Asteroids, Randomness and the Absolute Truth About God
Epigraph: “And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken […]
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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
Lutheran Church members say that pastor “sinned” by participating in interfaith prayer
Editor’s note: The Headline has been changed by the Muslim Times. The Holy Quran says: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us […]
Science without Religion Is Lame, Religion without Science Is Blind!
Epigraph: “In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding; those who […]
Hongwu Emperor: The Great Chinese Emperor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hongwu Emperor 洪武帝 Emperor of the Ming Dynasty Reign 23 January 1368[1] – 24 June 1398 Predecessor Dynasty established Successor Jianwen Emperor Emperor of China […]
On Darwin Day, Promoting Scientific Thinking
Source: The Huffington Post By Rep. Rush Holt: U.S. Congressman from New Jersey’s 12th district Posted: 02/12/2013 11:35 am Today is the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Like Galileo, Newton and Einstein in the physical sciences, Darwin in the life sciences provided a new framework for thinking that […]
Roman Catholic Mariology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about Roman Catholic perspectives, for general Christian views see Mariology. A series of articles on Roman Catholic Mariology General articles Mariology • Veneration of the Blessed Virgin • History of Mariology • Mariology of the saints • Mariology […]
Ahmadiyya presented gifts to elderly at St. Vincent de Paul
Source: Maltastar.com Laiq Ahmed Atif president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta visited the St. Vincent de Paul Elderly Residency on Monday and presented gifts and food hampers to 150 […]
Papal Resignation, Papal Infallibility and Mother Mary
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The Holy Quran presents mother Mary as a paragon of virtue and chastity and a chapter of the Quran is named after […]
Pope Benedict’s resignation brings end to paradoxical papacy
Pope Benedict XVI Source: Guardian UK John Hooper in Rome The Guardian, Monday 11 February 2013 07.07 EST Pope Benedict XVI was intellectually remorseless but personally timid – lacking in […]
Papal Infallibility and Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
I simply reproduce here the article about infallibility, you decide if Pope is infallible or not: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church […]
Catholicism’s Exclusive Claim to Salvation
“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 deeds […]
Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Source: BBC Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation in a surprise statement Continue reading the main story Pope resigns Latest updates Live Full resignation text Reaction in quotes Electing a […]
Albert Einstein’s search for God
Epigraph “Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware.” (Al Quran 6:104) “That humble attitude of mind toward the grandeur of reason […]
Religion Founders’ Day: Today in Buffalo, New York
Epigraph: “Indeed, We have sent thee (Muhammad) with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and as a Warner; and there is no people to whom a Warner has not […]
Can Muslim Women Put a Crescent on the Top of the Eiffel Tower?
Epigraph: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. … And say to the believing women that they restrain their […]
Live Streaming – Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) Bangladesh
Source: Ahmad Tabshir Choudhury: In-charge, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya Int’l (MTA) Bangladesh & National Secretary, Audio-Visual 2013 is a significant year for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jama’at), Bangladesh. 100 years ago in 1913 the Jama’at […]
The Indian women pushed into hysterectomies
Source: BBC By Jill McGivering Thousands of Indian women are having their wombs removed in operations that campaigners say are unnecessary and only performed to make money for unscrupulous private doctors. Sunita is uncertain of her exact age but thinks she’s about 25 years old. I met her in a […]
When Sherlock Holmes was Taken for a Ride
Collected by Zia H Shah MD Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories fell for the childish hoax of the Cottingley Fairies. I am borrowing the details of […]
Chinese Premier Wen wishes Islamic summit a success
Source: China Daily CAIRO – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sent a congratulatory message to the 12th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation conference upon its opening on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt. […]
Paris women finally allowed to wear trousers – Would Hijab be allowed Next?
Editor’s note: The title of the news is modified by the Muslim Times Source: BBC The French government has overturned a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. The Minister of Women’s Rights, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said that the ban was incompatible with modern French values and laws. She said the law, […]