Rational Religion

Rational Religion is part of the National Outreach Team of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.

Rational Religion is run by a group of young Ahmadi Muslims who want to show that science and religion are reconcilable; that faith and reason can go together; that true spirituality and true religion are one and the same. To do this, we write long-form original articles and run a YouTube channel covering various issues related to the existence of God. Whoever you are, come on board, and join us as we make sense of spirituality!

In this three-part series we look at Jordan Peterson’s claims about Islam. In this episode, we’re exploring Peterson’s call for a bridge between Islam and the West.

In this three-part series we look at Jordan Peterson’s claims about Islam. In Part 2, we explore Peterson’s claim that there is no separation of Church & State in Islam.

In this three-part series we look at Jordan Peterson’s claims about Islam. In Part 1, we analyse his statement that “Muhammad was a warlord”.

If one truly studies the scriptures, and looks past the acts of barbaric, power-crazed individuals who claim to follow the religion, then often one can be left pleasantly surprised.

What does the Holy Quran ACTUALLY say about the Hijab, the Muslim headscarf? What is its purpose and benefits?

Like many of his contemporary biologists, Haeckel was a materialist. It is not materialism in itself that creates the problem, but rather the lack of accountability that results from it.

Brought up a Muslim, Ali became an atheist, and is now one of the foremost outspoken critics of Islam, in particular towards its perceived attitudes to women.

Perhaps shockingly for many new atheists, among the most fundamental teachings of Islam, upon which much of the rest of the faith is built, is that of kindness and altruism.

No-one should logically defend a religion which advocates death to its apostates. However, the insinuation that Islam is that religion is entirely incorrect.

What these atheists fail to realise, however, is that the very fact that the concept of God has emerged and persisted throughout human history, in all parts of the world however remote, provides immense evidence of His existence. 

But unlike the thousands of protesters who think that freedom of speech comes at the price of one’s life, I know that blasphemy is not punishable in Islam.

‘How was work?’ she asks when I come home. I wonder how to answer that. Recently, the answer has become, ‘I’d rather not talk about work,’ and now I’ve realised why.

Can maths prove God? Is the universe a simulation run by an advanced civilisation? What can light bulbs teach us about the nature of consciousness?