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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
For Theism of Abrahamic Faiths from the Most Important Metaphysical Question
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Q & A Session of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: Can you prove God exists scientifically?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Why is ESP, Precognition or Revelations So Intriguing?
From Awe of the Highest Mathematics to Worship of One True God Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the […]
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose: Mathematics & What Exists | Closer To Truth
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1) هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ […]
From Awe of the Highest Mathematics to Worship of One True God
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1) هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ […]
Does the Mathematician Ramanujan Defeat Physicalism and Atheism
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1) هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ […]
Afterlife: Soul and the Quran and the Bible?
Epigraph: Allah takes away the souls of human beings at the time of their death; and of those also that are not yet dead, during their sleep. And then He retains those against which […]
David Bentley Hart – God and Cosmology
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Christianity and Islam: Monopolizing Salvation versus Universalism, Who Goes to Hell and Stays There?
Epigraph Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds — […]
Why Richard Dawkins Will Not Debate William Lane Craig, And He in Turn Will Not Debate Me?
Challenge by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times William Lane Craig is the best known and perhaps the most effective Christian apologist. I challenge William Lane […]
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake: A Conscious Universe?
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.’ […]
David Bentley Hart – Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism?
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.’ […]
Why Human Rights are Different from Monkey Rights or Lemur Rights?
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like killing the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32) On account of this, We prescribed for the children […]
The Most Important Question of Our Life: Why is There Anything at All?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
If Christians and Atheists Debate, Islam Wins: Lane versus Ehrman
EPIGRAPH Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Does God Exist Debate: Craig Versus Atkins
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Strong Emergence: God of the Gaps or Mind-Blowing Creativity of the All Knowing and All Powerful?
Epigraph Have they not reflected in their own minds that Allah has created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two with a sublime purpose and […]
Time: Understanding Einstein’s Relativity, Predestination, Afterlife, God
Epigraph: The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years. (Al Quran 70:4) He will plan the Divine Ordinance from […]