Mount Sinai of the Bible and the Quran
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) Summit of Mount Sinai Highest […]
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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
14 Life Lessons For Religious Seekers From Kahlil Gibran
By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post One of the most popular inspirational works of the last century was a collection of prose poems called The Prophet. Its […]
Merry Christmas to the 300 million Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters; celebrating today
Epigraph: Muhammad, thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
The stunning home of a ruthless king Timur
Source: BBC By Tim Johnson Explore imperial, exotic Samarkand, home to one of the world’s most feared conquerors and kings. Tamerlane (Timur) was once one of the world’s most feared […]
Media’s Obsession with Muslim Terrorism, Possibly Leads to another Sikh being killed in California
Fresno, California’s First Homicide Victim of 2016 Is Another Sikh American Man Source: Identities.mic On New Year’s Day, a 68-year-old liquor store employee named Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed […]
Why Justice Scalia says government should favor religion over nonreligion
Source: Religion News Service Guest post by Daniel Bennett, who researches the conservative legal movement. He is a professor of political science at Eastern Kentucky University. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a small […]
Alislam-eGazette Publishes First Volume of the Year: Tackling Islamophobia
Alislam eGazette is an electronic gazette by Alislam.org, the main website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, emailed to several thousand members. NOTE: The Al Islam eGazette is not published in […]
16 Ways You Can Support American Muslims in 2016
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies In hindsight, 2015 had many great moments, but also many terrible things […]
Canadian Kids Welcome Syrian Refugees With Friendship, Big Smiles In Video
“I’m gonna be your friend!” By Kimberly Yam; Associate Good News Editor, The Huffington Post These Canadian children welcomed Syrian refugees to their country with open arms. Nonprofit World Vision Canada, a Christian […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way as Regards Relationship Between Science and Religion
The lead post is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The key to enlightenment may lie in avoiding dogmatism and a totalitarian philosophy in favor […]
Interfaith Marriages
Source: Muslim Sunrise, winter 2015 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives […]
Science in the Service of the Scriptures
Source: Muslim Sunrise 2015 winter volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Are science and religion at odds with each other? Cary […]
Book Review: Can Religion and Science Coexist?
Source: The Atlantic Reviewed by JEFFREY TAYLER A new book by the evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne tackles arguments that the two institutions are compatible. In May 1988, a 13-year-old girl […]
Saudi Arabia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran, Foreign Minister Says
Source: Huffington Post RIYADH, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had severed ties with Iran over the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, in a […]
Sweden’s Real Lessons: It’s Not Only All Welfare and Social Justice
By Munir Varraich, Sweden The year 2015 has come to a close with so many of the beastly memories buried in its bosom. Mankind is stepping into the New Year […]
Video: Richard Dawkins on Islam, Jews, science and the burka
Evan Davis speaks to Richard Dawkins. Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English[4][5] ethologist, evolutionary biologist,[6] and writer. He is anemeritus fellow of New College, Oxford,[7] […]
Armed protesters take over federal wildlife refuge in Oregon
By Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN Updated 5:28 AM ET, Sun January 3, 2016 (CNN) A group of armed protesters have taken over a building in a federal wildlife refuge […]
The Best Documentation of Muslim Heritage: Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili’s – BBC Documentary
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
Merkel calls for unity, warns against refugee hate in New Year speech
Source: China Daily For the first time, Merkel’s New Year’s speech, which centers around the current refugee crisis this year, has been translated into Arabic. The version with Arabic […]
Urdu Video:Islamic Council in Pakistan Exposing Their Own Ultimate Degradation
The video is courtesy of Bilal Aslam Khan Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The so called Muslim scholars putting fuel on […]