Category archives for Biology

Evolution of Empathy

Source: Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2016 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue in June of 2016, she “reached into the animal’s mouth and wrestled her son’s head from […]

Creationist Ken Ham Says Aliens Will Go To Hell So Let’s Stop Looking For Them

Epigraph: He who follows the right way follows it only for the good of his own soul: and he who goes astray, goes astray only to his own loss. And no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another. (Al Quran 17:16) The Huffington Post  | By Ed Mazza  Creationist Ken Ham, who recently debated Bill Nye the […]

Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The National Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall just across from the Smithsonian castle, is America’s most visited museum for good reason, it has an elephant in the room. Its 126 million specimens and cultural artifacts are a treasure trove for […]

Arabic a revealed language and the mother of all languages

ABSTRACT OF COLLECTION OF THESE ARTICLES AND BOOKS Evidence that there is a mother of all the 6000 known human languages is beyond doubt and no one will question this any more. But, which language is the mother, is the billion dollar question? There is overwhelming evidence that languages change over time and they do […]

Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity?

Source / Courtesy: This popular collection of articles was first made in Google-knol. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to […]

Molecular Biology: A Checkmate to Creationism

The apparent conflict between religion and science is often due to the desire of theists to uphold the details of Genesis and dogmas of ‘Original Sin’ and divinity of Jesus Christ. If the theists swap their Bible for the Quran, these controversies will disappear in thin air. The part of theory of Evolution, that all […]

The Muslim Times presenting Journey of Man: A Genetic Odessy

By Spencer Wells DNA is more than 99% similar among all humans, so all claims for discrimination, like caste system, polygenetic theory of human origin or some people being the ‘chosen people’ are only self indulgence. There is very little difference in the intellectual abilities of different races or families. The Journey of Man is a documentary […]

H. Gobind Khorana, 89, Nobel-Winning Scientist, Dies

Source / Courtesy: NY Times H. Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord, Mass. He was 89. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr. Khorana […]

Galapagos Islands: Exhibit No: II for Islam against Christianity!

The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.  This is where the definitive evidence for the common lineage of all life […]

Madagascar: An Exhibit for Islam rather than Christianity!

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Almost 80% of species in Madagascar are unique to the island and are not found else where.  As a result this largest island is a witness for evolution, which for our purposes means, a common lineage of all life forms on our planet earth.  The […]