Don’t Let Them Tell You You’re Not at the Center of the Universe
Source: NY Times By Dennis Overbye Misconception: The universe started someplace. Actually: The Big Bang didn’t happen at a place; it happened at a time. “Where did the Big Bang […]
4th Quran & Science Symposium on August 27th
Suggested Reading Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God Religion and Science: The Indispensable God-hypothesis
BBC: Organisms May be Quantum Machines
Source: BBC By Martha Henriques Few of us really understand the weird world of quantum physics – but our bodies might take advantage of quantum properties If there’s any subject […]
The Muslim Times Leading the Way as Regards Relationship Between Science and Religion
The lead post is by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The key to enlightenment may lie in avoiding dogmatism and a totalitarian philosophy in favor […]
Einstein: The Light-Beam Rider
Source: New York Times By WALTER ISAACSON; who is the C.E.O. of the Aspen Institute, is the author of “The Innovators” and biographies of Einstein, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Henry […]
Blessed Are the Meek, For They Will Inherit the Twitter
Epigraph: “So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable.” (Al Quran 87:10) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the Sermon on the Mount, […]
Expanding Universe: Nobel Prize 2011 and the Holy Quran
Epigraph: And the heaven We built with our own powers and indeed We go on expanding it. . (Al Quran 51:48) Source / Courtesy: CNN and Muslim Sunrise October 2011. Scientists […]
Quantum Mechanics Documentary on Determinism vs Free Will
Watch this in light of: The human condition is, as Plato would make Socrates say in the Republic (7.514a ff.), comparable to that of prisoners of an underground cave, whose […]
Why there is Something and Not Nothing: Does Evolution Explain Religious Beliefs?
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:4) Source: New York Times This is […]
Ten Raised to Five Hundred Reasons for Our Gracious God
Epigraph: And He (Allah) gave you all that you wanted of Him; and if you try to count the favors of Allah, you will not be able to number them. Indeed, man […]
The third state of consciousness under the knife
Are we really unconscious under general anaesthetic? BBC: Having a general anaesthetic is a routine part of many operations. But what happens if you are still conscious after you close […]
Keeping Alive The Big Questions
Source: The Huffington Post By Jaweed Kaleem: jaweed.kaleem@huffingtonpost.com Twenty years ago, Evgenia Cherkasova and Elena Kornilov were doctoral students in their mid-20s, living in the same housing complex at Penn State University. As they pursued their degrees — Cherkasova in philosophy, Kornilov in physics — both started families, and to take a […]
Ball State University Bans Teaching Intelligent Design In Science Classes
Source: The Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade Ball State University president Jo Ann Gora announced that the school would no longer teach intelligent design in science classes following a complaint about the curriculum at the public university. In a statement released Wednesday, Gora said “intelligent design and creation science do […]
Quantum Theory – Sign of a Personal God
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest […]
Picture of the Day: Horses
Epigraph: “And We have not created the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the view of those who disbelieve. Woe, then, to […]
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 […]
Albert Einstein: ‘Everything is A Miracle!’
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1/2) Written and collected by Zia H […]
LUMS Fundraising Campaign for Abdus Salam Chair
LUMS: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is proud to announce its campaign to create an Abdus Salam Chair at LUMS and encourages all to contribute to it generously […]
Demystifying Quantum Physics: You Need it for Your Faith
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 If my […]
Pakistan shuns physicist linked to ‘God particle’ – Because he is A Muslim
SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic “God particle” last week, yet […]