By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The short 10-12 minute talk is within the first 22 minutes of the video, from minute 10 to 22, after the […]
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton’s new book, Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto, is out now from Riverhead Books. Muhammad’s […]
Source: Arab News By Mohammed Nosseir Observing the inflexible attitude that many religious people often adopt makes me wonder whether believers can be religious without being rigid. Which attribute […]
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for […]
Source: The Guardian BY Sara Khan It was fine in theory to defend the right of extremists to free speech. But this left them widely uncontested In this time of […]
On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent Source of the article: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Washington (CNN)Before President Donald Trump delivered his highly anticipated speech in Saudi Arabia […]
Source: The Cougar By Katelyn Kenney Students filed into the Agnes Arnold Auditorium Tuesday for a conversation about countering religious extremism. The event, part of the Jack J. Valenti School […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is modified version of a speech by me in St. Paul Church in Endicott, NY. “No […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Javed Ahmad Ghamidiجاوید احمد غامدی জাভেদ আহমেদ Ghamidi in Georgetown University, USA, 27 May 2015 1st president of Al-Mawrid Born 18 April 1951 Nationality Pakistani […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The fundamentalists who would read the scripture literally and show concrete thinking are not unique to Christianity. […]
Source: The Local The Der Spiegel cover image being used during a protest in Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo: DPA German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The sun sets for the last time over Barrow, Alaska. On the 18th of November, 2016 at […]
Source: Amazon By Sara Khan (Author), Tony McMahon (Author) Across Britain, Muslims are caught in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining […]
Source: Independent By Siobhan Fenton Social Affairs Correspondent @siobhanfenton Exclusive investigation reveals serious concerns about how children taught at Accelerated Christian Education in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were treated, as ex-pupils claim exorcisms […]
Source: Associated Press By AOMAR OUALI ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Mosques are going up, women are covering up, and shops selling alcoholic beverages are shutting down in a changing Algeria […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Dr. Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker, and a writer and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day Contemporary Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf writes, […]
Suggested Reading by the Muslim Times: Ken Ham of Noah’s Ark, Key to Understand Trump’s Lure Source: NPR By Ashley Westerman A replica of Noah’s Ark has been built in the […]
Source: The New York Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — In the beginning, Ken Ham made the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. And he saw that it was good […]
Guardian: I am a novelist. I look around at the world and I make up stories about people, families, lovers and friends. More often than not, the stories take place in Bangladesh, where I was born. When I close my eyes and think of home, it’s the peaty smell of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Derek Penwell Author; Editor; Speaker; Activist So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. So often it is an archdefender of […]