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Does God Exist?
By: Sayed Hameedullah Nusrat Pasha – Rabwah Pakistan
Source: http://www.reviewofreligions.org/2894/does-god-exist/
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an image of a small region of space in the constellation ‘Fornax’, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. It is the deepest image of the universe, or cosmos, ever taken. This high-resolution image of the HUDF includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colours. The smallest, reddest galaxies are some of the most distant galaxies to have been imaged by an optical telescope, existing at the time shortly after the Big Bang. The Big Bang theory, only recently discovered by science, is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an over 1400 years ago as a miracle of God and the birth of the universe. (Photo: NASA/European Space Agency) Continue reading
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By Anser Zafar
‘The soul of Jesus was infused in me as it was infused in Mary and, in an allegoric sense, I was stated to be pregnant. Thereafter, after many months, not exceeding a period of ten months after this revelation, I was, through a revelation recorded at the end of Braheen e Ahmadiyya on page 556, named Jesus and hence I came to be the son of Mary.’(Kashti Nuh, p. 47; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 19, p. 50) Continue reading
By Umar Nasser
Some of the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community allege that the very name of the Promised Messiah (as) i.e. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is an indication of shirk (associating partners with Allah). This is because names such as Abdul-Rahman (Servant of the Merciful), Abdullah (Servant of Allah) and the like symbolizes the servant’s attachment to his Lord in the aspects of worship and submissiveness. These opponents therefore suggest that a Muslim may not be called “Servant of the Messenger”, or the like, as it entails Shirk. Continue reading
Below is a post kindly sent to me by brother Abdullah.
To: Talib al-’Ilm From: Abdullah
Re: Cousin Mumtaz
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
Dearest brother Talib
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Now, now brother there is no need to be upset. I know that the shenanigans of our cousin, the erstwhile Mullah of Streatham, Shaykh Mumtaz-ul-Haq have hurt. Rest assured I am sure that he will not have impressed anyone remotely concerned with the family name. True it was an incendiary and vitriolic speech merely aimed Continue reading
By Qasim Rashid and Chris Stedman
Thomas Jefferson once wrote: “But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
For many of us, it’s easy to appreciate Jefferson’s eloquently stated advocacy of religious freedom of conscience, as well as the idea that all individuals should be able to express religious or nonreligious positions independent of others’ beliefs Continue reading
By Atif Munawar Mir
Most religions describe God as an infinite reality, which is not bounded by time and space, and thus outside the grasp of the human mind. A great chasm separates the human mind and God. Can this gap be bridged and if so, how? Science is taking tiny steps forward but new scientific discoveries only confirm the depth and breadth of human ignorance. Continue reading
By MASQ UK
I recently read an interview with Amina Wadud entitled ”Islam belongs to all of its believers.” It was conducted by Qantara, a German based project set up by the Federal Center for Political Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) in order to promote open discourse with the Islamic world. Continue reading
If modernism meant a framework where existence of religions was accepted, Islam was completely compatible with it, an expert in the field of Islamic studies said on Tuesday. Delivering a lecture on ‘Rethinking Islam within modernity’ at the University of Madras, Bruce Lawrence, Emeritus Professor of Islamic Studies at the Duke University, said it was essential that a differentiation was made between the terms “modernity” and “modernism.” Continue reading
By Moosa Qureshi
We all seem to be in the mood for some debunking here; that’s good, because I want do some debunking now. Here’s the target of my debunk: the completely ludicrous idea of applying scientific criteria to God.
For hundreds of years, great scientists have confined themselves to doing what they do best: study science. What is science? Here’s a dictionary definition: “systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.” Continue reading
By Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as)
There are some critics of Islam who state that the God of Islam is a very “harsh” and “mean” being who promises eternal torture to those who do not follow his way. The following extracts are taken from the writings of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi which explain the true concept of Hell as per the Quran and Hadith. Continue reading
by Khalil Yousuf
By Dr Leon Moosavi
“In January 2011, Baroness Warsi claimed that Islamophobia had ‘passed the dinner-table test’, meaning that prejudice against Muslims was commonplace in British society. This unique intolerance of Muslims can involve stereotyping, discrimination and even harassment of the significant number of Muslims that now live in Britain. Continue reading
By Qasim Rashid, USA. [Source: The Huffington Post]
A man whom The Economist calls “one of America’s best scholars on religion” has just released his latest book, “Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can’t Ignore the Bible’s Violent Verses.” Author Philip Jenkins presents a perspective about Christianity, Islam and Judaism that forces readers to think critically about religious violence, rather than bask in the comfort (and danger) of stereotypes. Continue reading
