Book Review: Can reason and religion ever really co-exist?
Source: Independent About the Author: Vitaly Malkin (born 16 September 1952) is a Russian businessman and investor. He has been a physicist, banker and senator (from 2004 to 2013). […]
BBC Page: Slavery in Islam
Slaves were owned in all Islamic societies, both sedentary and nomadic, ranging from Arabia in the centre to North Africa in the west and to what is now Pakistan and […]
Americans Trust Clergy Less Than Ever, Gallup Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Yes, there is a war between science and religion
Source: The Conversation By Jerry Coyne; Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology […]
What a Muslim Could Teach Trump Supporters About Jesus
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali; Contributing Opinion Writer In Catholic school, I learned about compassion. Some Christians must have missed that part. At Bellarmine, an all-boys Catholic […]
BBC Video: How chimpanzees reveal the roots of human behavior, especially empathy
Eminent anthropologist Frans de Waal explains that politicians have a lot to learn from how chimpanzees show empathy. A film by Harold Morris and Melissa Hogenboom for BBC Reel. Additional Reading […]
Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam
Source: Vox By Jennifer Williams Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, but they do revere him as a holy prophet. Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of […]
Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God
Source: Associated Press OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that […]
Science: The Only Present Day Arbiter Between Religions?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have a few friends, whom I will not call my bosom friends, who in their moments of […]
Israeli premier’s son blocked on Facebook for anti-Muslim posts
By AFP – Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest, Yair, Tweeted on Sunday that Facebook blocked his page for 24 hours over apparent […]
Iranians Are Converting To Evangelical Christianity In Turkey
Source: NPR By Fariba Nawa In a hotel conference room in Denizli, Turkey, about 60 Iranians sing along to songs praising Jesus mixed with Iranian pop music. When the music […]
Prophet Solomon’s Love of Horses
Epigraph: We gave David Solomon. He was an excellent servant who always turned to God. When well-bred light-footed horses were paraded before him near the close of day, he kept […]
Quakers, Rabbis, Imams Protest For Migrant Rights Because ‘Love Knows No Borders’
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Monday’s interfaith demonstration at the San Diego-Tijuana border launched a week of solidarity actions across the country. Interfaith leaders have joined forces to protest […]
Church of Sweden votes against ban on Islamic call to prayer
Source: Weekly Blitz By Robert Spencer “Imagine how amazing it would be that more people could encounter the love of Allah…” “Imagine how amazing it would be that more people […]
The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians
Suggested reading Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes Video: Cat Stevens’ Path to Islam Ted Talk: A message of peace, hope and inclusion | Yusuf Islam […]
Francis to become first Pope to visit Arabian Peninsula
By Reuters – Dec 06,2018 -JORDAN TIMES VATICAN CITY — The first visit by a Pope to the Arabian Peninsula will take place in February when Francis travels to Abu […]
A New Youtube Channel for Quran and Science
Suggested reading A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched Did Eve Come from Adam’s Rib — That is the Question? Does science really prove the Quran?
Ted Talk: We Can Be Buddhas
Additional Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from […]
Ted Talk: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in real time. Among the […]
In China, Gene-Edited Babies Are the Latest in a String of Ethical Dilemmas
Source: The New York Times By Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen BEIJING — First it was a proposal to transplant a head to a new body. Then it was the world’s first cloned primates. Now […]