The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Islam!
Epigraph: “If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” […]
Bill O’Reilly: Americans saying yes to drug abuse
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: Could Islam help, by providing absolute standards in regards to alcohol and other drugs? Source: Rapid City Journal Additional Source: Press and Sun, Jan 20, […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Would have Stood Against Discrimination, Based on Religion
Epigraph: “O ye people! fear your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear […]
Where Did All the Antimatter Go? – an Islamic view
Source: onislam.net “Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.” “Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe how He […]
Obama: ‘The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam’
Washington Post: By Georgetown/ On Faith “The impulse towards intolerance and violence may initially be focused on the West, but over time it cannot be contained. The same impulses toward extremism […]
Jesus never said in the Gospels: “I was dead and now I am alive!”
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD A comment by a devoted Christian in the Muslim Times gave me the title of my article or column for today. I […]
The Holy Quran Applauded as a Landmark Contribution to ‘Words of Justice’ by the Harvard University
Epigraph: “Blessed is He (Allah) Who has sent down the Discrimination (the Quran) to His servant (Muhammad), that he may be a Warner to all the worlds.” (Al Quran 25:1) […]
When and How would Forty Four Million Muslims Wake up to their Rights in Europe?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Short answer to the ‘when,’ question is as soon as they read this article carefully and share it with […]
Why I Remember President Truman on a Regular Basis
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Since the collapse of USSR, the President of USA, may be considered to be the most powerful person […]
Qutub Minar from the 13th Century: The Tallest Minaret in India
Source: Wikipedia Qutub Minar pronunciation (help·info) (English: The Qutub Tower; Urdu: قطب مینار) also Qutub Minar, is the tallest minaret in India [1] and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] Located […]
Why Bangladesh Should be a Secular State?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said yesterday, […]
Selling Islamic Wine with Hindu and Christian Trappings
Bridging the Gap Between Hinduism and Christianity Source: The Huffington Post By Gadadhara Pandit Dasa: Hindu Chaplain, Columbia University and New York University Growing up in a Hindu family in […]
Prophet Muhammad’s Rules of War
Epigraph: But if they (enemies) desist, then surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is freely professed for Allah. But if they (enemies) […]
The Legend and the Mystique of Alhambra
Prologue by Zia H Shah MD The charm and mystique of any good fiction lies in the conflict, tension and drama between the characters. Alhambra lives in the imagination of […]
Happy New Year Gift: A Wonderful World – By BBC and David Attenborough
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens […]
Finding Joy in the Dust of Snow – New Year Resolution
Author: Atif Munawar Mir Popular New Year resolutions such as losing weight, taking a trip, finding a better job, and giving up a bad habit are worth our time and […]
The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, By Timur Kuran
Source: The Independent Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Around 300 years ago, the bazaars of the Middle East were overflowing with luxury goods. The commercial centres of the region attracted all variety of fortune seekers, speaking numerous languages. There was nothing to indicate that the region would not continue to be […]
The Lost Gospels – BBC Documentary
Epigraph: “And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, fulfilling that which was revealed before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel which […]
The Founding Fathers of USA and Islam
Source: Library of Congress: By James Hutson: Chief of the Manuscript Division and the author of many books, including, most recently, “Religion and the Founding of the American Republic,” […]
Are Muslim Women Really Second Class Citizens?
by Alayna Ahmad, Student, The Extension School, Harvard University HUFFPOST RELIGION The Muslim world today is inundated with stereotypes and fallacies about women’s role within society. Despite the Quran’s clear promotion of women’s rights in Islam, the interpretation of the Hadith and Quran by men has led to patriarchal structures […]