Muhammad: The Light for the Dark Ages of Europe!
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abstract An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead to […]
The great Greek trio and a case for religion
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: SOCRATES 450-380 BC In the study of the great trio of the ancient Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, who between […]
The Muslims Still Awaiting Their Rene Descartes?
By Zia H Shah MD and his twentieth entry friends from the Cadet College Hasanabdal alumni The scientific advance led by the Islamic Empire during the 8th to 12th centuries came […]
Answers to everyday issues – Part XI
. Reading a portion of the Holy Quran in addition to Surah al-Fatihah in the third and fourth rak‘ah of the sunnah prayers Someone asked for guidance on reading a […]
Neither radicalism nor westernization the answer for Muslims: Iranian scholar Dr Mousavi
United News of Bangladesh (UNB) 4 days ago Bangladesh, March 25 — Visiting Iranian scholar Dr Syed Mahdi Mousavi has said pursuing a ‘middle path’ rejecting both radicalism and westernization […]
Belize: Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque Officially Opened for Use
While it is not yet official inauguration of the mosque, today, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Belize officially opened its new house of prayer and headquarters at mile one and a half on the George Price Highway. Starting today, the facility will be available for use by not only members […]
Pakistan: Khatam-e-Nabuwat Demolishes Ahmadi Mosque with Police Help
Sun Online Desk 28th March, 2021 Pakistan: Khatam-e-Nabuwat Demolishes Ahmadi Mosque with Police Help The journalist who reported on it is now himself at risk of being arrested. Khatam-e-Nabuwat is a radical Barelvi Muslim organization in Pakistan, which opposes any change to blasphemy law and calls for increased repression of […]
Video: Hamza Yusuf About Al Ghazali
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: The contemporary often create a debate between ‘Incoherence’ by Ghazali and ‘Incoherence of the Incoherence’ by Ibn Rushd. […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords besides Allah.’ But if they turn away, then say, […]
Makassar: 10 Killed In An Explosion On First Easter Day Outside A Church In Indonesia
The head of the Indonesian Council of Churches, Gomar Gultom observed the attack on people praying inside the Church on Easter day as “cruel.” Written By Gourav Mishra An explosion rocked the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday killing at least 10 people, the police said. The footage of the […]
Sources or Criteria for Interpretation of the Holy Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I will describe here the four main sources, as I understand them, under the four headings: 1. Commentary […]
Suez Canal crisis — live: Attempts to free Ever Given fail despite high tide as more tugboats arrive
Tom Batchelor msn.com A giant container ship remains stuck in the Suez Canal on Sunday after authorities tried and failed to make use of the high tide to free the […]
Zionists have hijacked Biden admin’s foreign policy posts: ex-Senate candidate
By Reza Moshfegh International March 16, 2021 – TEHRAN – Mark Dankof, a former U.S. Senate candidate, says radical Zionist zealots like Anthony Blinken, Linda Thomas Greenfield, Victoria Nuland, and […]
Who radicalized the Boulder gunman?
Author DALIA AL-AQIDI March 27, 2021 A mourner leans on a cross while holding a flag outside a memorial at a King Soopers Grocery store on March 26, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. (Chet Strange/Getty Images/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/nx4nh When a gunman killed 10 people, one of them a police officer, […]
Britain holds minute’s silence for coronavirus dead
Health workers and faithful at the Fazl mosque vaccination centre take part in a minutes silence on the first anniversary of the first national Covid-19 lockdown in southwest London on […]
Makkah region announces resumption of Iftar Sayim permits
While mosques across the Kingdom participate in the tradition during Ramadan, the most concentrated efforts are usually seen at the sites of the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/c562g While pandemic put a pause on these efforts, individuals can once again help those in need […]
Work is worship: Indonesia’s 5,000 mosque counters seek to answer one question
A visitor walks outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/6mthx Government-appointed team has been scouting across the archipelago for the past seven years to document […]
John 17: Showing Jesus to be a Prophet of God and Not Divine
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After Jesus said the following, he looked towards heaven and prayed: Father, the hour has come. Glorify […]
Efforts to dislodge stranded Suez Canal container ship intensify as backlog grows
Source: CNN Around 9,000 tons of ballast water have been removed from the ship, Rabie said, with the dredging taking place during low tides while 14 tugs worked during high tides. Rescue teams managed to temporarily restart the rudder and propellers on Friday night before a low tide stalled their […]
A Muslim Celebrating Palm Sunday, Today
Epigraph: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them refuge on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. (Al […]