Is Isaac Newton a Part of the Muslim Heritage: His Religious Views?
Alexander Pope‘s couplet: “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in Night. God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light!” Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor 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
French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church
PARIS (AP) — At the age of eight, Laurent Martinez was sexually abused by a priest. Forty years later, he has chosen to make his story into a play, to show the devastating consequences and how speaking out can help victims heal and rebuild. The play called “Pardon?” is drawn […]
Germany: Cologne’s mosques to play call to prayer on Fridays
Source: DW Cologne’s mayor said allowing the muezzin call to be heard was “a sign of respect.” Under a new agreement, the city’s mosques will be able to broadcast their […]
Seven Reasons Why European Agnostics and Atheists Should Consider Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent article in Huffington Post, by Jack Sommers, Assistant News Editor, Huffington Post UK, Christians Outnumbered […]
Audio: Radio Interview of Zia H Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times about Science and Existence of God
The questions answered in this program are: 1. How does the scientific world perceive the universe came to be and does it make sense for something to come out of […]
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, man […]
Who Created God? John Lennox at The Veritas Forum at UCLA
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3) Suggested reading Trinity: An apple cannot […]
Mormon president: Church leaders speak ‘pure truth’
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday to listen to the faith’s leaders when they seek “pure truth” […]
Thousands of paedophiles active in French Catholic Church since 1950, commission finds
Source: France 24 Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the […]
Facebook whistleblower revealed on ’60 Minutes,’ says the company prioritized profit over public good
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)The identity of the Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents — leading to a firestorm for the social media […]
Merck Says It Has the First Antiviral Pill Found to Be Effective Against Covid
Source: New York Times The drug maker will seek authorization for molnupiravir, the first drug of its kind for Covid. Experts said such pills could be a powerful tool against […]
The Christian desire for the Shariah Law: Supreme Court to hear case over Boston’s refusal to fly Christian flag
Source: Politico By Josh Gerstein The case could provide an opportunity for the court’s six-justice conservative majority to expand the rights of religious groups. The Supreme Court has agreed to […]
Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After centuries of research, technology has created solar panels. The plant kingdom has been converting solar energy into […]
Book Review: Jews and the Qur’an
Source: Princeton Press By Meir M. Bar-Asher, who is the Max Schloessinger Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Scripture and Exegesis in Early […]
Benefits of not eating pork and bacon
Source: Nature Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects more than 10 million Indians1 and about 70 million people globally2. Its high incidence, especially in the developing world, can be […]
‘The Lightning Proclaims Allah’s Praise and Glory’ — The Quran
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for the Creator God of the Abrahamic Faiths ‘The Lightning Proclaims Allah’s Praise and Glory.’ (Al […]
Radical leader of Pakistan’s Red Mosque emboldened by Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Source: Washington Post By Pamela Constable; September 25, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. EDT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For years, the Red Mosque in Pakistan’s capital has stood as a bastion of religious […]
APPNA Convention 2021 – Questions & Answers Session with Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for the Creator God of the Abrahamic Faiths The Muslim Times, Perhaps the Only Medium Presenting […]
Pew Research Center: Religious composition of India
All religious groups in India show major declines in fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition over time By Stephanie Kramer In recent years, the size of India’s religious […]
‘Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth Glorifies Allah’ — The Quran
Suggested reading and viewing by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for the Creator God of the Abrahamic Faiths “Whatever is in the Heavens or the Earth […]