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Zia H Shah

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

Patterns of intolerance

Dawn.com A PERSISTENT failure to deal with the canker of intolerance — one of the greatest threats to the Pakistani people’s mental health and their material well-being — is making the affliction day by day more unmanageable. A young non-Muslim woman has been living in Lahore for quite some time. […]

Build a Better You, One Habit at a Time

Greatist Let’s say you want to get in better shape. Of course, you’re smart, informed, and know exactly what to do. So you’ve listed the changes you need to make, pinning them to the fridge next to the vision board and inspirational photos. Here’s the only problem: You haven’t actually […]

Muslims to gather to combat anti-Shariah movement

By Omar Sacirbey| Religion News Service, Thursday, May 24, 12:12 AM Some 15,000 Muslims are expected at this weekend’s 37th annual convention of the Islamic Circle of North America in Hartford, where the theme of “Defending Religious Freedom: Understanding Shariah” reflects the worry that anti-Muslim activists are fanning fear of […]

Aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

swissinfo.ch and agencies Five aid workers with the Swiss-based humanitarian group Medair – two foreign female doctors and three male Afghan colleagues – have been kidnapped in a remote part of north-eastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman has confirmed. The five Medair workers were reportedly visiting a clinic and bringing food […]

Think Differently About Difference

Huff Post Christians have often hoped for a time when our racial and economic differences would cease, when in Christ we would all be indistinguishable. Such impulses are earnest but fundamentally misguided. Many such interpretations emerge from a fervent hope that the specters of racism, sexism and myriad other destructive […]

مہدی مرے، رسولِ خدا کا سلام لو

رسول اﷲ صلی اﷲ علیہ وسلم کا فرمان ہے کہ جب تم مہدی کا زمانہ پاؤ تو اُسے میرا سلام کہنا الحدیث ارشاد عرشی ملک arshimalik50@hotmail.com پیارے امام، شوقِ لقا کا سلام لو مہدی مرے رسول خدا کا سلام لو ہم سے گنہگاروں کو بھی اذنِ عام ہے مہدی کی […]

Iran wants all countries to give up WMD

Source: China Daily TEHERAN – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has never been after producing or using weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), the official IRNA news agency reported. In a message to a ceremony held in Iran’s western city of Boroujerd “to commemorate 8,000 martyears of chemical […]

China calls for universal healthcare

Source: China Daily GENEVA – Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said here on Monday that the international community is obliged to collaborate towards common goals to achieve universal coverage of necessary health services and to overcome present difficulties together. Chen made the remarks at the general discussion of the 65th […]