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 […]
How Do Jews View Science?
Source: Huffington Post By Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman, Founding Director, Sinai and Synapses During my seven years in the congregational rabbinate, I had so many people say to me, “I don’t believe […]
CDC: Circumcision benefits outweigh the risks as it cuts risk for HIV, STDs and penile cancer
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be […]
Repair and regeneration in our bodies
HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 21 November 2014 Events in our bodies that we are unaware of take place within a meticulous order. The functioning of our organs, so essential to our survival, is not something we initiate and maintain of our own volition. Our organs are one of the […]
Second Quran and Science Symposium Today, 10 AM EST
Epigraph: Blessed is He (Allah) in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; … Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou […]
The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator of Our Universe
Epigraph Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the […]
Annual Penguin India Lecture: Decoding Dan Brown
Additional Reading Author Dan Brown: Science And Religion Are Partners If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Da Vinci code and the search for the Holy Grail
Author Dan Brown: Science And Religion Are Partners
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla Author Dan Brown has sparked plenty of intellectual debate during his career as a novelist by exploring the relationship between science and religion. While delivering […]
Evolution: Natural Selection or Divine Choice?
Source: Muslim Sunrise, September, 2014 By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times To grasp the paramount importance of the issue, ‘Natural Selection or Divine Choice,’ we […]
Reminding people of their religious belief system reduces hostility, study shows
sciencedaily.com: Few topics can prove more divisive than religion, with some insisting it promotes compassion, selflessness and generosity, and others arguing that it leads to intolerance, isolation and even violence. New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion’s […]
5 reasons to attend the Quran and Science Symposium
To view the videos from 2014, please click here 5 reasons to attend the Quran and Science Symposium, on Sat Nov 15th, 2014, at Bait-ur-Rehman Mosque, Silver Spring, Maryland It’s about […]
Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between Evolution and Original Sin
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding […]
Pope Francis Does Believe in Demons. Do You?
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. (Al Quran 10:37) Pope Francis Thanks […]
A Historic Video Debate: Does the Universe have a purpose, why were the Muslims excluded?
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and […]
10 American Seminaries To Receive $1.5 Million In Grants To Include Science In Curricula
(RNS) Responding to a real or perceived gap between science and faith, 10 U.S. seminaries will receive a combined $1.5 million in grants to include science in their curricula, the […]
Science and fundamentalism are tearing religion apart
Science is playing a steadily larger and more personal role in helping us tell the difference between what is and what ain’t. In that capacity it has undermined what many of us once expected religion to provide, inspiring an increasingly angry and violent reaction from those who feel their very […]
This Vatican Astronomer Thinks Religion and Science are Compatible
In modern society, an individual is almost forced to side between science and religion. However, some people, including the Vatican Astronomer, feel that religion and science are not only capable of coexistence, but they also are mutually supportive. They believe that fundamentalism on both sides of the debate is perpetuating […]
The Science-Religion Crisis at Christian Colleges
Source: Huffington Post By Kelly James Clark, Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute, Grand Valley State University Shortly after the 2004 publication of his book, Random Designer, biologist Richard Colling was prohibited from teaching introductory biology courses at Olivet Nazarene College in Illinois and his book was banned from the campus. Peter […]
Life after death? Largest-ever study provides evidence that ‘out of body’ and ‘near-death’ experiences may be real
ADAM WITHNALL Author Biography Tuesday 07 October 2014 There is scientific evidence to suggest that life can continue after death, according to the largest ever medical study carried out on the subject. One man who was clinically dead – then brought back to life – accurately described what had been […]
Evolution Battle Engulfs Texas Board Of Education All Over Again
Source: Huffington Post | By WILL WEISSERT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The long-simmering battle over teaching evolution in Texas boiled over at a late-night meeting, as the Board of Education extended preliminary approval of new science books for use in classrooms across the state but held up one biology text because […]