Japanese creation myth and the accuracy of the Quranic description
Atheists are right in exposing the irrationality of the Christian dogma. However, the Christians are right in as far as their claim that there needs to be a Creator of […]
Libyan who sparked revolution sworn in as minister
TRIPOLI Dec 4 (Reuters) – The man whose arrest in February sparked Libya’s revolution was sworn in as a minister in the new interim government on Sunday but said he had been hesitant about taking on the new job. Fethi Tarbel, Libya’s new sport and youth minister, wiped away tears […]
Female doctors set to outnumber male colleagues by 2017
Female doctors who have laid siege to the male bastion of the medical profession are poised to overtake their male counterparts in what a medical journal describes as a “giant leap for womankind”. Women have outnumbered men in medical schools for a decade and are set to become a majority […]
Religion and Science: A Collection of My Articles on This Theme
A great number of those who grew up under Christianity are living under a broken cross and taking on agnostic or atheistic point of view. Unfortunately, given the Islamophobia in the […]
It’s Intellectuals who need to run society.
One of the ills of democracy is that decision making is driven by the opinions of the majority – those who may not be well equipped in the art of running the government. If we could overcome this, we could enjoy all the joys of democracy and avoid all the […]
Libyan Women Under-Represented in Running the New Libya
Libya has announced the lineup for a transitional government that will draft a constitution and prepare the country for elections, trying to ensure that the demands of regional and political […]
Scientists ID ‘Morning Person’ Gene
Napoleon Bonaparte, Margaret Thatcher, Leonardo da Vinci … history is full of names of famous figures who accomplished historical feats on reportedly few hours of sleep. Now, new research suggests they may […]
Albert Einstein’s search for God
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Was he a monotheist, deist, pantheist, or an atheist? How did his religion affect his science? Agnostics, atheists and pantheists, all equally claim that Einstein belongs to them. But, as he belonged to Jewish background, Abrahamic traditions […]
A new beginning for the United Nations: Will it survive the current crisis?
By Gyan Basnet. Courtesy Asia Times Online. The United Nations was founded in 1945 in order to replace the League of Nations and in so doing to bring about a new world order. Today the organization’s structure still reflects the circumstances pertaining at the time of its founding, but in the meantime […]
An invitation to other religions: demonstrating human rights and Universal Brotherhood from their scriptures
I was very happy to see the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile, in October of 2010, after an ordeal of more than two months. I noted all the […]
Baduy Tribe Seek Recognition of Religion
Representatives of the Inner Baduy tribe in Lebak district in Banten plan to seek help from the Constitutional Court in getting their traditional religion officially recognized. “We request that the […]
Moderate Muslims support Yasmin Church against the fundamentalists in Indonesia
The controversy over the construction of a Protestant church denied a permit by mayor continues, despite the Supreme Court ruling. Both parties seek support from different Muslim organizations. Bogor – […]
29 Ahmadi graves desecrated
DUNYAPUR:For minorities in Pakistan, persecution never ends. Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community faces persecution. In a gruesome incident late Saturday night, 29 graves in an Ahmadi graveyard were desecrated […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta participated in President’s Charity Fun Run 2011
A record-breaking some 11,000 people filled the streets from San Anton to Valletta in the third – and biggest – the yearly President’s Charity Fun Run for Istrina that took […]
Religion without ethic: Punish the Sinner, let go the Criminal
by Khalid Ahmed- Express Tribune; There is little consciousness of ethic in us because of the way we understand our religion. It deals with piety through worship. Once attained, piety is supposed to ensure ethical conduct. Therefore, religiosity is what we emphasise and practise it to make others believe that […]
When does our renaissance start?
By NAWAR FAKHRY EZZI What if there were a society where all people are in black and white with everyone murmuring the same prayers and leading the same way of life? For some people, this would be a dream come true. They believe that there is only one “true” path […]
Politics not ripe for Palestinian statehood bid – Fayyad
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Global and regional politics are not yet ripe for a Palestinian state, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, as leadership in Ramallah eyes a less than certain future. The Palestinian premier, a champion of institution-building as a path to statehood, said the current political […]
Scientists Regenerate Muscle in Mice
A team of scientists from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and CellThera, a private company located in WPI’s Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, have regenerated functional muscle tissue in mice, opening […]
ANALYSIS: Persecution of Ahmedis in the Islamic Republic —Yasser Latif Hamdani
The basic premise on which we won ourselves Pakistan was that a permanent majority cannot and should not dominate a permanent minority on account of numeric strength. Yet contrary to that founding logic, Pakistan is today legally a totalitarian fundamentalist theocracy A fresh round of hate has been unleashed against […]
A Vaccination Against Social Prejudice
Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people feel vulnerable to illness, they exhibit more bias toward stigmatized groups. But a new study inPsychological Science, a journal published by the Association for […]