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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

Women’s Rights and the lack thereof

  By Zunaira Mubasher Satkohi, USA In Pakistan women can legally divorce their husbands. Through the woes of my colleagues, however, I learned about the social stigma associated with divorced women in Pakistan.  In an Islamic studies class I learned of the prohibition of female infanticide towards the beginning of […]

Top Iraq politicians demand greater democracy

Source: AFP Author: Abdel Hamid Zebari ARBIL, Iraq — Top Iraqi politicians, many of whom feel marginalised by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s style of governing, called on Saturday in Arbil for greater democracy in running the country. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Massud Barzani, the president […]