Our Haunted House?
By Naseer A. Tahir, MD, Rochester, NY I had returned to a job in Rochester, NY after working in New Jersey for a year or so. We had just moved […]
Exorcism: The Muslim Times (TMT) Preserving information for the Posterity
Suggested reading: Saving the Muslims From Exorcisms and Jinns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Exorcism (from Greek ἐξορκισμός, exorkismos – binding by oath) is the religious practice of evicting demons or […]
How the Fields of Neurology and Psychology Started in the 19th Century, Out of Religious Dogma
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In 1858 a simple peasant girl, 14-year-old, named Bernadette Soubirous, living in the small village of Lourdes in […]
India university to teach doctors Ghost Studies
Source: BBC A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts. The six-month course […]
Ghost ‘sightings’ as explained by science
Source: Yahoo By Beth Greenfield “Ghosts are real” is an extremely common belief – for example, one 45 percent of Americans have, according to a recent YouGov poll. But what about everyone […]
Jinn From Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Gen (disambiguation), Jinni (disambiguation), Jinn (disambiguation), Djinn (disambiguation), Genie (disambiguation) and magic lantern (disambiguation). This article is about the traditional concept. For the genies […]
In Iraq, the ghosts provide the glue of unity in a story of survival
For a land that has experienced such suffering – under Saddam, then under the Americans, and then under attacks from the Isis cult – Robert Fisk finds that a profound […]
Video: Laughter is the best cure for psychics
Four in 10 Americans (42 percent) believe spiritual powers rest in physical objects like mountains, trees, and crystals, according to a new study of American religion from Pew Research. A similar number […]
Understanding Satan in the Quran Provides for Progressive Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Satan or Iblis is mentioned no less than 60 times in the holy Quran. Is Satan a real […]
Jinn: Do They Exist?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Muslims, generally speaking, believe in the existence of the unseen world, which generally includes besides Allah, angels, […]
American Exorcism
Source: The Atlantic Louisa muskovits appeared to be having a panic attack. It was March of 2016, and Louisa, a 33-year-old with a history of alcohol abuse, was having a regular […]
The Latest Exhibition of the Catholic Church and the Age Old Belief in Exorcism
Catholic Exorcist Prays For Brett Kavanaugh In Response To Witches’ Planned Hex Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The Rev. Gary Thomas said those targeting the Supreme Court justice are […]
Hamza Yusuf on Jinns: Powerful Men or Demons?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The above audio is a presentation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf about Jinns. I have too much respect for him to […]
Saving the Muslims From Exorcisms and Jinns
Epigraph: And remember the day, when Allah will gather them all together; then He will say to the angels: ‘Was it you that they worshiped?’ They will say, ‘Holy are […]
I Thought I Was Possessed By The Devil. The Truth Shook My Deepest Beliefs.
Source: Huffington Post By Steve Kissing, Guest Writer In 1975, when I was a fifth-grader at St. William Elementary, a Catholic school in Cincinnati, Ohio, the devil began visiting me […]
Exorcism by cellphone: Beating the devil in the 21st century
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – About 200 aspiring exorcists gathered on Monday for a week-long course in casting out demons – including by cellphone if necessary – […]
Christ was the first exorcist’: priest reports rising demand for the ritual
Source: The Guardian BY Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Mexican priest who is teaching the ancient rite in Rome says it still has a place in the modern Catholic church Father Cesar Truqui. […]
The ‘exorcism’ that turned into murder
Source: BBC News At dawn, Vilma Trujillo was led out of the Celestial Vision church – a dark wooden cabin where she had been held captive for almost a week […]
She forced a crucifix down her ‘possessed’ daughter’s throat. Now, she’s convicted of murder.
Source: The Washington Post Francisco Merlos is still haunted by the image of Geneva Gomez’s lifeless body covered in blood — his ex-girlfriend’s arms spread out as though she had been crucified, […]
Pope says Satan is More Intelligent than Humans & the Muslim Times’ Response
Pope says Satan is more intelligent than humans – We believe he is not a person but only a personification of our id or negative tendencies Source: The Express Tribune […]
