Islam in France: An Omen of things to Come?
Collected by Dr. Zia H Shah and Dr. Falak Rehman Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could […]
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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 in France
Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” (Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France in 1849) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Grande Mosquée in Paris. […]
Take a Rare Look at How Obama Decides to Send Drones to Kill Americans
Source: Yahoo News and The Atlantic Wire By Adam Clark Estes Human rights advocates were floored on Monday night when NBC News published the details of an alarming Justice Department memo detailing the protocol for sending drones after United States citizens. It’s not as if they hadn’t suspected that the […]
Did Pope John Paul II Demolish Traditional Christianity, as We Know It?
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, where Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin are buried Written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Testosterone: Can it make you live longer?
Source: BBC Bombarded with adverts promising a longer, healthier life, BBC News Los Angeles correspondent Peter Bowes goes in search of eternal youth. Dr Jeffry Life, a Las Vegas-based age management doctor, is 74. He has the body of a man half his age. In fact he has a level […]
Documentary: Silence in the House of God
Except for the Vatican picture the other details are from a Wikipedia article: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex […]
Self-developed nuclear reactor ready for export by China
The construction site of Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang province, which uses the AP1000 reactor by Westinghouse Electric Co. [Photo/Xinhua] Source: China Daily China’s self-developed nuclear reactor, known as […]
Don’t count ‘doomsday asteroid’ out yet
Editor’s note: Greg Bear is an internationally bestselling science-fiction author of many books, including “Moving Mars,” “Darwin’s Radio” and “Hull Zero Three.” As a freelance journalist, he covered 10 years of […]
Catholic cardinal stripped of duties as LA diocese child abuse files released
Cardinal Roger Mahony, who has been stripped of duties over the child abuse scandal. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP Source: Guardian UK The Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has removed a top […]
It’s time to herald the Arabic science that prefigured Darwin and Newton
Source: Guardian UK – Tuesday 29 January 2008 By Prof. Jim Al-Khalili In this era of intolerance and cultural tension, the west needs to appreciate the fertile scholarship that flowered […]
To be a Muslim in India
Source: The Tribune Express By Aakar Patel: The writer is a columnist. He is also a former editor of the Mumbai-based English newspaper Mid Day and the Gujarati paper Divya Bhaskar aakar.patel@tribune.com.pk Published: January 31, 2013 In India, the Muslim lives on sufferance. It is the Hindu who has freedom to attack […]
James Rice, Online Dating Con Artist, Stole Hearts & Money Of Women Across LA (VIDEO)
The Muslim Time’s Editor’s comment: Another reason for the Family Values of Islam. Source Huffington Post LOS ANGELES — It’s an online dating nightmare. James Rice, who used the aliases James Turner, Jimmy Turner and Jimmi Turner, stole the hearts and money of lonely women across the country. Rice, 52 […]
Future of Ahmadiyyat: The True Islam
O mankind! Hearken, this is the prophecy of God Who made the Heavens and the Earth. He will spread this Movement in all the countries and will give it supremacy […]
Rising of the Sun from the West in the Latter Days
Epigraph: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Source: the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of North America By […]
Islamism from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Islamism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the political Islamic movement. For the religion of Islam, see Islam. See also: Modern Islamic philosophy, Political aspects of Islam, and Islamic democracy Part of the […]
Benjamin Franklin: ‘Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed!’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Epigraph: “And as for the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands in […]
An Unlikely Connection Between the Prophet Muhammad and George Washington
Source: The Huffington Post By Craig Considine: PhD. candidate, Trinity College Dublin; Film director, ‘Journey into America’; Interfaith activist In seventh century Arabia, a middle-aged man had a vision to […]
Why Ban Cousin Marriages?
Einstein married Elsa Löwenthal — his first cousin, in 1919 Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Faheem Younus: Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist Never go to a barber shop while […]
President Thomas Jefferson — Was he a monotheist?
By Zia H Shah MD Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions and Alislam.org. First published in 2007. A compelling argument that Thomas Jefferson negated belief in the divinity of Jesus […]
Heraclius: Whose history is very Relevant to Some Verses of the Holy Quran
Epigraph The Romans have been defeated, In the land nearby, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. In a few years — Allah’s is the command before and after […]