Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God
Epigraph: And He (Allah) gave you all that you wanted of Him; and if you try to count the favors of Allah, you will not be able to number them. Indeed, […]
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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
whether Biden should be denied Communion over his abortion stance
U.S. Catholics divided by party on whether Biden should be denied Communion over his abortion stance The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops today approved a document on the meaning of Communion that […]
Opinion: Why an Indian film’s success at the box office should worry us all
Source: Washington Post By Rana Ayyub The young Muslim man watches his wife being killed in the name of jihad. The man had been living a quiet domestic life posing as […]
BBC Video: Extreme Persecution of the Muslims In India
Suggested reading Happy birthday of Shree Ram and How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the mention of 330 million gods? The only constitution the world needs […]
Hamza Yusuf on Jinns: Powerful Men or Demons?
Shaikh Hamza Yusuf on Jinns: Powerful Men or Demons? Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The above audio is a presentation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf about […]
Commentary of Surah Fatihah for the 21st Century
1. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ 2. All the best praise belongs to Allah, the Creator and the Sustainer of […]
The Best of Rumi — The Poet of Love
“The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.” “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” “Wherever you are, and […]
Michael Flynn’s comments on Christianity are outrageous but not surprising
Opinion by Dean Obeidallah CNN: Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former National Security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was later pardoned by Trump, wants to make it clear that in the United […]
Would we still see our humanity in the same way if other hominin species – from Australopithecus to Neanderthals – hadn’t gone extinct?
Source: BBC By Nicholas R Longrich; 10th October 2021 Reader Question: We now know from evolutionary science that humanity has existed in some form or another for around two million […]
God of Abrahamic Faiths saves us from sin and crime?
Epigraph:For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al […]
God of Abrahamic Faiths saves us from sin and crime?
Epigraph:For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 16:60/61) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Afterlife and interfaith tolerance Written […]
God of Abrahamic Faiths saves us from sin and crime?
Epigraph:For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al […]
National Geographic Video: All Knowing, All Seeing God Keeps Us Away from Crime and Sin, See the Evidence
Epigraph: For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. […]
Should President Macron Take PM Justin Trudeau, PM Jacinda Ardern and Me As Religious Coexistence Advisers?
According to our 2016 estimate, there were nearly 6 million Muslims living in France, about 9% of the population — the largest Muslim population in Western Europe: https://t.co/jsWasNHxf6 pic.twitter.com/IWtJ3XyRA9 — […]
Mark Twain: “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain […]
Video: Influence of Christian Churches on Germany’s Life
Islam and Germany A collection of four inter-related articles bringing out a new political, social, religious and historic reality. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” according to Aristotle. Collected […]
Mixed marriages lead to fewer Catholic children
Source: National Catholic Reporter Your grandmother was right. If you marry a non-Catholic, your children are less likely to end up Catholics than if you marry a Catholic. This was […]
How Can Muslims Overcome Their Sectarian Divide: By Understanding the Futility of Divisions in Christianity and Judaism?
The main differences between Catholics and Protestants Source: DW In Germany, the country of the Reformation, a deep animosity divided Catholic and Protestant Christians up until a few decades ago. This division […]
The main differences between Catholics and Protestants
Source: DW In Germany, the country of the Reformation, a deep animosity divided Catholic and Protestant Christians up until a few decades ago. This division had deepened over the centuries through religious conflicts and wars. It all started when Reformation took place, 500 years ago, as Martin Luther (1483-1546) tried to […]
The question roiling the Catholic Church: Who’s a good Catholic?
Source: The Hill On Oct. 29, President Biden held a 75-minute meeting with Pope Francis. The two heads of state discussed the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries, the plight of refugees and the climate crisis. But their encounter was also uniquely pastoral. The pope blessed Biden’s rosary beads and assured the second Catholic U.S. president that he is […]