketched. When I was a kid of ten […]
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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
Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century
Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds Pope Francis: Satan Is Stalking The Catholic Church A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible Deciding to Leave: The Last Straw […]
Seeking the Truth and Not A Champion for Our Prejudices: Craig Versus Hitchens
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The libraries have been opened up for you. Scholars of all dimensions are presenting all the world books […]
‘The Taliban Made Me Fight’: What to Do With Child Recruits After They Serve Time?
Source: The New York Times By Rod Nordland KABUL, Afghanistan — The 14-year-old boy squatted on his haunches on the floor of the prison and, unbidden, began to chant the […]
India’s gov’t boosts massive Hindu festival, eyeing election
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — India’s Hindu nationalist-led government is splashing out on a religious megafest, spending unprecedented sums as part of a strategy to […]
Sudan worshippers turn on imam over protests against President Bashir
Source: BBC News An influential Sudanese imam had to be removed from a mosque in the capital, Khartoum, after worshippers confronted him for not leading protests against embattled President Omar […]
In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
Source: The Guardian BY Lily Kuo in Chengdu In late October, the pastor of one of China’s best-known underground churches asked this of his congregation: had they successfully spread the gospel […]
Ahead of visit, Putin gets church in Serbia named after him
Source: Associated Press By DUSAN STOJANOVIC BANSTOL, Serbia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin already has a village, a wax figure, a plum brandy and several cafes named after him […]
Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teen refugee arrives in Canada
Source: BBC News A Saudi teenager who fled her family alleging abuse and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there. Rahaf Mohammed […]
Want to Cultivate a Liberal European Islam? Look to Bosnia.
Source: The Atlantic BY RIADA ASIMOVIC AKYOL When French President Emmanuel Macron said last summer that he would create a new “framework and rules” for Islamic institutions in France, he was not alone. […]
Poll: Faith in clergy’s honesty drops among US Catholics
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Fewer than a third of U.S. Catholics rate the honesty and ethical standards of clergy as “very high” or “high,” […]
Malala Yousafzai: What does a Nobel Peace Prize winner do for fun?
Source: BBC News Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel Peace Prize winner who was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban when she was just 15 years old. She’s also just […]
Trump threatens to ‘devastate’ Turkish economy over Syrian Kurds
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of US troops. In two tweets […]
You Should Care That Richard Spencer’s Wife Says He Abused Her
Source: Huffington Post By Lyz Lenz Nina Kouprianova and Richard Spencer were married during a small ceremony in Niagara Falls in August 2010. Spencer’s father is a doctor in the Dallas area. […]
Urdu Video: PM Imran Khan About Prophet Muhammad
Suggested reading Muhammad: the Light for the Dark Ages of Europe! Video and Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair
The Problem of Suffering and the Goodness of God – Ravi Zacharias at Johns Hopkins
Suggested Reading The Ever Present Question of Suffering The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love The Question of Suffering tackled by Dr. Charles Stanley […]
Urdu Video: ‘Muhammad A Mercy for All People’ Conference and PM Imran Khan
Suggested reading Muhammad: the Light for the Dark Ages of Europe! Video and Book Review: The Leadership of Muhammad by Prof. John Adair A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing […]
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
You Belong to God
Epigraph: I (Allah) have created men high and low, only to worship Me. (Al Quran 51:56/57) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles for interfaith tolerance among the […]
Commentary of Al-Dhariyyat: The Scatterers
Source: TheQuran.Love Introduction After attesting to the reality of the Day of Judgment (vv. 1-6) in the Islamic understanding, the surah discusses the intellectual fallacies that lie at the heart […]