He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Source: Tehelka Ram Puniyani on how syncretism can lead to peace and progress like in pre-British days IT WAS heartening to note the observance of ‘Peace and Harmony Day on the anniversary of Vasant-Rajab on 1 July in Ahmedabad. Vasant Rao Hegiste and Rajab Ali Lakhani were two friends who […]
Source: Islamic Human Rights Commision The ASEAN NGO Coalition will organize a Freedom Flotilla mission to the Arakan/Rakhine state of Myanmar with the object of liberating the Rohingya from the continued persecution by the Myanmar securities. The situation in Myanmar is distortedly portrayed as a sectarian clash between Rakhine Buddhist […]
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma Burma’s President Thein Sein told a visiting delegation from the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees that the government will not recognize the Rohingya and are considering handing over the ethnic group to the UNHCR, reported a government website today. The delegation led by Antonio […]
Source: NY Times Bits. SAN FRANCISCO — Another month, another major security breach. Yahoo confirmed Thursday that about 400,000 user names and passwords to Yahoo and other companies were stolen on Wednesday. A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted online the user names and passwords for what […]
Source : NY Times. By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: July 12, 2012 Stone spearheads and human DNA found in Oregon caves, anthropologists say, have produced firmer evidence that these are the oldest directly dated remains of people in North America. They also show that at least two cultures with distinct […]
Source: Siegel International The apparent discovery of the Higgs boson was hailed as a historic milestone, but for particle physicists it mainly marks the beginning of a new search. Rival […]
Source: Spiegel International An influential group of European rabbis on Thursday used unusually strong language to attack a German court ruling against the circumcision of boys. If the ruling is […]
The foundations have been laid for a Manurewa mosque that, when complete, will be New Zealand’s largest. by JAY BOREHAM Auckland NOW The Ahmadiyya Muslim community last week held a […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 13 July 2012 Regional security was the focus of Saudi-Egypt summit talks in Jeddah on Wednesday as Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi reaffirmed his country’s support for […]
AFP | Jul 12, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — British prosecutors have charged six men with fraud for selling bomb detectors widely panned as ineffective that were sold to […]
Religion News Service | By Lauren Markoe HUFFINGTON POST (RNS) Devout Muslims pray five times a day, facing the holy city of Mecca. But what if you don’t know what […]
Express Tribune: Editorial The demolition of six minarets by the police at an Ahmadi place of worship in Kharian says a lot about the continued official discrimination against the beleaguered community and our culpability in this discrimination. The spate of attacks on Ahmadi places of worship and the continuous assault on their […]
Image Courtesy: Guardian.co.uk Editors note: There is no such thing as ‘Female Ninja’ rather the correct term will be Kunoichi for a female ninja or practitioner of Ninjutsu. See more […]
When a pharmacy sells the heartburn drug Zantac, each pill costs about 35 cents. But doctors dispensing it to patients in their offices have charged nearly 10 times that price, or $3.25 a pill. The same goes for a popular muscle relaxant known as Soma, insurers say. From a pharmacy, […]
A group of Muslims and Catholics have met at the Vatican and exchanged views about their relations “in the current situation of the world”. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – According to a Vatican statement, the Vatican’s top inter-faith dialogue official, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and the president of the International Islamic […]
// http://ventunotech.com/plugins/cntplayer/ventuno_player.js Source: newstrackindia.com Rampur, July 09 (ANI): India, the land of many cultures exemplifies communal harmony in many different ways. One such example is in Rampur district in northern Uttar Pradesh state where many jewellry shops owned by Hindus and Muslims line the Jama Masjid […]
Saudi sportswomen, who have been given the go-ahead to compete in the Olympics for the first time in London later this month, must respect the ultra-conservative kingdom’s rules, its sports chief said in remarks published on Monday. All women competitors must dress modestly, be accompanied by a male guardian and […]
As per some ahadith in Bukhari and Muslim, ‘Son of Mary’ shall descend as the Imam of the Muslims, from amongst them, a guided leader and a Just Ruler. Non-Ahmadi scholars, while interpreting these ahadith, wish us to believe that, this ‘Son of Mary’ is none other than Hadhrat Isaas, […]
The Hebrew Scripture, or the Jewish Bible, consisting of three sections—Torah or Pentateuch, Nevi`im or Prophets, and Ketuvim or writings, is called ‘Tanakh’ which is an acronym formed by the first letter of the Hebrew names of these three sections. Each section consists of the following books in this order: […]