Source: The Economist: ON THE eve of his first Easter Sunday celebration as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis sprang another of his teasing little surprises. As the Shroud of Turin, which is probably the Christian world’s most hotly contested holy relic, was given a rare showing on television, he issued […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I work in a Catholic hospital and every time I drive to my work, I have […]
Interior of Hagia Sophia, in the center you can see a painting of Mother Mary and Jesus and those who can read Arabic or Urdu Script can read Allah and […]
Source: Huff Post, by Brandon Ambrosino. Regardless of what actually happened to Jesus’ body on Easter morning, the important point of the resurrection story is that God is the one who renews all things.” As I walked to the A train, I started thinking about my priest’s closing statement to […]
Jews, Christians mark religious festivals in Holy City Haaretz: This year, Passover and Easter fall during the same week, and Jerusalem is awash with pilgrims and worshipers from both religions. […]
theguardian:by Lizzy Davies. Cloth seen by Catholics as burial shroud of Jesus, and medieval forgery by scientists, to be shown on TV for first time in 30 years The shroud of Turin is to be shown on television for the first time in 40 years on Easter Saturday as a […]
The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 03/28/2013 2:51 pm EDT | Updated: 03/28/2013 8:24 pm EDT After decades of speculation, new research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, one of the […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days which, according to the Gospels of Matthew, […]
In the Islamic tradition, we are reminded, “The best actions are those which are small and consistent.” Those words from the Prophet Muhammad remind us the importance that even the smallest of deeds can have with the right intention. Each of us can pray. Each of us can give. Each of […]
Epigraph: “The God of Islam is the same God Who is visible in the reflection of the laws of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has […]
Source: Express Tribune By Pervez Hoodbhoy Published: March 22, 2013 A new pope was elected in the Vatican this month on March 13, 2013. Born in Argentina as Mario Bergoglio, he is now the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church. The pomp and glory, the global publicity, the weeping crowds […]
Source: Reuters, by Philip Pullella. (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called “the spiritual […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
Huff Post: by Candida Moss. Even the earliest, most ostensibly trustworthy martyrdom stories have been edited and reworked. The authors of these accounts borrowed from ancient mythology, changed the details of events to make the martyrs appear more like Jesus, and made the Roman antagonists increasingly venomous. The motivations of […]
Building Bridges in Barrie, Ontario-2 Barrie by the Kempenfelt Bay is not a big town but it is beautiful and best known for its year round activities by the Lake […]
Collected by Zia H. Shah MD – Twitter: @ZiahShah1 My Prologue for every recent debate, between the Trinitarian Christians and atheists: Christian apologists want to make a case for Christianity based […]
Michael Shermer makes a fairly provocative yet a correct statement, in my opinion, in the middle of a recent debate: I have a problem with resurrection. So, you believe that […]
Source: Mail Online, by Helen Lawson. A Scottish church has become the first in the UK to share its premises with Muslim worshippers. St John’s Episcopal Church in Aberdeen now welcomes hundreds of Muslims praying five times a day in their building as the nearby mosque was so small that […]
Source: Huff Post, by Matthew Goodwin. Behind a large Christian majority, and excluding the non-religious, the census reveals that Muslims are the second largest religious group, and are also the fastest growing. There are now more than 2.7million Muslims in England and Wales, an increase of over one million since […]
Source: Huff Post: VATICAN CITY — Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome’s Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the […]