Muslims and America a Survey
For our collection of articles to tackle Islamophobia, please click here Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to […]
4 Goals for Muslim College Students in 2016
Source: Huffington Post The year 2016 is one of both regression and progress, a time when anti-Muslim bigotry has reached new levels but also a time when the people speaking […]
Pope Francis questions Trump’s Christianity and a Message of Love from the Bible and the Quran
Pope Francis questions Donald Trump’s Christianity Source: BBC The Pope has questioned US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. Pope […]
Pluralism and the Najran Christians: How Prophet Muhammad Went Beyond Tolerance
Source: The Huffington Post By Craig Considine; Sociologist, Speaker, Writer Last week I gave a presentation in front of a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students at Rice University in […]
Video Debate: Is it right to shop on Sundays?
Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: For six days, work is to be done, but […]
Video: Obama takes on Donald Trump
Watch the video in CNN By Stephen Collinson and Theodore Schleifer Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama has a message for Donald Trump — being president is tougher than being on a […]
This Day in History, on Feb 17, Giordano Bruno Burnt Alive, at the Stake in Rome
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Giordano Bruno […]
Scandinavia’s first women-only mosque opens in Denmark
For our posts promoting women rights, please click here Source: The Local The female imam at Mariam Mosque, which is opening at an undisclosed location in Copenhagen this week, hopes […]
President Jimmy Carter wins Grammy Award
(CNN) Former President Jimmy Carter on Monday won his second Grammy Award, this time for the audio book version of his memoir, “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.” This is the […]
The truth about Muslims and sex slavery – according to the Quran, rather than Isis or Islamophobes
Source: Independent By Mariam Hakim Monday 15 February 2016 17:12 BST There are references to sex slavery in the Quran – but when you read them in context, the meaning […]
Celebrating President’s Day in USA, a Muslim’s Perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February, meaning it […]
On This Day in History Galileo in Rome for Inquisition and the Conflict Continues
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times On this day in 1633, Feb 13, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome […]
Richard Dawkins – Enemies of Reason – Slaves to Superstition
The Enemies of Reason is a two-part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in which he seeks to expose “those areas of belief that exist without […]
Catholic bishops not obliged to report clerical child abuse, Vatican says
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich […]
Nelson Mandela’s grandson’s conversion to Islam
Source: BBC Mandla Mandela’s conversion to Islam sparks South Africa ‘disquiet’ The Congress of Traditional Leaders in South Africa (Contralesa) told the BBC that being Muslim could affect his ability […]
‘Violence more common’ in Bible than Quran, text analysis reveals
Source: Independent The Old Testament was found to be more than twice as violent as the Quran An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found […]
10 Reasons You Should Not Fear Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Alnatour; Palestinian-American Muslim. Student. Humanitarian. When I was a toddler, I was terrified of ladybugs. There was just something about how different they looked that […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came to Islam by studying autobiography of Malcolm X, watch his interview in CNN
Watch his interview in CNN The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Malcolm X (1992) Movie Starring: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, et al. Directed by: Spike Lee. Runtime: 3 hrs […]
Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought
Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Mon Dec 10, 2007; substantive revision Wed Jan 26, 2011 The influence of Arabic and Islamic philosophy on Judaic thought has never been studied […]
Georgia proposes ‘blasphemy bill’ to outlaw religious insults
Source: The Guardian Georgia is planning a “blasphemy bill” that will make religious irreverence punishable by law, prompting concerns about freedom of expression in the devoutly Orthodox Christian society. Critics […]