Videos: Epistemology: How Do We Know?
… Is Revelation also a Source of Knowledge? Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Modern philosophers often do not mention revelation, intuitions and eureka […]
Video: Cosmology and Creation?
Epigraph “Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes […]
What are abstract objects and do they make God necessary?
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,’ […]
Wary of the Spread and Pledge of the Ahmadiyah Heretical Sect, the Community Requests Decisive Action from the Bogor City Government
By Ryan Poerpratama– May 4, 2024 BHARATANEWS.ID | BOGOR CITY – The controversy surrounding the Ahmadiyah sect in Bogor City is still in the spotlight. Even though it has been banned, the […]
Origins of fundamentalism and the revival movement of Islam Ahmadiyyat – Part I
Ayesha Naseem, UK Many people think they understand the term fundamentalism; however, when asked to define it, they are unable to do so. A century after it was first used, […]
Islamophobia trends on the rise across the world
Opinion Jakarta (ANTARA) – The international conference themed “Embracing Diversity: Tackling Islamophobia in 2024” in Baku, Azerbaijan, timed to fall on the eve of Ramadan for the Islamic world and […]
India’s Modi calls Muslim minority ‘infiltrators’ in ‘hate speech’
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AP ISTANBUL APR 23, 2024 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, April 20, 2024. (Reuters Photo) Indian Prime Minister has been accused of using hate speech after calling the country’s Muslim minority “infiltrators,” in some of his most incendiary rhetoric about […]
How Israel’s rogue soldiers were let off the hook
DR. AMAL MUDALLALI May 04, 2024 It has been two weeks since reports first emerged that the US intended to impose sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda battalion of ultra-orthodox soldiers […]
Israel and Hamas are stuck in a dangerous, deliberate stalemate
YOSSI MEKELBERG May 04, 2024 Negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire, the release of hostages and allowing more humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip have been taking […]
Crackdowns on US college protests serve only to disenfranchise youth and miss the point
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 04, 2024 American universities have historically been bastions of free speech and conduits for great social change, addressing pivotal moments in history with a blend of academic […]
Germany Falling Short in Curbing Anti-Muslim Racism
Gaps in Responses; Narrow Understanding; Lack of Data, Capacity (Berlin, April 30, 2024) – The German government is falling short in protecting Muslims and people perceived to be Muslims from racism amid […]
Videos: Eastern Traditions: What is World? What is Reality?
Collected and presented by Zia H Shah MD One of the presenters for Buddhism, Yugin Nagasawa, identifies three foundational aspects of reality: suffering, non-self and impermanence. He describes these as […]
Video: Overlap Between Metaphysics and Physics
The first interviewee in the above video is Collin McGinn and he nicely shows the overlap between physics and metaphysics, similar to the overlap between philosophy and science, so physicists and scientists are not on any solid footing to deny the other disciplines
If Free Will Exists, So Does Purpose in Our Lives and Our Universe
Epigraph وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with a sublime purpose, […]
Arrest warrants, confusion & political chaos: All in one week!
Potential ICC arrest warrants to Israel, resignation of Scottish First Minister, and Australian Prime Minister in attendance of Ahmadi martyr’s funeral 3rd May 2024 This week has been a roller-coaster […]
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
Coordinates: 37°52′45.1″N 04°46′47″W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba(Spanish) Mosque–Cathedral of CórdobaLocation of CórdobaShow map of SpainShow map of EuropeShow […]
The books that lay hidden behind a wall for five centuries in Spain
HISTORY Two decades have passed since the discovery of the manuscripts that the imam of Cútar hid in a wall in his home around the year 1500, one of them […]
The fate of the Moriscos: The last remnants of Islam in Spain after the Reconquista
After the fall of Granada in 1492, Muslims were forcibly ‘converted’ to Catholicism by the Inquisition. The discrimination did not stop there – and nor did their legacy The last […]
‘It’s about valuing their audience’: why Ghostbusters called in a Muslim ‘cultural consultant’
Film The spooky comedy franchise may seem an unlikely place to find an ethnicity and faith adviser, but productions are increasingly aware of a duty to make sure communities are […]