King Abdullah’s Speech from the Throne
Nov 20,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Shehab Al Makahleh His Majesty King Abdullah articulated in his Speech from the Throne a roadmap for the Kingdom’s future as it navigates the […]
Gaza’s endless Nakba: Israel’s persistent displacement of Palestinians
Nov 20,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen No one and nothing halt the Israeli juggernaut that is crushing everyone and everything in its path as it rolls across Gaza. […]
Had Muslims Paid Attention to the Quran, They Would Have Discovered Camels’ Evolution
Epigraph Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? And at the heaven, how it is raised high? And at the mountains, how they are set […]
Favoring Theistic Evolution Over Blind Evolution
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The debate between theistic evolution and atheistic evolution centers on whether the process of evolution is guided by […]
The Miracle of Creation Through Evolution: How God Used a Virus to Get Us a Placenta?
Epigraph: “We created man from an essence of clay, then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place, then We made that drop into a clinging […]
Philosophical Thought Experiments to Grasp the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Imperialism, Orientalism, and Zionism: The shaping forces of US Middle East policy
by Muhittin Ataman Nov 20, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A youth skateboards under a banner congratulating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election, Jerusalem, Israel, Nov. 7, […]
Israeli government in a rush to legislate against Palestinians
Yossi Mekelberg November 19, 2024 Let’s put it bluntly: the Israeli government is on a mission to destroy any chance of a peace agreement with the Palestinians based on a […]
With Gaza war, Israel has normalized genocide
Osama Al-Sharif November 19, 2024 To say that the world has failed the Palestinians for decades is an understated fact. To admit that it has turned its back on the […]
A nation in denial: Why Israel’s defeat is imminent
Nov 19,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud The paradoxical phrase, ‘running away forward’ is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now. It […]
Hard Problem of consciousness
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Hard problem (disambiguation). In the philosophy of mind, the hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how humans and other organisms have qualia, phenomenal consciousness, or subjective experience.[1][2] It is contrasted with the “easy problems” of explaining why and […]
From the Archives…Ten Proofs for the Existence of God – Proof 5
God, Religious Concepts FIFTH PROOF Though similar in nature, the fifth proof advanced by the Holy Qur’an in support of the existence of God is far more forceful in terms of the strength of its argument. Allah says: “Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has […]
Documentary Release: The remarkable story of Netherland’s first purpose-built mosque, the Mubarak Mosque
18th November 2024 We are pleased to announce the release of a special documentary on the Mubarak Mosque which is situated in The Hague, Netherlands. This was the first purpose-built […]
The journey of Islam Ahmadiyya in Petauke, Zambia: From humble beginnings to widespread recognition
18th November 2024 Bilal Ahmed, Missionary, Petauke, Eastern province, Zambia In the year 2000, a knock was heard at the door of the Ahmadiyya Muslim mission house in Lusaka. It […]
Rebranding old fantasies will not save Israel
Dr. Ramzy Baroud November 18, 2024 The paradoxical phrase “running away forward” is one of the most apt descriptions of the state of Israeli affairs right now. It seems that […]
The summit of shame
Creating new perspectives since 2 November 18, 2024 A general view the Extraordinary Joint Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 11, 2024. [Turkish Presidency – Anadolu Agency] The late Iraqi poet Muthaffar Al-Nawab described Arab summits thus: “Summits, summits, […]
Amsterdam mayor takes back ‘pogrom’ comments following Maccabi-Ajax violence
Femke Halsema said Israel ‘bypassed’ Dutch authorities and that the description had been ‘turned into propaganda’ The Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema addresses media in Amsterdam on 8 November 2024 (AFP/ANP/Koen Van Weel) By Rayhan Uddin Published date: 18 November 2024 The mayor of Amsterdam has taken back comments describing violence that took place […]
Afterlife: Do We Need This Hope?
Epigraph: Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds — […]
Our Fascinating Universe
Epigraph: Soon We will show them Our Signs in all parts of the earth, and among their own psychology until it becomes manifest to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is Witness over all things? (Al Quran 41:53)