A challenge for Dawkins: Where did carbon come from?
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 57:2) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]
Tribute to Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Quran by non-Muslim writers
I invite all Muslims and fair minded Christians and others to make it an international repository about all the positive things and tribute that non-Muslims writers have offered about Islam, its prophet and its scripture. The Holy Prophet Muhammad had to engage in defensive warfare, but was very mindful of […]
Americans: Undecided About God? Wanted Steve Jobs of Religion
NY Times Opinion: By ERIC WEINER: ….We are more religiously polarized than ever. In my secular, urban and urbane world, God is rarely spoken of, except in mocking, derisive tones. It is acceptable to cite the latest academic study on, say, happiness or, even better, whip out a brain scan, […]
Why are Muslims more religious? A CNN Editorial
By Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) – Every religion has its true believers and its doubters, its pious and its pragmatists, but new evidence suggests that Muslims tend to be […]
The religion of an increasingly godless America
A generation ago, most people outside of evangelical Christian circles had never heard of things like “megachurches” or “the Rapture”, but now even people living in the most secularist urban […]
What is Godlessness? Defining Godlessness, Godless Secularism, Godless Atheism
It’s true that atheists are by definition godless, but it’s possible to draw a subtle distinction between the two concepts. Atheism is the absence of belief in gods; godlessness is the absence of gods and is generally defined as not recognizing or worshipping any gods. Technically, a person could believe […]
A Christian and an agnostic debate the question of suffering
… On November 11, 2010, Dinesh D’Souza, former White House domestic policy analyst and recently appointed president of Kings College, debated Bart Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The debate—which was sponsored by the Center for Christian Studies—took place […]
First academic journal on secularism, nonreligion to debut in January
By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – It’s turning out to be a banner year for nonbelievers. First came the publication of a secular Bible. Then we saw the birth of the first American college major in secularism. This week, it’s the launch of the world’s first academic journal dedicated to […]
Atheism stands for relativism or a slippery slope!
Respecting the signs of the Omniscient and Omnipotent God is the only emotional and intellectual anchor that mankind has to prevent it from flying away into barren wasteland of misguidance. This is described in the following verses of the Holy Quran: And whoso associate anything with Allah, falls, as it were, from […]
Islam versus Christianity: Utilitarian purpose of the Islamic teachings
It is said that a teaching of the Bible is that if a person is smitten on the right cheek he should present the left one to the one who smites. This sounds very attractive so long as it is not put into practice. But if an attempt is made to act upon […]
Book Review: The Bible, The Quran and Science
Book by Dr. Maurice Bucaille Book review by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As I was growing up in Pakistan and studying in King Edward Medical […]
Brad Pitt: Religious upbringing was ‘stifling’
Filmmaker Terrence Malick’s latest, “The Tree of Life,” has been alternately described as a “tone poem” delving into issues about faith, family and forgiveness and a “coming of age story about the universe,” so it’s understandable that Monday’s Cannes press event got a little heavy. The movie tells the story […]
Intelligent Design?
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2005/November/opinion_November18.xml§ion=opinion&col= PRESIDENT George W. Bush favours teaching both evolution and “Intelligent Design” in schools, “so people can know what the debate is about.” To proponents, Intelligent Design is the notion that the universe is too complex to have developed without a nudge from a higher power than evolution or natural […]