Islam, America and July 4th
Epigraph: “Indeed, Islam rests on the foundation of Tauheed, the oneness of God, oneness of universe and oneness of mankind with liberty and justice. If Quran, the holy book of […]
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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
Ted Talk: How Quantum Biology Might Explain Life’s Biggest Questions | Jim Al-Khalili |
How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new, extremely […]
A Moment of Truth: Christianity or Islam?
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Top Australian Catholic official charged with sexual assault offenses
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
PM Justin Trudeau: The Best Ambassador for Interfaith Tolerance
Eid Mubarak! My best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr tonight. https://t.co/HD5iqu5tIV — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 25, 2017 The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles on the […]
‘Islamic Law’: A Myopic Reading of the Quran
The commentary written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The article, the Quran as source of Islamic Law, by Ahmad Muhammad al-Tayyib This is my […]
Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You?
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:9/10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy Eid to all our readers, from the whole of our Editorial […]
Turkey Bans Teaching of Evolution and the Muslim Times’ Response
Turkey Bans Teaching of Evolution and the Muslim Times’ Response Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) Turkish high school students will no longer be taught the theory of evolution. The subject has been cut […]
Turkey to stop teaching evolution in high school
Source: CNN By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)Turkish high school students will no longer be taught the theory of evolution. The subject has been cut from the curriculum under […]
New Ahmadiyya Mosque in Indonesia
As we all know the bad news reaches the media much easier than the good news. Recently we have read about an Ahmadiyya Mosque in Indonesia being sealed by authorities […]
Fasting Is One Of The Five Pillars Of Islam. But There Are Exceptions To The Rule
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Not all Muslims are expected to fast during Ramadan. Muslims around the world are fasting for the month of Ramadan, a time of devotion, […]
Does the Qur’an Sanction Theocracy?
Source: Muslim Sunrise By Arif Humayun Politicized Muslim clerics around the world clamor for the implementation of Islamic Law (shariah) in Muslim majority countries; they denounce Western policies as satanic; […]
In Defense of the Secular Narrative of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Does the Quran present a theocratic or a secular state? My short answer is ‘a secular state!’ […]
An Invitation to the ‘Real’ Secrets of the Holy Qur’an
Editorial of the Spring 2010 Volume of the Muslim Sunrise Islam has been attacked by many over the last few centuries. Several prejudiced, so called “scholars” have sarcastically and offensively […]
Justice: The Most Important Quranic Theme
Justice in the Quran from Wikipedia Justice is a central theme in the Qur’an, dictating the traditions of law and how should put into practice. There are two ways in […]
Upright Opinion: God Should be Scientifically Explored
By Saeed Qureshi: The writer is a senior journalist, former editor of Diplomatic Times and a former diplomat. Since universe is all scientific, its origin and Creator should be explored […]
UK Home Secretary says attack on Muslims outside mosque being treated as terror incident
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Finsbury Park mosque attack: Police treating van crash as terrorist incident, says […]
A Muslim Lady Speaks of Biological Evolution and Quran in Cambridge University
Dr. Rana Dajani is Associate professor of Molecular Biology in Jordan University. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about biological evolution and religion. This provides for the most […]
Ted Talk: What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting […]
Ghamidi Knowledgeable About Many Things, But Denying Details of Evolution in This Urdu Video
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have great respect for Javed Ahmad Ghamidi for his moderate views on host of issues. Only […]