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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

China, Russia Prepare for Naval Exercises

China will send 16 naval ships and two submarines to its first joint naval exercise with Russia, slated to start this weekend in the Yellow Sea, the Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday. The drill, which Russian authorities said will involve warships cruising near Japanese waters, has rattled the […]

Acid attacks and Pakistani schizophrenia

Dawn.com I’m not particularly interested in the Oscars.  Surprising really as I have recently taken to making films myself, but the Oscar winning films are often of little interest (Inception and Inglorious Bastards are rare exceptions).  My ears pricked up however, when news trickled through that there had been a […]

The Key To Inner Peace

Huff Post This afternoon the Dalai Lama addressed the public at the Stand Sheriff stadium at the University of Hawaii. Introduced by Pierre Omidyer, who organized this event with his wife Pam, His Holiness talked about the spirit of Aloha that points the way towards making peace. It symbolizes the qualities […]

Osmania University Beef Festival Leads To Violence

Huff Post A beef festival organized by Dalit students at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India on April 15th erupted into violence, the BBC reports. About 100 members of the Hindu right wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) protested the festival, leading to five injuries according to The Hindu report. ABVP protested the beef festival on the ground that […]

Mrs. Chirac goes to dance with Sarkozy

France24. One of the highlights of incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy’s mega campaign rally in Villepinte on March 11 was a surprise appearance by one of France’s most famous first ladies –Bernadette Chirac. Minutes before Sarkozy delivered his keynote speech that day, Mrs. Chirac’s petite frame appeared on the massive stage that […]

Former right-wing president Chirac ‘backs Hollande’

France24. Former conservative French President Jacques Chirac and a number of his family members will vote for Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande in the forthcoming presidential election, according to media reports Tuesday. According to daily newspaper Le Parisien, Chirac’s daughter Claude, her husband Frederic Salat-Baroux and her former husband Thierry […]

Social terrorism: religious vendetta against Ahmadis

Source: Dawn Religious persecution of people from Ahmadiyya community is not a new development in Pakistan. Ahmadis have long been marginalised from the time when they were declared non-Muslims in the amendment introduced in 1973’s Constitution. Since then, they have been facing the wrath of many Muslims who have fundamental […]