Dr. Abdus Salam: Some Reminiscences
Dr. Abdus Salam: Some Reminiscences Courtesy: theartofmisinformation By: Imam B.A. Rafiq When I reached London in the early part of 1959 Dr. Abdus Salam lived in Putney, about a mile and […]
Bangla Interactive Q & A Program Shotter Shondhane on YouTube
Previous Episodes Bangla Interactive Q & A Program Shotter Shondhane – i.e. In Search of Truth are available on Youtube. Visit www.youtube.com and search for Shotter Shondhane or click on Media Library below. Media Library Please watch these programs with your family members, friends and relatives and share […]
Court to rule on Muslim prayer in German schools
On Wednesday, Germany’s Federal Administrative Court is set to rule on whether German schools must accommodate Muslims by providing them with a place to pray. In a landmark case, Germany’s […]
Islam and Human Rights
The Holy Quran, revealed in the desert of Arabia in the seventh century stated that the purpose of defensive warfare is to preserve the sanctity of cloisters, churches, synagogues and mosques. The Quran named the place of worship of the Muslims as the last on this sacred list. In so […]
How to be Free from Sin
The recipe is not some supernatural phenomenon which cannot be be observed or demonstrated. The panacea is genuine repentance with honest intention not to repeat the mistake or the sin. Firstly, I will introduce two small booklets by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the […]
Molecular Biology: A Checkmate to Creationism
Charles Darwin Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The apparent conflict between religion and science is often due to the desire of theists to uphold the details of Genesis and dogmas of ‘Original Sin’ and divinity of Jesus Christ. If the theists swap […]
Violence in the Bible and Jihad in the Quran
This article was originally published in the Muslim Sunrise, in fall of 2011. The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. By Khaula Rehman MD Many Christians and Jews, perhaps unconsciously, consider the Quran standing in absolute contrast to the scriptures they themselves cherish. In the minds […]
Catholics, Muslims pursue dialogue amid Mideast tension
By Tom Heneghan, Reuters, Jordan Times BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN – Only five years ago, critical remarks by Pope Benedict about Islam sparked off violent protests in several Muslim countries.Never very good, relations between the world’s two largest religions sank to new lows in modern times. Last week, while protesters […]
Contestants from 53 countries to participate in Qur’an contest
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Under the aegis of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowment, Call and Guidance will organize next month the […]
The concept of Trinity has no legs to stand on
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, the first Muslim missionary to USA in 1920s, in his early days in USA, to initiate his missionary work, went into a store and bought three pencils and chose to pay for the price of only one pencil. When the shop keeper protested and asked for further […]
Where is the Injil: the Q document or ‘Q?’
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word Injil occurs several times in the Quran (3:4, 3:49, 3:66, 5:47, 5:67, 5:69, 5:111; 7:158; 9:111; […]
The Muslim Times presenting Journey of Man: A Genetic Odessy
By Spencer Wells DNA is more than 99% similar among all humans, so all claims for discrimination, like caste system, polygenetic theory of human origin or some people being the ‘chosen people’ are only self indulgence. There is very little difference in the intellectual abilities of different races or families. The […]
Is God the Father the Creator, the Trinity as a whole or are there three Creators?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Let me start this presentation with a few verses of the Holy Quran, which are a lighthouse on […]
Muhammad: the Light for the Dark Ages of Europe!
Cave of Hira where the prophet had his first revelation! An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead to the inevitable conclusion that […]
The Message: Muhammad: Messenger of God (A movie)
A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God (1976) Rated PG. After a non-Muslim […]
Religious leaders urged to spread interfaith values
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday received a delegation comprising participants in the Second Muslim-Catholic Forum, which opened at the Baptism Site in the Jordan Valley on […]
Interfaith dialogue supports global peace efforts – Prince Ghazi
BAPTISM SITE (Petra) – HRH Prince Ghazi, chairman of the Royal Al al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, on Monday said Islamic-Catholic dialogue, particularly between political and religious leaders, has […]
Turkish Muslim pilgrims’ bus ‘shot at in Syria’
A bus, part of a convoy carrying Turkish pilgrims, has come under gun attack in central Syria, Turkish media and officials say. At least two people, one of them a bus driver, were injured in the attack near the flashpoint city of Homs, they say. The passengers, who had attended […]
Muslim men help keep Jewish tradition alive
Zafaryab Ali and his business partner, Peerada Shah, Two Pakistani Muslims in Brooklyn were shocked on hearing through a friend that Coney Island Bialys and Bagels was closing. Ali had worked at the store for 10 years in the 1990s and remembers it always being crowded, with lines out the […]