President Thomas Jefferson — Was he a monotheist?
By Zia H Shah MD Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions and Alislam.org. First published in 2007. A compelling argument that Thomas Jefferson negated belief in the divinity of Jesus […]
William Lane Craig’s Confession: ‘If we Examine Trinity, through the lens of the Old Testament, It is not Believable!’
William Lane Craig is one of the leading Christian apologists and it is useful for the Unitarians to have his confession, which I have paraphrased a little, to keep it short: ‘If we Examine Trinity, through the lens of the Old Testament, it is not Believable!’ You can watch the […]
The Great Debate: Is Jesus God? ( 1 of 3 ) Sir Anthony Buzzard vs Dr. James White
God the Father is referred to as God more than 1300 times in the Bible. References to Jesus as God are a couple or very few at best and are contextual misinterpretations or later interpolations. Sir Anthony Buzzard states in the very beginning that Unity of a God is a […]
Who was Jesus? Man or God? debate – Sir Anthony Buzzard and Drew Ayers
God the Father is referred to as God more than 1300 times in the New Testament alone, which forms only 25% of the Bible. References to Jesus as God are a couple or very few at best and are contextual misinterpretations or later interpolations. Sir Anthony Buzzard has a very well […]
Transmission of Islamic science to Europe & Renaissance
By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada Muslim scholars of Baghdad had translated scientific works from Greek, Pahlavi, Syriac, & Sanskrit into Arabic in the eighth and ninth centuries. Similarly […]
How Did Prophet Muhammad (saw) Deal With Children?
Babies under the age of one are cuddly, chubby and adorable; bundles of joy that everyone loves to hold, kiss, hug, coo over and carry around. That is, until they […]
Jābir ibn Hayyān or Geber – The Einstein of the Eighth Century in the Writing of George Sarton
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He assigns the second half of the eighth century to none other than Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān of Geber. Each of […]
Jābir ibn Hayyān or Geber: The Einstein of the Eighth Century
Promoted post: The Best Documentation of Muslim Heritage: Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili’s – BBC Documentary The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He […]
Evangelicals challenge Catholic Church’s dominance in Brazil
Global Post: SAO PAOLO, Brazil — When Pope Francis makes his first scheduled overseas trip to the world’s most Catholic continent, he will be guaranteed an ecstatic welcome. By happy coincidence, this year’s World Youth Day is being held in Rio de Janeiro in July and with papal attendance confirmed, Latin Americans will […]
RabindraNath Tagore’s, The First Non-European Nobel Laureate in Literature, Homage to Islam
Google books: English Writings of Tagore: A Micellany: More: Youtube: Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 — 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped […]
Tracking Unitarianism in Christianity – Unitarian Christian Association
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Unitarian Christian Association is a relatively small fellowship of Christians who feel an affinity with traditional Unitarianism and Free Christianity. The association is based in the United Kingdom and has formal links with the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches,[1] the Non-subscribing Presbyterian […]
Tracking Unitarianism in Christianity – General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (GAUFCC) is the umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other liberal religious congregations in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1928, with denominational roots going back to the Great Ejection of 1662. Its headquarters […]
Tracking Unitarianism in Christianity – Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland derives its name and its liberal and tolerant identity from early 18th century Presbyterian ministers who refused to subscribe at their ordination to the Westminster Confession, a standard Reformed (Calvinist) statement of faith; and who formed, in 1725, the […]
The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth about St. Patrick
Source: The Huffington Post By Greg Tobin: American Author So, who is St. Patrick, anyway, and why do we like him so much? Well, first, who he is not: he is not the benign figure wearing a green bishop’s miter holding a shamrock and casting the snakes from the shores […]
Are there more US black men in prison or college?
Source: BBC By Wesley Stephenson Are there more black men in prison than in college in the United States? It’s an oft-repeated claim that there are more black men in […]
Interactive graphic: the story of every Pope in history, from Saint Peter to Pope Francis
Daily Telegraph: View this interactive graphic with details of every pope in history, from Saint Peter, the first Bishop of Rome and one of the twelve apostles, to the new […]
Shocked and upset” after being deported from Sri Lanka for displaying a Buddha tattoo on his arm
Source: BBC.Com. Antony Ratcliffe, 42, from Nottingham, was turned back at Colombo’s main airport on Friday for allegedly showing a lack of respect for Buddhism. The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism – the religion of the island’s majority ethnic Sinhalese. But Mr Ratcliffe says the “inoffensive” body […]
This is blasphemy. Let’s kill this lover tomorrow
Source: Dawn.Com The young man entered the tavern and asked for a glass of wine. “Heart-red, soul-crystal or world-muddy?” asked the bartender. “I am colourblind,” said the client. “Quench my thirst, please.” The bartender gave him a glass of water and said: “Know your drink before you ask.” Now a […]
Health Benefits of Aloe Vera
Source: Homesteading/Survivalism. When I say aloe vera is the most impressive medicinal herb invented by nature, I don’t make that statement lightly. Of all the herbs I’ve ever studied — and I’ve written thousands of articles on nutrition and disease prevention — aloe vera is the most impressive herb of […]
This ‘grandson of a Holocaust survivor’ is taking matters into own hands to ‘Talk Back to Hate’
Akiva Freidlin launches ad campaign to rebuke American Freedom Defense Initiative’s hateful, anti-Islamic subway posters NEW YORK DAILY NEWS by Clem Richardson Like many people, Akiva Freidlin found the American […]