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 […]
Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – 3 Part BBC Documentary
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
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 […]
Science and Religion – An event with Prof. Tom Kibble in Jamea (Islamic theology University) Germany
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany By Bilal Aslam Picture (from R-L): Dr. Dawood Majoka, Prof. Tom Kibble & Dr. Mansoora Shamim The same Event as on March 1st held in Bensheim Germany, was also held next day in Jamea Germany, the islamic thelogical University of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in […]
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 […]
Antarctic Lake Vostok yields ‘new bacterial life’
Northern Lights Source: BBC By Paul Rincon: Science editor, BBC News website Russian scientists have claimed the discovery of a new type of bacterial life in water from a buried […]
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 […]
Islamic Teaching To Get New Level In Russia: Russian Voice
Islam teaching to get to new level in Russia Tags: Society, Opinion & Analysis, Russia, Islam Polina Chernitsa Mar 5, 2013 13:16 Moscow Time Photo: RIA Novosti In separate interviews with the Voice of Russia broadcast on Tuesday, experts said that the creation of a system of Islamic higher education in Russia will help […]
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 […]
After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world
Source: The Economist. THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Provident God of the Abrahamic Faiths: Plain Water will Tell you the Story
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then […]
The Water Cycle and the Holy Quran
Introduction by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In this post, I intend to introduce a part of the popular book by Dr. Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, […]
Scientific American ignoring the Elephant in the Room: Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Last week, John Horgan, a teacher at Stevens Institute of Technology, published an article in Scientific American titled, […]
Dawkins’ False Papal Fatwa: ‘Einstein was a Pantheist and not a Deist?’
Epigraph We (Allah) have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? What think ye of the sperm-drop that you emit? Is it you who have created it […]