Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of […]
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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
Muslims Thank America with Nationwide Day of Service
Source: Press Release by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Muslims mark historic 100-year anniversary with community service projects February 15th marks a historic moment for the Muslim community in America as […]
Is love just a fleeting chemical high in the brain?
Source: BBC By Parashkev Nachev Romantic feelings rely on a complicated concoction of chemicals and psychology. But as part of our series on Life’s Big Questions with The Conversation, we […]
Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C
Source: BBC Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the continent. Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer […]
Hollywood Actress Emilie Francois, Now a Muslim, Speaks of Social Justice in Islam
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living The […]
Church of England to apologize for being ‘deeply institutionally racist’
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) The Church of England has decided to apologize for racism experienced by “countless black, Asian and minority ethnic people” over the past 70 years. The Church […]
Utah Bill Decriminalizing Polygamy Clears First Hurdle, Moves To State Senate
Source: NPR By Vanessa Romo A Utah bill that would reduce polygamy among consenting adults from a felony to an infraction — on par with a traffic ticket — was […]
What Can We Learn From the Treaty of Hudaibiyya: Flexibility of Thought?
Epigraph: Indeed, you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who fears Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much. (Al Quran 33:21/22) Written […]
Today is Charles Darwin’s Birthday: He is An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The National Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall just across from the Smithsonian […]
Today is the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln: What is Common between the Holy Prophet Muhammad and Him
Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the […]
How a Western megachurch pastor fell in love with Eastern meditation
Source: Religion News Service By Jarrett Stevens, who is pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago and author of “Praying Through: Overcoming the Obstacles That Keep Us From God.” CHICAGO […]
Sudan To Hand Over Omar Al-Bashir To International Criminal Court For Genocide Trial
Source: Huffington Post By Annum Masroor Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed to surrender all those wanted in connection with the Darfur conflict. CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed […]
Netflix TV Series: Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Source: The Cinemaholic Over the course of history, there have been events that have shaped the world. At the time, perhaps, mankind could not comprehend the enormity of what was […]
Laughter is the Best Medicine for the Televangelists
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We Will be Judged by Our Compassion and Deeds and Not Our Dogma Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living […]
Bernie Sanders, America’s most prominent ‘unaffiliated’ politician, still says religion shaped his values
Source: Washinton Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), perhaps the most prominent politician in America who is religiously unaffiliated, spoke Thursday about how the Jewish faith has had a major impact […]
Compulsory religious education ‘may breach human rights’
Source: BBC By Bethan Lewis, BBC Wales education and family correspondent Making all pupils take part in religious education classes could see the Welsh Government taken to court for breaching […]
Nigeria has the world’s fifth-largest Muslim population (90 million) and the world’s sixth-largest Christian population (87 million)
Nigeria has the world’s fifth-largest Muslim population (90 million) and the world’s sixth-largest Christian population (87 million). https://t.co/p2LTTs1Mol — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) February 10, 2020 Suggested reading by Zia […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Indo-European languages
Source: Wikipedia The Indo-European languages are a language family of several hundred related languages and dialects in Asia and Europe.[2] There are about 445 living Indo-European languages, according to the estimate by Ethnologue, with over two thirds (313) of them […]
Arabic: The Mother of All Languages?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Source: Muslim Sunrise, Summer 2009 Volume “It is not that I doubt that language evolved only once,” Steven […]
