What makes Jerusalem so sacred?
Opinion by Richard Hect, special to CNN JERUSALEM (CNN) – Perhaps the most repeated observation about Jerusalem is that it’s a sacred city for the three monotheistic faiths of the west, […]
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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
Scenic “Mount Vernon” is in Texas
By Saeed Qureshi While searching through Texas Tourism Department’s website for finding the sight-seeing places around Dallas/Fort Worth, we came across a curious name: “Mount Vernon”. Although there were quite a few other scenic locations, yet we decided to visit this place. It is one of those unique towns that […]
Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
Epigraph We (Allah) have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? What think ye of the sperm-drop that you emit? Is it you who have created it […]
Fifth Annual Symposium by Ahmadiyya Muslim Women in Buffalo NY, Today
If you are seeking global harmony and coexistence and are in vicinity, you may be able to attend today. See the details below:
Yom Kippur: Sin and Repentance in Judaism and Islam
Today is Yom Kippur and the Muslim Times team wants to join our Jewish readers in prayers on the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. When your Daily eDigest is not in e-mail: It is also available in the website, in the main menu below the Mosque of Medina Sin, Repentance And […]
Keeping Alive The Big Questions
Source: The Huffington Post By Jaweed Kaleem: jaweed.kaleem@huffingtonpost.com Twenty years ago, Evgenia Cherkasova and Elena Kornilov were doctoral students in their mid-20s, living in the same housing complex at Penn State University. As they pursued their degrees — Cherkasova in philosophy, Kornilov in physics — both started families, and to take a […]
Denmark gets its first minaret today
Source: Politiken – News in English A 20 metre minaret is being raised in Nørrebro Work began this morning to raise Denmark’s first tall minaret atop the country’s first purpose […]
Original Sin: Can the Church now Become Liberal?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Original Sin (disambiguation). See also: Fate of the unlearned Michelangelo‘s painting of the sin of Adam and Eve from the Sistine Chapel ceiling According to a Christian theological doctrine, original sin, also called ancestral sin,[1] is humanity’s state of sin resulting from the fall of man,[2] stemming from Adam’s rebellion in Eden. […]
President Vladimir Putin takes Center Stage by Writing a Letter in New York Times
President Vladimir Putin What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria A Plea for Caution From Russia: What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria Source: New York Times By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN Relations between us have passed through different stages.… Vladimir Putin is the one who […]
Entire Colorado town evacuating
Boulder, Colorado (CNN) — Help has arrived for Lyons, the small town cut off by flooding in Colorado. The Colorado National Guard began evacuating the entire town of about 2,000 […]
An Iron-Clad Proof of God
Source: The Huffington Post By Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Managing Director, Aish Center in Manhattan A few months back I had the pleasure of watching the film “In Our Own Time,” a surprisingly engaging documentary about the Bee Gees. Toward the end of the film, Barry Gibb mused that even a few years […]
Sin, Repentance And Yom Kippur
Source: The Huffington Post By Rabbi David Wolpe: Author and Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles The most common word for sin in the Jewish tradition, chet, is a term borrowed […]
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria
A Plea for Caution From Russia: What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria Source: New York Times By VLADIMIR V. PUTIN Relations between us have passed through different stages. […]
Faith Matters Video: Jesus – God or Man?
Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of America, wrote about vicarious atonement, knocking it out in a single paragraph: From the time I was capable of conceiving an idea, […]
Vaccine ‘clears HIV-like virus’ in monkeys
Source: BBC By Rebecca MorelleScience reporter, BBC World Service A vaccine for the monkey equivalent of HIV appears to eradicate the virus, a study suggests. Research published in the journal Nature has shown that vaccinated monkeys can clear Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) infection from their bodies. It was effective in nine of […]
US Navy sexual assault reports rise 50%
Source: BBC The number of sexual assaults reported to the US Navy increased dramatically over the last year, officials said. The Navy puts the rise down to sailors’ growing comfort reporting incidents of sexual assault and to their belief that authorities will take action. The Navy says about 1,100 assaults […]
Chromosome Study Traces All Men To Man Who Lived 135,000 Years Ago
Y chromosome analysis moves Adam closer to Eve Source: Science News By Erin Wayman Web edition: August 1, 2013 Print edition: September 7, 2013; Vol.184 #5 (p. 14) Genetic studies […]