Warren Brown – How Can Real Free Will Work?
… Warren S. Brown is founder and previous director of the Lee Edward Travis Research Institute at the Fuller Theological Seminary and Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of […]
Reasons of Diminishing Influence of Religion in the West
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Western world has experienced a notable decline in religious affiliation and practice over recent decades. This trend […]
The Mosque: A House of God for Worshippers of All Faiths
Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra)Islam•World Religions 20th November 2024 © Shutterstock Translated by Ahmad Nooruddeen Jahangeer Khan for The Review of Religions Translation Team. Address on 7th April 1934, upon […]
Why Trump’s team is every bit the nightmare we feared
Mitchell Plitnick 20 November 2024 For his second term, the president-elect has assembled a team of loyalists comprising far-right Christian nationalists and neocon-style militarists – leading us to potential disaster […]
Report summary: Advancing Development Goals: Insights into Islamic Finance
Michael Gassner Head of Islamic finance, strong in compliance and Sharia-compliance, board experience and educator November 25, 2024 Dear Subscribers, The mission of this newsletter is to facilitate understanding and application of Islamic blended finance, offering resources to support strategic planning and technical implementation for the international humanitarian and development […]
Arguing God from 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.’ […]
Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan
About 300 families relocate after fresh violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims kills 32 people Agence France-Presse in Peshawar Sat 23 Nov 2024 About 300 families have fled sectarian violence […]
More than 100 people attend Islamophobia Awareness Month conference
Raising awareness, supporting victims and working closely with partner agencies are just some of the ways Tower Hamlets Council is working to reduce Islamophobia in the borough. More than 100 […]
Power of Diversity Lecture Series: “Muslim/Arab Identity and Islamophobia”
November 22, 2024 Events The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement sponsors the Power of Diversity Lecture Series to inspire campus dialogue, community engagement and civic education and learning about the national narrative on diversity and inclusion. Homayra Ziad, director of campus partnerships at Interfaith America, will present on “Muslim/Arab Identity […]
War and poverty take center stage at G-20 summit
by Nebi Miş Nov 20, 2024 – DAILY SABAH World leaders pose for photo shoot at G-20 summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 19. 2024. (İHA Photo) G-20 leaders discuss […]
ICC warrant for Israel leaders marks ‘last straw’ in political isolation
by Daily Sabah with Agencies ISTANBUL Nov 22, 2024 Edited By Kelvin Ndunga Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a ceremony for the […]
US veto confirms its responsibility for Israel’s crimes in Gaza
Dr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg November 22, 2024 On Wednesday, the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza. Although the draft […]
Allah’s nearness to His servants
22nd November 2024 عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى اللّٰه عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم: يَقُولُ اللّٰهُ تَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ بِشِبْرٍ […]
Lapid: ‘Government prolonging war due to Netanyahu’s problems, illusions of annexing West Bank’
November 23, 2024 at 10:32 am Yair Lapid, Israel’s opposition leader, in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 11, 2024 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency] Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid accused the government […]
‘Religious Apartheid’ Under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Panel event at TMU discusses the violence, arrests and exile faced by Ahmadis under Pakistan’s discriminatory blasphemy laws by Laviza Syed November 21, 2024 Listen to the whole story Legal experts and […]
Two Ahmadi Mosques destroyed
2 Ahmadi worship places destroyed October 12, 2024 By Xari Jalil LAHORE The Ahmadi community has complained that the Gujranwala police destroyed the minarets at two of their places of […]
Pakistan: Systematic Persecution of Ahmadis Continues, A Disturbing Pattern of Religious Discrimination
There are around fifteen million Ahmadiyya Muslims worldwide, constituting around one percent of the world’s Muslim population. Around four million Ahmadiyya Muslims live in Pakistan. “Systematic Persecution of Ahmadis Continues […]
Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant: What to expect next
All member states are now obliged to arrest Israel’s prime minister if he arrives on their territory International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan in The Hague, Netherlands, in February (Reuters/Piroschka […]
Biology of the Single Soul of the Holy Quran
Epigraph: وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ It is He who first produced you from a single soul, then gave you a place to […]
Video: Is God Knowable Through Metaphysics?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]