Every time I see a Cross, I am Reminded …
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 […]
Zikr Illahi (remembrance of Allah) and the human mind
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Zikr Ilahi means meditating on the attributes of Allah or short verses of the holy Quran or […]
Meditation is For the Whole Day: The Right Recording to Play
Suggested reading Zikr Illahi (remembrance of Allah) and the human mind Meditation is common across many religious groups in the U.S. Doctor’s Orders: 20 Minutes Of Meditation Twice a Day – How […]
Book Review: Muhammad: An anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment
Source: Princeton University Printing Press and Aeon.co By John Tolan, who is a professor of history at the University of Nantes. His latest book is Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions […]
Video: PM Trudeau delivers a statement on the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand
Suggested reading Building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for Justin Trudeau
Quran: Can We Squeeze an Ocean into a Swimming Pool?
Epigraph: And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans swelling it thereafter, the words of Allah would not […]
Desmond Ford, 90, Adventist theologian, Closer to Islam and Judaism Dies
Desmond Ford, 90, Adventist theologian defrocked for controversial beliefs, dies By Mark A. Kellner (RNS) — Desmond Ford, a Seventh-day Adventist theologian and writer whose 1980 defrocking by Australian leaders […]
What is a Mirage: Why material pleasures will never bring real happiness?
Epigraph: And as to those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until, when he comes up to […]
Islam and Women: International Women’s Day
Epigraph: But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
The ‘Fall of Man’ and Anthropology
By Andrew Dickson White, the Founding President of the Cornell University [This is a chapter from the book A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. Volume: […]
Has Trump hypnotized his base with repeated suggestions — Watch a Ted Talk?
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The contagious thought that could kill you Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates Ted Talk: Homeopathy, Quackery […]
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to be indicted on corruption charges, pending hearing
By Oren Liebermann and Andrew Carey, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust arising from three separate corruption investigations, […]
Revealing Dreams of Scientists
Source: The Longest Running Muslim publication of North America Since 1920s. By Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Radiation Oncologist Imagine a world in which medicine lacks the sophistication of advanced chemical structures, […]
If Catholic Church Allows Women Priests and Marriage, It Could Decrease, if Not Cure Child Abuse
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We […]
How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the mention of 330 million gods?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It is very simple! And as we celebrate, the first United Nations International Day of Yoga – the […]
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 […]
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
Third Council of Constantinople (680-681): Does Jesus has one nature / operation or two?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The best way to demystify Trinity and other dogma of Christianity, where they differ from Judaism […]
Remembering Malcolm X Can Help Overcome Racism and Sectarianism
Remembering Malcolm X Source: AMUST By Bilal Cleland is a keen reader, a prolific writer and a regular columnist of AMUST based in Melbourne. This is a time when many […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]