Ahmadiyya Muslim Community making History in Los Angeles
Epigraph: “Allah has decreed: ‘Most surely I will prevail, I and My Messengers.’” (Al Quran 58:22) In his Friday sermon on May 10, 2013 from Chino, California, His Holiness, Mirza Masroor […]
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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
Islam is Not a Religion of Terror
Source: Review of Religion By Maulana Ataul Mujeeb Rashed – UK Imam of the Fazl (London) Mosque The following article is based on a keynote speech delivered (and subsequently revised) by Maulana Ataul Mujeeb Rashed, Imam of the London Mosque, at the 47th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, Mauritius […]
Women Attacked By Ultra-Orthodox Jews, While Praying at Western Wall
Source: The Huffington Post Thousands of ultra-Orthodox jeered, spit and threw rocks at the 400 ‘Women of the Wall’ who prayed at the Western Wall today, according to the Jerusalem […]
High Prevalence of Domestic Violence in China
Source: China Daily An international survey on domestic violence that interviewed more than 2,000 Chinese found that half of male respondents confessed they have physically or sexually abused their wives or girlfriends. James Lang, program coordinator of Partners for Prevention, a regional joint program by four United Nations agencies including […]
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad in LA Times, USA
Epigraph: “I shall cause thy message to reach the corners of the earth!” Revelation received in different languages by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani […]
A Poll of the Muslim Countries: How Many Faiths Lead to Heaven?
Epigraph: “Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good […]
Ramadan Start: French Muslims Look To Science To Determine Holy Month Beginning
Source: The Huffington Post Reuters | By Tom Heneghan Posted: 05/09/2013 3:09 pm EDT PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) – France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition […]
Vatican declares Mexican Death Saint blasphemous
Source: BBC A senior Vatican official has condemned the cult of Santa Muerte, or Holy Death, in Mexico as “blasphemous”. The president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal […]
Love Heals!
Epigraph: “Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts.” (Al Quran 19:97) Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Cynthia Thaik: Cardiologist, Author, Founder […]
Pakistan and Bangladesh: Talibanism versus Secularism?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People’s Republic of Bangladesh, two countries, which have a similar past and were one country until 1971, […]
Stephen Hawking boycotts major Israel conference
Source: BBC UK cosmologist Prof Stephen Hawking has withdrawn from a high-profile Israeli conference, in support of an academic boycott of the country. He initially planned to speak at the […]
Islam for the West
The Christian Theology and Nature of Jesus APRIL 29, 2013 Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Spring, 2013. By Zia H Shah MD Christianity is sandwiched between Judaism and Islam and three fourth of the […]
Quote of the Day, Erwin Schroedinger – Science and Religion
“I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experiences in a magnificently consistent order, but is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really […]
Quote of the Day by Francis Collins – Science and Religion
“Science is…a powerful way, indeed – to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective…in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other.” Francis Collins (1950-) –American physician-geneticist and […]
Majority of the Americans say the Muslims Face Significant Discrimination
Source: The PEW Research Center After Boston, Little Change in Views of Islam and Violence The public’s views of whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence […]
Dalai Lama Decries Buddhist Attacks On Muslims In Myanmar
Source: The Huffington Post By Ian Simpson COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 7 (Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks’ attacks on Muslims in […]
Will we ever… know what happened before the Big Bang?
Epigraph: “Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and […]
Video of the World Muslim Leader’s Arrival in Los Angeles to advocate Peace and Unity
Press Release: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Welcomes His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad on his first trip to the West Coast Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA welcomed the Khalifa of Islam yesterday, His Holiness […]
Science & God: Will Biology, Astronomy, Physics Rule Out Existence Of Deity?
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=490&height=275&playList=517466993 A good Religion itself, philosophy and science rule out a God, which does miracles that break the laws of nature. God of Islam is Al Baatin, the Hidden, the Subtle, who uses laws of nature to grant devout and righteous believers, their prayers. Defining a domain of metaphysics, properly, […]
U.S. Muslims More Moderate Than Muslims Worldwide
Source: The Huffington Post By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Muslims in America are much less inclined to support suicide bombing than other Muslims abroad, and are more likely […]