Materialism: a system that eats us from the inside out
Epigraph: Beautified for men is the love of desired things — women and children, and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and pastured horses and cattle and crops. That is […]
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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
Symposium in London: Is Ahmadiyyat the Renaissance of Islam?
“Renaissance” literally means “Re-birth”. It refers to a revolutionary restatement of an original message that has been lost through corruptions and with the passage of time. The Prophet Muhammad (peace […]
Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun Yahya
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I believe that the theory of evolution should be understood as three different issues. Firstly, the common […]
Iranian MP Calls for Muslims’ Vigilance against Enemies’ Divisive Plots
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian parliamentarian called on the Muslim nations to keep vigilant against the plots hatched by the enemies to create a rift among them. Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini underlined that the bullying powers are seeking to […]
Snowden ‘should be protected’: web inventor
Source: The Local Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others like him play an essential role in exposing abuses and should be protected, not punished, the founder of the […]
eDigest: Letter to The President of Russia by Worldwide Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Epigraph: And he who submits himself completely to Allah, and is benevolent and compassionate, he has surely grasped a strong handle. And with Allah rests the end of all affairs. (Al Quran 31:23) Lead post collected by Dr. Falak Rahman , Philippines Letter to The President of Russia The Review of Religions — […]
Freedom and Cleanliness make US the world’s most Islamic Nation
Source: Duluth News Tribune By: M. Imran Hayee Over Thanksgiving dinner a friend asked me a usual question: “What are you thankful for today?” My answer was rather unusual: “I am thankful […]
Bangladesh court orders Abdul Kader Mullah to be hanged
Source: BBC A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamist leader, months after he was sentenced to death. Abdul Kader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence war in 1971. He could now be hanged at […]
Attainment of Inner Peace
By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih IV, fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community We present below the transcript of part of a Question and Answer session with Hadhrat Mirza […]
Israel’s New Strategic Position
Geopolitical Weekly TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013 – 04:00 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman Israel has expressed serious concerns over the preliminary U.S.-Iranian agreement, which in theory will lift sanctions levied against Tehran and end its nuclear program. That was to be expected. Less obvious is why the Israeli […]
U.S. ‘security plan’: Another decisive cave-in to Netanyahu
By Larry Derfner |Published December 8, 2013 Once again, the Obama administration hangs Abbas and the Palestinian Authority out to dry. Halfway through the scheduled nine-month Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, there’s been a break in the action, or rather the inaction: the Obama administration, once again, has sought to end the […]
eDigest: Malaysia: Amend Federal Constitution so only Sunnis are recognised as Muslims, suggests Penang Umno delegate
Malaysia: Amend Federal Constitution so only Sunnis are recognized as Muslims, suggests Penang Umno delegate THE STAR ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Constitution should be amended to clarify that Muslims in Malaysia are those who adhere to the practice of the Sunnah Wal Jamaah, the… Anti- ??Syria? foreign militants use […]
The “good” rebels and Syria’s Christians
The Obama administration and the governing media hope to draw a distinction between the “good” anti-Assad rebels in Syria and the ones who are affiliated with Al Qaeda. But Robert […]
eDigest: Netherlands: Blasphemy law will be scrapped
Lead post collected by Rafiq A. Tschannen, a Swiss convert to Islam, now a Global citizen Netherlands: Blasphemy law will be scrapped Tuesday 03 December 2013 DutchNews.nl Blasphemy will be removed from the statute books following a majority vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday. However, a […]
“The Ahmadiyya in Germany ” Wins Photo Competition
Source: Spiegel via Edeela Mahmood In the third place , it managed the photographer Benjamin Kilb with his series of paintings “ray of light and shadow stature – the Ahmadiyya in Germany.” The photo gallery provides this “Islamic Reform congregation” in the center, which is in Germany for 90 years. […]
‘There Is a Clash of Civilizations’
Source: Spiegel: French society is under threat, argues philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in a controversial new book. The conservative spoke to SPIEGEL about what he sees as the failure of multiculturalism and the need for better integration of Muslim immigrants. More: