Suggested Reading The Ever Present Question of Suffering The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love The Question of Suffering tackled by Dr. Charles Stanley […]
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol, a contributing opinion writer, is a visiting fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesley College. Over the past 15 years, my country, Turkey, […]
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times for understanding morality and promoting secularism in every country of the world Debate: Human Morality, Monotheism and Organized Religion? […]
Source: NPR BY LEILA FADEL On a recent night in Chicago, a Muslim preacher sits on the floor in the center of an ethnically mixed and mostly young group of men […]
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion (morality) other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they […]
Source: MSN By Jessica Estepa George H. W. Bush apologized Monday after another woman said the former president groped her during a 2003 photo op when she was 16 years […]
Source: The Conversation Why do people distrust atheists? A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people […]
Source: BBC News By Sydney Finkelstein A former student of mine called the other day. She’d worked at a major global company in the food industry, with primary responsibility for […]
Source: The Guardian Religious belief widely viewed as safeguard against ‘grossly immoral conduct’, according to new research Many still hold the view that people will do bad things unless they […]
Source: Smithsonian Why do people show kindness to others, even those outside their families, when they do not stand to benefit from it? Being generous without that generosity being reciprocated […]
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times First of all I want to thank Prof. John Lennox for defending God of Islam and Judaism most of […]
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH BEIJING (AP) — A speeding taxi knocks the pedestrian off her feet, sending her hurtling through the air. Dozens of people stand gawking or […]
The moral roots of liberals and conservatives Source: Ted Talks Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right […]
Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life: Sin – Richard Dawkins Viewer discretion is advised for this video, as there is some nudity in it. This thought-provoking series is not […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer; Reporter — Washington, D.C. BOSTON — In humans’ mysterious journey to become intelligent, socializing creatures like no other in the animal world, one innovation […]
Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th […]
theguardian — The Adoration of the Magi by Botticelli (1444/5-1510). ‘The huge decline in western Christianity has a much simpler root cause: the perceived claims of what people see as orthodox belief are, literally, incredible to the modern mind’, writes Fr Alec Mitchell. Photograph: Getty Images Your editorial (Imagine no […]
Source: Pew Research Center Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 39 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones. In 22 of 39 […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kabir Helminski; Sufi author, activist, translator of Rumi & Yunus Emre, @KabirHelminski Let us rephrase the question: can a morality suitable for the modern world be […]
The Story of God With Morgan Freeman | S01 E05 | Why Does Evil Exist? Source: ET Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is embarking on a religious exploration into the […]