Israel Seeks to End Ancient African Jewish Custom
ABC News: Israel is closing the books on a rare millennia-old Jewish tradition. Nearly three decades after Israel began airlifting Ethiopia’s ancient Jewish community out of the Horn of Africa, […]
For Christians, To be Born Again in Islam!
The Muslim Times team is announcing a new website. lslamForWest.org is the official website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to present Islam to the Christian, agnostic and atheist readers in […]
Book of the week: Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets
Montgomery Watt calls Muhammad, one of the Greatest sons of Adam. The expression, seal of the Prophets means the Greatest Prophet! According to Karen Armstrong, “Mahound’s fictional status in the […]
Christians find vulnerabilities in the Bible and attribute them to the Holy Quran also, without knowledge
Bishop John Shelby Spong Bishop John Shelby Spong has evolved into an atheistic Christian, for a lack of a better term. His scholarship is very helpful in exposing the limitations of […]
December 2011 Alislam-eGazette: A watershed moment for China: Islam or Christianity?
January, 2012 Alislam-eGazette published its landmark volume about Islam and Christianity today. This volume has several articles comparing Islam and Christianity and why it may be important for China to […]
US Federal Court Blocks Oklahoma Ban on Sharia
Source: CNN US Federal Appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma State Ballot approved measure that barred state Judges from considering Islamic Law, or other international Law in their decision making. […]
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
This is the title of a very famous article in mathematics by Eugene Wigner. The article and its title reminds me of the verses of the Holy Quran that Dr. […]
The rise of atheism in Pakistan
Counter-extremism expert, Ghaffar Hussain catches up with ‘Hazrat Nakhuda’ – founder of the ‘Pakistani Atheists and Agnostics Facebook’s Group. Written by Ghaffar Hussain An increasing number of young Pakistani’s are […]
The Islamic ”Culture of Ambiguity” – Plurality as a Matter of Course
Source: Qantara How does a wine goblet find its way into an Islamic art collection? In “The Culture of Ambiguity”, Thomas Bauer describes the wide boundaries of Muslim culture and […]
Half Muslim, half…?
Daily Times; Yasser Latif Hamdani Eating pork in Pakistan is not a criminal offence. Yet hardly anyone consumes swine flesh in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the use of alcohol by Muslims in Pakistan is a criminal offence and yet alcohol is freely available and its use is widespread in Pakistan. Contrary to […]
Deism and 750 verses of the Holy Quran
By Zia H Shah MD Deism (pronounced /ˈdiːɪzəm/, us dict: dē′·ĭzm) is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this can be determined […]
Mosque vandalism hurts all
Ottawa Citizen: We recently conducted an interfaith event called Children of Abraham with Imam Limame of the Outaouais Islamic Centre. In attendance were members of our three congregations including the […]
Jesus’ miracle: Surviving the Cross
By Zia H Shah Jews were not expecting a suffering Messiah or one who will die on a cross, as Deuteronomy said, “And if a man have committed a sin […]
Religious Beliefs Battle Hypertension, Norwegian Study of Church Attendance Suggests
ScienceDaily (Dec. 23, 2011) — Does a belief in God confer any health benefits? With the help of a large Norwegian longitudinal health study called HUNT, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were able to find a clear relationship between time spent in church and lower blood […]
Fetal alcohol syndrome
According to Encyclopedia Britannica: “Even moderate consumption of alcohol during pregnancy, however, may be associated with milder symptoms of FAS, and women are often counseled to abstain from imbibing any amount of alcohol shortly before and during pregnancy. It is also often advised to prolong this period of abstinence throughout […]
Andrew Dickson White: Author of A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times George Santayana is well known for the saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If we […]
Binge Drinking: moderation is a myth hard to sustain
Contents Contents Health effects Prevalence of binge drinking See also References From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, my highlights and commentary are in read: Binge drinking is the modern definition of drinking alcoholic beverages with the primary intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of […]
A Muslim Honors National Bible Week
Source / Courtesy: The Huffington Post By Harris Zafar For those who may not know, we are in the midst of National Bible Week, sponsored by the National Bible Association. This is a week, especially identified to raise awareness of the Bible’s importance and relevance to the nation and the […]
Do Christians believe in atheists? UBC study finds believers distrust atheists as much as rapists
Religious believers distrust atheists more than members of other religious groups, gays and feminists, according to a new study by University of B.C. researchers. The only group the study’s participants […]
A watershed moment for China: Islam or Christianity?
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Like it or not, but Islam and Christianity have been two missionary religions, which have been struggling to win […]