What Did Justice Ginsburg Do for the Muslims?
Muslim Ban Dissent Is A Part Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy Ginsburg and Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in the travel ban decision has been crucial in the fight to […]
USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit Participates in the “2020 International Day of Peace” hosted by TIG & KYND
Report by Muhammad Ahmad Detroit Michigan Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Detroit participates in the 2020 International Day of Peace hosted by Troy Area Interfaith Group in collaboration with the KYND (Know Your Neighbor Daily) on September 17, 2020. The Troy–area Interfaith Group exists to invite all faith communities to gather, grow […]
Ginsburg’s Legacy and Our Innate Desire for Justice
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933, died yesterday on September 18, 2020. My heart is […]
Rosh Hashanah Starts On the Evening of September 18
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning “head [of] the year”, is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), literally “day of shouting or blasting”. It is the first of […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Former Byzantine churches are being converted to mosques – this threatens Istanbul’s cosmopolitan identity
Source: The Conversation Authors: Ilay Romain Ors: Research Affiliate, Centre of Migration, Policy, and Society, University of Oxford Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir: Research Associate in Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Two former […]
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Qur’an
Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Whether or not Jefferson was also familiar with the Constitution of Medina—the document dictated by Muhammad to govern relations among the diverse Muslim and Jewish tribes in […]
Bringing the Leading Christian Apologist William Lane Craig to Islam
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 […]
New York Times: Inshallah Is Good for Everyone
Source: The New York Times By Wajahat Ali, who is the author of the play “The Domestic Crusaders” and creative director of Affinis Labs, a hub for social entrepreneurship and innovation […]
Nobel Prize for a noble woman
Mar 31,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – BY ALI KASSAY, alikassay@ace-house.com One of the marvels of the Internet age is that rarely a week goes by without someone inviting you to […]
Rights Bodies Alarmed Over Surge In Pakistan’s Blasphemy Cases
Source: Gandhara Supporters of Khalid Khan, the man who killed Tahir Nasim, who was in court on blasphemy charges, protest in Peshawar on July 31. Police in Pakistan have filed […]
Video Book Review: The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the […]
Dr. Abdus Salam and his Hindu teacher
On this #WorldTeachersDay I will like to bring to you a poignant touché story. Dr. Abdus Salam visited India in December 1979, soon after attending the Nobel award ceremony in […]
Terrorism Can be Defeated Only by the Golden Rule and Not by Bullets or Tanks
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 […]
A Nobel for Karen Armstrong will bring the Christians and the Muslims closer
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart,for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God. (Matthew […]
Umar Farooq and the Treaty of Jerusalem
Source: The Lost History of Islam Original Title: Jerusalem and Umar ibn al-Khattab Jerusalem is a city holy to the three largest monotheistic faiths – Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Because of its […]
Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis, For the Whole of our Human Family
Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order […]
Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem?
Epigraph: Glory be to Him, Who carried His servant (Muhammad) by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque (Prophet Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem), the environment of which We […]
The Smile of God by Joel Osteen
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism and success. […]
A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an agnostic, for he focuses on the question of suffering. If that question […]