Getting Away With Murder by Heraldo Munoz: review Toronto Star January 5, 2014 By: Dimitri Nasrallah Published on Tue Dec 31 2013 For all but the most ardent outsider, it can be difficult to untangle the complex web of Pakistan’s political history necessary to properly contextualize the country’s current events. […]
Epigraph: Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves. (Al Quran 2:143) Piety […]
Karen Armstrong FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: To tackle blasphemy laws in the so called Muslim Countries, one needs to first grasp the history of these laws and freedom of speech, in […]
Source: Brainpickings by Maria Popova Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality. EINSTEIN: Do you believe in the Divine as isolated from […]
Source: BBC A book telling the story of the hunt for the elusive Higgs boson has won the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll scoops the £25,000 award for his book The Particle at the End of the Universe. His work beat five other titles that ranged across […]
David E. Cooper on Religion Without God Of Gods and Philosophers November 25th, 2013 RONALD DWORKIN DIED, aged 81, in February 2013. Published posthumously, Religion Without God, which is based […]
World Crisis and The Pathway to Peace A Compilation of Speeches and Letters of Mirza Masroor Ahmad Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, Fifth Successor to […]
Islam at the Birth of America Denise A. Spellberg’s latest book says Islam had large impact on religious freedoms in America Interviewer: Asharq Al-Awsat Washington, Denise A. Spellberg is an American […]
Buy the book at Amazon US or UK. “Extravagantly denounced and praised.” New York Times “Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don’t change political situations, but if they did, this […]
From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life by Kristiane Backer (Jan 16, 2013) $22.95 $16.99 Paperback Order in the next 22 hours and get it by Tuesday, Nov 5. Only 1 left in stock – order […]
Source: Wall Street Journal Book review by By SOHRAB AHMARI Amnesty Internationalfaced a pivotal choice in early 2010. For half a decade, the global human-rights organization had been promoting Moazzam Begg, a […]
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
Source: Spiegel International One drank 50 cups of coffee a day, another disappeared to a stone hut in the forest to compose: Many celebrated geniuses have practiced quirky everyday rituals […]
By: Sarah Conover Published 2013 by Skinner House Books Reviewed by: Naseer A. Tahir, MD I enjoyed reading this book. It presents positive aspects about the Greatest of all Prophets, […]
Edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel Overview The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to […]
Author Susan Cain, Published 2012 Reviewed by Naseer A. Tahir, MD The author Susan Cain, herself an introvert, is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. She worked since 2005 for the book. She met thousands of people and has read as many books for the preparation and […]
Author Susan Cain, Published 2012 Reviewed by Naseer A. Tahir, MD The author Susan Cain, herself an introvert, is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. She worked since 2005 for the book. She met thousands of people and has read as many books for the preparation and […]
111 Muslim Scientists, old and New by Zakaria Virk This Urdu book describes in detail life, works, scientific achievements, contributions of 42 medieval scientists. In the second half 69 contemporary […]