Presented by Zia H Shah MD Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s mayor made history as he became the city’s first Muslim mayortheguardian.com – a milestone that resonated deeply […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD with the help of ChatGPT Introduction Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835–1908) – founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam – claimed to […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD with the help of ChatGPT Abstract The Ahmadiyya Muslim movement split into two branches – the Lahori Ahmadis and the Qadiani Ahmadis – largely […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Abstract: Relations between marginalized communities and majority groups can transform profoundly over time. The journey of Black and white Americans – from the horrors […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Introduction: Ahmadi Muslims are followers of Islam who believe that the Promised Messiah (Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) has already arrived, distinguishing them […]
Epigraph وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ And if all the trees that are in the […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Twelver Shi’ite Views on Imams and Divine Guidance In Twelver (Ithnā‘asharī) Shī‘ism, the Twelve Imams are revered as infallible, divinely guided leaders, but not […]
Epigraph وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ […]
Promoted Post: Mutually Assured Sectarian Cold War in Islam: Causes and a Path to Unity
Epigraph وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ And indeed, We have made the Qur’an easy to understand and to remember. But is there anyone who would receive admonition? (Al […]
Promoted post: What are the differences between Hanafi, Shafi, Hanbali and Maliki in Islam; Should we care? Presented by Zia H Shah MD Introduction The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Abstract Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, taught that no new law-bearing prophet can ever arise after Prophet Muhammad […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Ibn ʿArabī accepts the traditional Islamic belief that Jesus (ʿĪsā) will literally return in the last days, and he does not treat the Second […]
Ibn ʿArabi’s Reverence for Jesus and Eschatological Expectations Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi (1165–1240) held Jesus in exceptional esteem, regarding him as a pivotal spiritual guide and walī (friend of God). In […]
Promoted Posts: Spiritual and Political Leadership in Sunni Islam, Spiritual and Political Leadership in Twelver Shiʿism and The Ismaili Imamate: Doctrinal Foundations and Historical Evolution Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, born on 15 September 1950 in […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Different religious traditions have varying doctrines about whether their highest leaders are considered infallible, divinely guided, or […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), also known as Muhyiddin […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abdal Hakim Murad Abdal Hakim Murad, born Timothy John Winter in 1960, is a prominent British Islamic scholar, […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Without endorsing or denying what Javed Ahmed Ghamidi has said, I want to applaud his pluralistic stance towards all Muslims. His words are courageous […]