U.S. Christians’ Views on the Return of Christ
Source: The PEW Forum on Religion & Public Life March 26, 2013 Easter is one of the most important religious holidays of the year for many Christians – a time […]
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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
Lent Reminds me of a Quranic Verse
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days which, according to the Gospels of Matthew, […]
Cordoba, Once There Was
By Nasir Gondal MD, New York Lying within the wrap of alwadi alKabir the river, is the pearl of Cordova. The seat of the power, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth of […]
Global migrants: Which are the most wanted professions?
Source: BBC The most wanted professions? Who benefits and why? How it’s worked out Around the world, there are a number of professions in high demand from the pool of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace
London, March 23, 2013 The 4th Annual ‘Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace’ was presented by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad to Dr Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, in recognition of his […]
Rhazes, Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī: Einstein of the 10th Century
George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He assigns the second half of the eighth century to none other than Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān of Geber. Each of the scientists chosen by George […]
Muslim Leader says World War is Inevitable unless True Justice Prevails
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad A Press release by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on March 25, 2013, stated that His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad appeals for an end to inequality. The World […]
Shanidar Cave: An Exhibit for Islam Against Christianity
Shanidar cave reminds us that Neanderthals existed for thousands of years before modern humans. We are not all descended from the Prophet Adam, who existed 6000 years ago. Original sin […]
Easter: Can Resurrection of Jesus be Precisely Defined?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Easter is around the corner. Today I asked a simple question from the different Christian friends that I came across. I asked […]
Dr. Abdus Salam about George Sarton’s Book, Introduction to the History of Science
Dr. Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in physics summarized Sarton’s history pertaining to the Muslim scientists in an article, Islam and Science – Concordance or Conflict? Salam highlighted Sarton’s evaluation of history in this article and it was published in Review of Religions in March 1995, he said: Barely a hundred years after the Holy Prophet’s […]
Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe by Martin Rees – review
Epigraph: “The God of Islam is the same God Who is visible in the reflection of the laws of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has […]
The speech that was not delivered
By Uri Avnery: (Hebrew: אורי אבנרי, also transliterated Uri Avneri, born 10 September 1923) is an Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. A member of the Irgun as a teenager, Avnery sat in the Knesset from 1965–74 and […]
China to create home-grown operating system
Source: BBC China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users. The collaboration will produce a version of Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system called Kylin which will be released in April. The deal is part of a five-year plan by China to get more people using […]
Peace and Salvation through the Messiah
By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir: Peace and salvation: two things desperately sought by billions of human beings amidst a depressing reality of economic, social and political upheavals and what seems an unending avalanche of […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
Obama: ‘Peace is possible,’ but see the world as Palestinians do
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&profile=desktop&context=embedwww&videoId=international/2013/03/21/obama-in-middle-east.cnn&contentId=international/2013/03/21/obama-in-middle-east.cnn By Tom Cohen. John King and Jessica Yellin, CNN updated 9:15 AM EDT, Thu March 21, 2013 Jerusalem (CNN) — President Barack Obama tried Thursday to invigorate the stalled […]
Richard Dawkins Stands in Awe of Nature but Cannot Seem to See Under the Surface
Epigraph: “The God of Islam is the same God Who is visible in the reflection of the laws of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has […]
US backs independent Palestinian state – Obama
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has said on a visit to the West Bank that the US is “deeply committed” to creating a sovereign state of Palestine. Speaking after talks […]