DAOISM: MONTHEISM, TRINITY, OR POLYTHEISM?
By Dr. Naseer Tahir Daoism, also known as Taoism is an organized religious tradition that has been evolving in China, Korea and Japan for last two thousand years. It […]
The story of Christmas – from the tomb of Jesus in Kashmir
HISTORY BY DR ABDUL MAJID SIRAJ ………….. Christians call Jesus the Son of the Father and for Muslims Jesus is called the Son of Mary. Muslims believe in the virgin […]
The Reason for the Season — and It’s Not Jesus
Source / Courtesy: The Huffington Post By Kirsten West Savali Growing up in an African Methodist Episcopal household as a child (A.M.E. shout out to Richard Allen!), the annual Christmas […]
Augustus: Another man-god like Jesus Christ!
The Roman Senate deified Augustus on September 17, 14 CE less than a month after his death. He was now divine not only for his ancestry and adoption but in […]
Examining Christianity: In Light of other Religious Traditions, Nature and Science?
Allah created mankind and took it upon Himself to guide them, as He says in the Qur’an, “Surely, it is for Us to provide guidance.” (92:12) Guidance and Law were given to every nation of the world through His Messengers, “And for every people there was a Messenger” (10:47). “And […]
Rising of the Sun from the West in the Latter Days
This article was originally published in the summer 2011 volume of the Muslim Sunrise. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, said and it is common knowledge among the Muslim circles, “In the Latter Days, the sun shall rise from the West.” The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes that this […]
Pictures: Merry Christmas in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to […]
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A comparative study
An interesting piece by journalist COLM Ó BROIN comparing quotes from Robert Spencer and and Julius Streicher. Ten statements by ‘anti-jihad’ writer Robert Spencer and Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher are compared. […]
Thomas Paine: His Second Coming in Islam in the 21st Century
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Thomas Paine was one of the Founding Fathers of USA, in 18th century he was one of the […]
Confucius: His testimony for one God and against Pauline Dogma
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As all humans are God’s creation, it stands to reason that God not only guided people in the […]
Islamic theology starts with Deism: Why all Christians and atheists should be Muslims?
Written and collected 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 […]
Contrasting the Christian and the Muslim concept of hell
The Islamic concept is that the hell is not eternal and every one who does not believe in Islam is not condemned; mitigating circumstances apply. According to Islam everyone will be judged based on his or her life experiences. The same cannot be said for the conventional view of Christianity, […]
Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After centuries of research, technology has created solar panels. The plant kingdom has been converting solar energy into […]
IN PICTURES / Jews around the world celebrate Hanukkah
Celebrations of the Festival of Lights take place at various locations throughout the world, including the Champs-Elysees in Paris, Trafalgar Square in London and the Ellipse outside the White House […]
AMYA volunteers bring message of PEACE
Credit; Chris Abbott Source; Tillsonburg Independent The message Saturday was peace. A group of 12 volunteers from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association of Canada (AMYA), an auxiliary wing of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, visited Tillsonburg Saturday to spread their message. “It’s a good day today, not too cold,” said Sadqat Chaudhary of […]
Preachers hail UAE’s religious tolerance
DUBAI: Christian residents here must count their blessings – including the freedom of worship in the UAE – more than their personal troubles in order to live the message of the season, said preachers in the run-up to Christmas. “We are all just visitors, minorities here,” the Rev Fr Tom Veneracion, […]
Finding a new role for churches: Need for a new message
Reuters:John Lloyd ……….This “hunger to be more serious” is acute now, in Christmas week, when, in the countries of long Christian tradition, the broadcast air is replete with carols, sacred music and invocations to rejoice in a miracle birth. It is a hunger which also contains something of a languorous […]
If life has a purpose and the Bible is not reliable word of God then the Quran is for you!
This article is to collect different debates between Christians and atheists and to catalog the limitations of both in different debates. Idea is to create Islam as a clear third choice for my readers in the West, Islam as presented by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Often the limitations of atheism […]
Bangladesh on its 40th Anniversary – The Takeaway
Courtesy: thetakeaway.org, mumbaimirror.org, amnistyusa.org http://www.thetakeaway.org/media/audioplayer/takeaway_player.swf// < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // On Friday, Bangladesh marks its 40th anniversary. The Takeaway spends a few minutes on one American hero tied to this anniversary, a former U.S. diplomat who served in what was then known as East […]
Foundation of our morality: Islamic and Judeo-Christian tradition!
If we examine our morality in its extreme situations we may realise that clearly there are religious implications and our morality came from God and perhaps cannot fully exist without God. Our morality is rooted in the prophets of God who revealed to us the absolute standards of our Creator […]