Why Judaism Embraces Science
Source: The Huffington Post By Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman: Blogger, Sinai and Synapses I recently had a conversation with a neuroscientist, who also happened to be a self-described atheist. He knew I […]
Islam Encourages Scientific Progress
by Harun Yahya HUFFINGTON POST The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to science and that attaches no […]
Space Secrets: Scientists hope to solve enigma of dark matter
April 3, 2013 – 20:11 A mystery which has been puzzling space scientists for more than 80 years may be on the verge of an explanation, thanks to the $2 […]
Does Death Exist? New Theory Says ‘No’
Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think. by Robert Lanza, MD CHIEF SCIENTIFIC […]
Does Neuroscience Require a Rejection of Religion?
Source: Huff Post, by Kelly Bulkeley. Two kinds of answers have been offered to this riddle. The first claims that the mind is nothing but the brain. Every aspect of mental life can be entirely and completely explained as a product of the physical properties of neural functioning. The second […]
Earth’s rotation and axis and blessings of Allah
Epigraph: And among His Signs is this, that He sends the winds as bearers of glad tidings and that He may make you taste of His mercy, and that the […]
A Cordial invitation to Sir David Attenborough to be a Theist
Epigraph Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things;Who has created death and life that He might try you — which of […]
Faith Isn’t Irrational, But Beliefs May Be
Source: Huff Post, by Peter A. Georgescu. Hindus believe there is a monkey god who travels thousands of kilometers at a single somersault. Catholics believe a woman who had not yet been fertilized by a man became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy, whose body eventually after his […]
Words, Science, and Religion
Source: KPB Stevens To my mind, religion only increases its beauty by allowing scientific words and phrases (by which I mean concepts) to change it. When I think about science, I think about it religiously. That doesn’t mean that I try to ignore its truths and make it conform to […]
Asteroids: Current Affairs and Islam
Our favorite posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Suggested reading by the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: Two Hundred Verses about […]
How Islamic finance and a more ethical capitalism go hand-in-hand
The Qur’an’s teachings around business chime with the objectives of the worldwide social enterprise movement Though wealth creation is the primary goal taught by top businessmen, social impact is considered to be a more fulfilling outcome for others. Money is not timeless, but what you do with that money can […]
Science without Religion Is Lame, Religion without Science Is Blind!
Epigraph: “In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding; those who […]
On Darwin Day, Promoting Scientific Thinking
Source: The Huffington Post By Rep. Rush Holt: U.S. Congressman from New Jersey’s 12th district Posted: 02/12/2013 11:35 am Today is the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Like Galileo, Newton and Einstein in the physical sciences, Darwin in the life sciences provided a new framework for thinking that […]
Has Science Explained Religion?
Huff Post: Catherine Hochman. Maybe religion is the result of our neurons firing chemical signals at one another. Maybe it is a mistake caused by natural selection. Or maybe it is the by-product of society’s effort to impose authority. On the other hand, maybe not. Has science explained religion […]
We Could Use God’s Help. Where Is He?
Huff Post: Deepak Chopra. What feels like a muddle could actually be a path. Unbelief can lead to faith and faith to true knowledge. This holds true for many other things in life, only we don’t use religious terms for it. When you learn to ride a bike, or roller-skate, […]
Where Did All the Antimatter Go? – an Islamic view
Source: onislam.net “Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.” “Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe how He […]
Science and Religion: Notes on a Lecture by Professor David Kazhdan
Michael Kara-Ivanov. Everything would be simple if we could stop here and conclude that science and religion have nothing in common. Further examination will show, however, that in fact there are similarities in the way we think about these two areas. The opposition between the objective and the […]
Science’s Sacred Cows
Huff Post: Dave Pruett. The Church is convinced that there can be no real contradiction between science and faith. … It is certain that science and faith represent two different orders of knowledge, autonomous in their processes, but finally converging upon the discovery of reality in all its aspects… Given […]
The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, By Timur Kuran
Source: The Independent Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Around 300 years ago, the bazaars of the Middle East were overflowing with luxury goods. The commercial centres of the region attracted all variety of fortune seekers, speaking numerous languages. There was nothing to indicate that the region would not continue to be […]
Public Opinion on Religion and Science in the United States
Epigraph: “Say Muhammad, ‘Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘Allah.’ Say, ‘Have you then taken besides Him helpers who have no power for good or […]