BBC Video: Did Darwin Kill God?
Darwin did not kill the Transcendent God of Abrahamic Faiths of Judaism, Unitarian Christianity and Islam, who is beyond time, space and matter. But, he did kill the Trinitarian God, […]
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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
World Cup 2014: Algeria ‘to donate $9m World Cup prize money to people of Gaza’
Source: The Independent First the Palestinian flag was draped from the team bus during the team’s triumphant open-top bus tour of the capital, now it has been claimed that the Algerian national football team are to donate their entire World Cup prize fund to the embattled people of Gaza. READ MORE…
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang told to ignore Ramadan customs
(Reuters) – Officials in China‘s restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the Uighur minority group. The fasting month follows a series of attacks around China, centred on Xinjiang, that Beijing […]
American Religions Born In The U.S.A. Bring Home The Country’s Rich Religious History
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz As we celebrate the 238th birthday of America this July 4, we look back on the religious movements that began right here in the […]
American Religions Born In The U.S.A. Bring Home The Country's Rich Religious History
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz As we celebrate the 238th birthday of America this July 4, we look back on the religious movements that began right here in the […]
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Book by Charles Duhigg (Published: 2012 By Random House Publishing Group, Inc., New York Review by Dr. Naseer Tahir, Rochester, New York We are all slaves of our habits. Are you one of those trying to get rid of a bad habit? Have you been trying to wake up for Tuhajjad? […]
Hazrat Aisha was 19, not 9
Source: Hindustan Times A Faizur Rahman About a month ago the world media reported a shocking decision by a Saudi judge in which he refused to annul the marriage of an 8-year old girl to a 47-year old man. But to those who are already familiar with the so-called Islamic […]
New ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe fights illegal migration
Normally Looser is stationed in St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. She applied for a rotation in the Swiss Frontex pool because she wanted to familiarise herself with the outermost boundaries […]
Allah on Qur’an-e-Kareem
Say: A’ouzo billahi min-aash-shaitan-ir-rajeem… Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed… In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Ever Merciful) ~~~***All praise belongs to Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds***~~~ The Holy Qur’an Click to Read the entire Categorized version in English Holy Qur’an […]
Hadhrat Aisha’s Age at Marriage
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed There is consensus that Hazrat Aisha was 10 years younger than her elder sister Asma, whose age at the time of the hijrah, or migration to Madina, was about 28. It can be concluded that Hazrat Aisha was about 18 years old at migration. On […]
Hadhrat Aisha's Age at Marriage
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed There is consensus that Hazrat Aisha was 10 years younger than her elder sister Asma, whose age at the time of the hijrah, or migration to Madina, was about 28. It can be concluded that Hazrat Aisha was about 18 years old at migration. On […]
What ISIS and the ‘caliphate’ mean for Pakistan
Source: Dawn.com By Muhammad Amir Rana Among many factors, the Pakistani state’s protracted apathy and inaction on the issue of security has provided non-state actors the spaces to grow and expand […]
What ISIS and the 'caliphate' mean for Pakistan
Source: Dawn.com By Muhammad Amir Rana Among many factors, the Pakistani state’s protracted apathy and inaction on the issue of security has provided non-state actors the spaces to grow and expand […]
eDigest: Shariah and Constitution: A Personal Journey
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Chimpanzee language: Communication gestures translated
By Victoria Gill: Science reporter, BBC News Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to […]
Most Muslims don’t care about the ISIS Caliphate
By Ed Husain, 03 Jul 2014 Most Muslims don’t care about the Isis Caliphate: The Muslim world cares more about the World Cup than about the brutal so-called Caliphate. Al-Baghdadi does not represent Islam I am sorry to spoil the party, but the caliphate fantasy being peddled by ISIS in […]
Happy 4th of July, 2nd Annual Interfaith Independence Day
Dear Friends you are cordially invited to celebrate Interfaith Independence Day with your families Muslims and Christians Celebrate America’s Independence Day Contact: Pastor Annelda Crawford, pastor@pmupumc.org 214-299-3310 Dr Jari Khan Jari.khan@ahmiayya.us 214-364-7011 […]
Shariah and Constitution: A Personal Journey
Source: Muslim Sunrise, Winter 2013 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After my training of six years to be a physician, as a lung […]
July 4: A Momentous Day for a Great Nation
By Saeed Qureshi, who is a senior journalist and a former diplomat Today the American nation is celebrating its 237th independence day. It was on this momentous day that the Declaration of […]
Meet Egyptian president’s new economics adviser – Tony Blair
Russia Today: Tony Blair has reportedly agreed to advise Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as part of a United Arab Emirates-funded program that promises lucrative “business opportunities” to those involved. The former British prime minister is set to give Sisi advice on economic reform in tandem with a UAE-financed task […]