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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

There Are No Irreligious People

Huff Post We are all religious, every one of us. Religion is deeply rooted in human nature and a response to certain profound and universal needs of humankind. I write these words after reading the essay “Man The Religious Animal” in the April issue of First Things. Authored by Professor Christian […]

A Syrian Christian’s opinion

These views were expressed in a ‘National Public Radio’ Talk Show on 12th April 2012: See here for full article. A woman calling from Pennsylvania offering a far different perspective: I’m a Syrian-American. I grew up in the United States. My parents decided to leave Syria when Hafez al-Assad was […]

Home Truth: Ahmadis in Pakistan

Credit: My telegraph by Wasim Saroya. By shermeen Much is being written about right wing politics these days in the British media.  This morning someone told me about an article in The Independent . I read the piece and very casually went on to say to the person that I […]