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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

Ahmadiyya Schools in Nigeria

AHMADIYYA SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (Nigeria) Presently all primary schools established under the Tahrik-i-Jadid have been taken over by the respective state governments. The schools are generally known as Fazl-i-Omar Primary Schools. There are quite a number of them in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara States. Presently all primary schools […]

Breaking Rules Makes You Seem Powerful

ScienceDaily (May 20, 2011) — When people have power, they act the part. Powerful people smile less, interrupt others, and speak in a louder voice. When people do not respect the basic rules of social behavior, they lead others to believe that they have power, according to a study in the […]

The wisdom of women written out of history

the guardian The female of the species is more deadly than the male, cautioned Rudyard Kipling. Given Kipling’s love of mythology and prehistoric studies, he should perhaps have added “and smarter”. Because of all deities of wisdom across the globe and through known time, the massive majority – 97% – were […]

Imam Muslim: Great scholar of Hadith

By ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Hadith is the great wealth of Islamic literature. This is the collection of pearls of wisdom from orations and actions of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). There are hundreds of companions of the Prophet who preserved this knowledge through oral transmission. Later tens […]