Reconciling God and Evolution
Epigraph: And We bestowed on David, Solomon who was an excellent servant. He was always turning to Us. When there were brought before him at eventide steeds of noblest breed […]
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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
Gaza: Israeli-Palestinian indirect talks begin in Cairo
Source: BBC Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian representatives are taking place in the Egyptian capital Cairo. They come after a four-week conflict in Gaza that has claimed more than […]
Baroness Warsi Quits Over Gaza: First Interview With Former Foreign Office Minister
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=470&height=275&playList=518356480 Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi has dramatically quit the government, citing the UK’s “morally indefensible” position on the conflict in Gaza. In her resignation letter to the prime minister, David Cameron, Warsi wrote that Britain’s […]
A Book of Poems: Rawzan-e-Khayal by Kalimullah Khan
I would like to share a collection of poems written by Kalimullah Khan Sahib. He is an amazing author, writer, thinker, individual and a good role model to many of his family and community. You will get a glimpse of his thoughts in his poetry. The poems are in Urdu […]
eDigest: Albert Einstein’s search for God
Epigraph: “Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the moon into service: each pursues its course until an appointed term. He regulates it all. He clearly explains the Signs, […]
Book Review: Muslim, Christian and Jew: Finding a Path to Peace Our Faiths Can Share
Muslim, Christian and Jew: Finding a Path to Peace Our Faiths Can Share Book by David Liepert An honest and wholehearted attempt to fulfill a task that is incumbent upon […]
Abdus Salam Science Fair at Jalsa Salana USA 2014
Epigraph: “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.” Holy Prophet Muhammad Formal walk through on Sat. Aug. 16th, 2014, 2-4 PM (along with the […]
CONFERENCE CALL WITH NCIC-RESHMA INAMDAR
This is a quick report: Dear Sister Reshma: Assalamo Allaikum Wa Rahmatullah! May Allah bless you for hosting the conference call on a very, very important issue. I am glad you had GAZA in your mind when you sent the invitation. I was in my car and cell phone died […]
Albert Einstein’s search for God, a detailed study from the Islamic perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Was Einstein a monotheist, deist, pantheist, or an atheist? How did his religion affect his science? Agnostics, […]
Albert Einstein’s search for God — An Islamic Perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Was Einstein a monotheist, deist, pantheist, or an atheist? How did his religion affect his science Agnostics, […]
eDigest: What about a Palestinian’s right to freedom?
Epigraph: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” US Declaration of Independence Faheem Younus is the Baltimore president of the Ahmadiyya […]
Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times By the Grace of Allah, I joined Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, from a Sunni family, in 1984, while I was […]
Breaking News: Jesus Always Prayed to God the Father, Never to Himself or the Holy Ghost
Epigraph: And when Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, ‘Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’”, he will answer, “Holy […]
The stigma of being an atheist in the US
Source: BBC By Aleem Maqbool, BBC News, Columbus, Ohio Atheists in the US are rallying together, launching a new TV programme and providing support for those who go public with their […]
The case for a Kemalist intervention in Pakistan
Source: The International News Islamabad diary By Ayaz AmirPakistani democracy has done things to itself which it now finds impossible to get rid of. We can take it as an axiom […]
Urdu Video: Dr. Tahir ul Qadri Interpreting Hadiths about the Latter Days
Between 35-38 minute Dr. Tahir ul Qadri describes the vehicle of Dajjal as an aeroplane. He seems to be accepting the Ahmadiyya perspective on prophecies about the Latter Days, at […]
eDigest: ‘Islam is reviving British values’, says former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you […]
Pakistan or Israel: what’s the difference?
Source: Daily Times By Zara Ahmad, July 29, 2014 Do we take morbid pride in calling ourselves Muslims and butchering the innocent people of our own country in the name of religion? Who gave us the authority to play God? Is it just illiteracy or did our hearts really turn as […]
A Venerable Jewish Voice for Peace
Source: Democracy Now By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan The Israeli assault on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has entered its fourth week. This military attack, waged by […]
eDigest: Love thy Neighbor is a Christian Value, Hate and Stereotyping aren’t
Epigraph: And 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 and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:83) Love thy neighbor has a universal scope […]