Why Physicalism is Not True: If Mathematics is ‘Discovered,’ God Exists
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many if not most present day scientists and philosophers in the West are atheists, so no wonder that […]
Are the Mathematicians Looking for God, When They Worship Mathematics?
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3) We have created the heavens and […]
What Does the “Unreasonable Effectiveness” of Mathematics Mean?
Epigraph: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the perfect truth and […]
Laws of Nature and Mathematics are not Eternal or Platonic
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3) Written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Mathematical Mysticism: Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Our Universe
Epigraph: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ “We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the perfect truth and […]
Book Review: Don’t Let Mathematicians and Physicists Steal Your God
Epigraph Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built, raising it high and perfecting it, giving darkness to its night and bringing out its morning […]
Video: Want to Know Mathematics and Physics: Is God a Mathematician?
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 […]
Video: Want to Know Mathematics and Physics: Is God a Mathematician?
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 […]
Prof. Maryam Mirzakhani and Muslim Heritage
Epigraph: “In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” Galileo Galilei Taj Mahal is a symbol of Muslim Heritage The lead […]
Discovery Channel Video: Moon: Does it have a purpose?
Epigraph: He it is Who made the sun radiate a brilliant light and the moon reflect a luster, and ordained for it stages, that you might know the number of […]
How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library
Source: BBC By By Adrienne Bernhard Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world. […]
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 […]
2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times 3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win […]
The success of Dr. Abdus Salam in the field of science
Source: Winter 2019 volume of the Muslim Sunrise, the longest running Muslim publication of North America Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In […]
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 […]
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac: The Hero of Dr. Abdus Salam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Gordon Fraser mentions in his book, Cosmic Anger: Abdus Salam – The First Muslim Nobel Scientist, that Dr. […]
The attack that made me a maths genius
Source: BBC News By Sarah Keating Jason Padgett sees maths everywhere. Even something as ordinary as brushing his teeth is governed by mathematics – he turns the tap on and […]
Believe It or Not, Pope Gregory XIII Is In the Daily Life of Every Muslim
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a few weeks, every one at least in the Western world, Muslim or non-Muslim, will be […]
The Father of Algebra: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There are about 750 verses in Quran urging Muslims to make use of reason to understand nature and […]
Movie: Ramanujan: A Prophet of Mathematics Born in a Hindu Family
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]