By Sazzad Khandakar July 26, 2013 It is the holy month of Ramadhan. Muslims all across the world engage themselves in dawn to dusk fasting as it was prescribed by God in the Holy Quran. In chapter 2, vs 184, God commands men to fast and mentions that it was prescribed for […]
Epigraph: “It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.” Max Planck (1858-1947) Source: Muslim Sunrise By By Hassan Khan In recent years, the creationism […]
Epigraph: “Is he, then, who knows that what has been revealed to thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is the truth, like one who is blind? But only those gifted with understanding will […]
Epigraph: And as to the people of Noah when they rejected the Messengers, We drowned them, and We made them a Sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful […]
Epigraph: And He it is who created the heavens and the earth in accordance with the requirements of wisdom and the Truth; and the day He says, ‘Be!’, it will […]
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 see […]
By Richard Greene: Communication Strategist, Author of “Words That Shook The World” Huff Post: As we leave the season when many have celebrated the birth of “The son of G_d”, […]
Epigraph: “Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. … He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass […]
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 […]
In early times, people believed that the earth is flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out too far, lest they should fall off the edge. Sir Francis Drake […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: Any study of history of science and Catholic Church would be incomplete without careful reading of, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in […]
By contributing writer Vidushi Sharma for KidSpirit’s Money and Value issue. This June, if you’d walked into the last KidSpirit Editorial Board meeting of the year, you would have seen a group of kids widely ranging in age. Some of us had cookies and milk in our hands; others were […]
“I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experiences in a magnificently consistent order, but is ghastly silent about all and sundry that is really near to our heart, that really […]
“Science is…a powerful way, indeed – to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective…in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other.” Francis Collins (1950-) –American physician-geneticist and […]
Epigraph: “Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and […]
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=490&height=275&playList=517466993 A good Religion itself, philosophy and science rule out a God, which does miracles that break the laws of nature. God of Islam is Al Baatin, the Hidden, the Subtle, who uses laws of nature to grant devout and righteous believers, their prayers. Defining a domain of metaphysics, properly, […]
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
Epigraph: “Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort; ‘Those who believe and […]
By Professor Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS, who is a theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is a University of Surrey Distinguished Chair where he has also held a personal chair […]