Video Book Review: The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the […]
A New Book: God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
Source: Amazon By Alan Mikhail: A leading historian of his generation, professor of history and chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the […]
A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God. (Matthew […]
New Book Sheds Light on Prophet Muhammad’s Interfaith Views
Source: Huffington Post By Dr. Craig Considine This post is from 2013 No other leader in world history has been more scrutinized and ridiculed than Prophet Muhammad. Since the founding […]
In ‘The Second Mountain,’ David Brooks Chronicles His Journey Toward Faith
Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks Source: New York Times Book review by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist in New York City. […]
Only Surviving Arabic Slave Narrative Written in the United States Digitized by Library of Congress
Source: smithsonianmag.com Only Surviving Arabic Slave Narrative Written in the United States Digitized by Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said, a wealthy intellectual from West Africa, wrote about his capture […]
Book Review: Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years
By John Philip Jenkins, who is a professor of history at Baylor University in the United States, and co-director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for […]
Book Review: The Conference of the Birds
Book by Farid ud-Din Attar (Author) in Persian Book translated by: Dick Davis, who is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of […]
A Collection of Hadith by Imam Nawawi and translated by Sir Zafrulla Khan
Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (Arabic: أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي; 1233–1277), popularly known as al-Nawawī or Imam Nawawī (631–676 A.H./1234–1277), was a Sunni Shafi’ite jurist and hadith scholar.[3] He authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from […]
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
By Peniel E. Joseph, who is the Barbara Jordan professor of political values and ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and professor of history at the University of […]
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 College, […]
A Book Release: Peace of Mind — Islam and Psychology
Book by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, in 2000 PREFACE The purpose of this book is to show that peace of mind can be acquired only […]
The Muslim World’s Question: ‘What Happened to Us?’
Understanding the events of 1979 is crucial for those trying to figure out a better future for today’s Middle East. Book and this article by Kim Ghattas What happened to […]
In ‘The Second Mountain,’ David Brooks Chronicles His Journey Toward Faith
Book: The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks Source: New York Times Book review by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist in New York City. […]
Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Book review by Nasir Gondal MD, Medical Oncologist, New York, USA A dear friend of mine was planning to go to Spain. We exchanged some notes and he wanted me […]
The Novel Alchemist: Translated in 70 Languages & 65 Million Sold
10 Powerful Life Lessons from The Alchemist By Thai Nguyen for the Huffington Post The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is one of the best-selling books in history. The story of Santiago, […]
How Arabization changed Islam in Asia
Source: Asia Times Spreading to even the remotest hamlets in the 1980s, a more devout, less tolerant creed nurtured fundamentalism across the region By Jeff Kingston In the introduction to […]
Book by ‘Anonymous’ describes Trump as cruel, inept and a danger to the nation
Source: Washington Post Book by ‘Anonymous’ describes Trump as cruel, inept and a danger to the nation The unidentified author claims that senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse […]
Islamic Teachings on Ideal Family Life
by Mukhtar Ahmad Cheema Being a complete and final religion from God, Islam guides all aspects of our lives. This guidance is contained in the Holy Quran; the life-time […]
Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK […]