Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri: An interpretation of Islam
Prof. Laura Veccia Vaglieri contributed several articles to the Encyclopedia of Islam. She was a pioneer of Arabic and Islamic studies in Italy, Veccia Vaglieri served as professor at the […]
An apology for Mohammed and the Koran
Book written by John Davenport This is a short but a wonderful book and a must read for all Muslims and Christians. This beautiful book, An apology for Mohammed and the […]
Rabbi bans male handshaking
PressTV: The head of the Gur Education Department, Abraham Benjamin Silberberg, said at a meeting with educational officials that handshakes between men is banned because it can cause “sinful thoughts.” […]
Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To Atheist by Dan Barker
Bible Contradictions: Chapter 23 of the Book PAUL SAID, “God is not the author of confusion,” (I Corinthians 14:33), yet never has a book produced more confusion than the bible! There are hundreds of denominations and sects, all using the “inspired Scriptures” to prove their conflicting doctrines. Why do trained […]
A Time for Soul-Searching — Reflections on Elul and Eid Al-Fitr
Huff Post: by Ron Kronish. As we Jews begin the month of Elul, the month before our “High Holidays” of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Muslims in Israel and around the world celebrate the holiday of Eid Al-Fitr. Our calendars, which are both lunar, often run in a parallel way, so […]
Hindus term Pope’s reaching out to Muslims “step in right direction”
Source: Press Release Hindus have commended His Holiness Pope Francis for his call to Christians and Muslims to work together to promote mutual respect at the end of his Angelus address on August 11 in Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, greeting Muslims as “our brothers”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a […]
Why Muslims celebrate Eid on different days?
Additional reading: Eid Mubarak and What is the Muslim Times doing for You? and: Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride! Suggested reading: Bringing the Muslims to the Same Day Eid […]
Quranic Quotes On The Poor
The Huffington Post: “They ask thee what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the […]
An American Eye Surgeon, who embraced Islam – “I was trying very hard to be a Christian”
Epigraph: “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the […]
The Big Debate: Islam or Atheism – Which Makes More Sense? Lawrence Krauss & Hamza Tzortzis
The proponent for Islam, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, made a precise and lucid presentation. The debate and interaction gets better in the second half of the event. In the first half of the […]
170,000 Muslims Throng Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Compound
More than 170,000 Muslims prayed outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque on Friday, as the holy month of Ramadan entered its final full week, police said. The faithful turned […]
Message of Pope Francis to the Muslims of the World for the End of Ramadan
To Muslims throughout the World It gives me great pleasure to greet you as you celebrate ‘Id al-Fitr’, so concluding the month of Ramadan, dedicated mainly to fasting, prayer and […]
More Americans Are Being Raised Without Religion and Choosing to Stay that Way
Huff Post: Daniel Cox. With roughly three-in-ten (31 percent) Millennials now identifying as religiously unaffiliated the debate over why this generation is abandoning religion at an unprecedented rate has mostly centered around two explanations: Millennials are leaving because they do not like churches, but will eventually return as the churches […]
Pat Robertson on How To Handle Demons in Your Home: ‘If It Was Me, I’d Burn The House Down’
Source: The Huffington Post By Cavan Sieczkowski Televangelist Pat Robertson is not a fan of demons, so much so that he says if one of those ungodly creatures was haunting […]
Why are millennials leaving church? Try Islam before Atheism
The Muslim Times’ has slightly modified the title to Why are millennials leaving church? Try Islam before Atheism. The original title was: Why are millennials leaving church? Try atheism. Most of the […]
Muhammad: A Messiah for Our Time, By Khushwant Singh
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: We have added the name Muhammad, may peace be on him, to the title as the article is about him. Source: The Telegraph Calcutta: A messiah of […]
Understanding a Billion Muslims: Ten Days, Ten Deeds
The Huffington Post: By Faheem Younus, Who can decipher the mind of a terrorist? In the post 9/11 America, there is a dollar-spending, ink-spilling, competition between the government and the […]
Did the Bible Misquote Jesus? Dr. James White vs. Dr. Bart Ehrman
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments All the rhetoric and findings in this debate are useful and interesting, but, I believe, with all the limitations and inaccuracies, whether hundreds or thousands, […]
Contemporary Issues: A Dialogue between an Atheists and a Muslim about Evolution
A challenge for Dawkins: Where did carbon come from?
Reza Aslan To Fox News: Yes I ‘Happen To Be A Muslim,’ But Wrote ‘Zealot’ Because I Am An Expert
Source: The Huffington Post “You’re a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?” Fox News’ Lauren Green demanded of religious scholar Reza Aslan, author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,” on Friday. Aslan responded, “Well, to be clear, I am […]