Easter customs have deep roots
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch The Easter story lies at the heart of the Christian religion, but many people nowadays associate Easter rather with hunting for eggs and taking a few […]
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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
Losing your religion?: ‘NADRA should not be deciding people’s faith’
Express Tribune: Human rights activists have criticised the National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) apparent policy to refuse to change ‘Islam’ as a person’s religion in their records. MPA Rana […]
Indonesia quake explained: Why didn’t massive tremors cause a major tsunami?
Russian TV: A huge tsunami, triggered by a 9.0-magnitude quake, rolled onto Japan’s east coast in 2011. In 2004, tons of water crashed onto Indonesia following a 9.1 quake. But […]
Demolition work at Grand Mosque to end before Ramadan
By MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has instructed relevant authorities to complete demolition work in the northern courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah […]
Pakistan: Mother Of Infant Child Accused Of Blasphemy And Held In Jail
Eurasiareview.com: By Murad Khan: The mother of a 6-month-old girl has been wrongly jailed for more than a month, as Pakistani authorities have failed to file a charge sheet within the […]
Jewish holiday sparks rising tensions over Al Aqsa
by Taylor Luck | Apr 11,2012 | JORDAN TIMES OCCUPPIED JERUSALEM/AMMAN — Minor scuffles broke out between worshippers and Israeli settlers on Wednesday as the latest in rising tensions at […]
The Biggest Open Secret of Banking
Bankers and Economists, small and big, show up in three piece suits, with illusory vocabulary, jargon of economic terminology and complex mathematical formulas, to confuse and impose on the naive and uninitiated, but, […]
3 dead, 16 hurt in bus bombing
Source: Standard Today (Manila) SUSPECTED extortionists bombed a bus in North Cotabato in Mindanao on Wednesday, killing three passengers and wounding 16 others, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. The military initially reported 10 dead but regional commander Lt. Col. Benjie Hao later revised the death toll. Muslim rebels […]
Life Expectancy May Affect When You Get Married, Divorced, Have Kids
ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2012) — Major life decisions such as marriage, divorce, abortion, having a child and attending university may be subconsciously influenced by how long people believe they will live, according to a Queen’s University study. “Life expectancy might be driving all of these major decisions,” says Daniel Krupp, a […]
Trouble Coping With the Unfamiliar as You Age? Blame Your White Matter
ScienceDaily (Apr. 11, 2012) — If you are an aging baby boomer and you’ve noticed it’s a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new brand of olive oil at the supermarket, you can blame it on the white matter in your brain. A brain-mapping study, published […]
Passover and Revoloution: Why Are We So Afraid of Change?
Huff Post What is Passover really about? The more I mull over the Exodus story, the more I think it’s always been about change – or more accurately — about our very human inclination to resist change. At every point in the story, we come across resistance to the transitions faced by […]
What Counts as Legitimate Scientific Research on Prayer?
Huff Post I am pleased to see the lively exchange of comments generated by my recent post: “Testing Prayer: Can Science Prove the Healing Power of Prayer?” Many people have raised difficult and important questions that I have been thinking about for years. These questions can roughly be grouped into six categories: […]
Gambia: Ahmadiyya Muslims Jama’at 36th Jalsa Salana Held
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia on Friday held its 36th Jalsa Salana (annual convention) at Masroor Senior Secondary School in Old Yumdum. Addressing the convention, Amir Sahib Baba F Trawally, the Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of The Gambia revealed that this blessed and divine gathering started […]
Kenya: Ahmadiyya Muslims urge peace, tolerance
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Kenya has called for tolerance, harmony and peaceful coexistence as the country prepares for the next generation elections. Addressing faithfuls during their 46th Annual Convention at Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Muranga Road, Nairobi on Saturday, the Kenyan head of the Mission Naeem Ahmed Mehmood Cheema urged […]
Germany monitors Koran distribution by Salafists
Source: BBC A branch of the German security service is monitoring a campaign by Salafist Muslims to give away 25 million Korans to see if it violates constitutional rules on […]
Fadi Abu Zeitoun Killed as Settlers attacked Farmers
Israeli settlers attacked and chased a group of Palestinian farmers last Thursday, causing a tractor to flip over during the chase, causing the death of the Palestinian driver. On Thursday, April 5th, armed settlers from the illegal Israeli colony of Itamar attacked a group of Palestinians en-masse. In haste and […]
Johnson & Johnson fined $1.1bn in latest Risperdal case
Source: BBC Drugs giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered by a US judge to pay $1.1bn (£690m) for downplaying the risks involved in taking its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. The state of Arkansas sued J&J and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals over its marketing of the drug in 2007. A number of […]
France’s Muslim Allergy: Sarkozy’s Goodbye to the Muslim Vote
“France is the worst place in Europe to be a Muslim, because the government is so against us. And if Nicolas Sarkozy is re-elected, it can only get worse.” Ahead […]
Free at last: Dr Chishty released from Ajmer jail
The Muslim Times Editor of Pakistan Credit:Express Tribune By Aditi Phadnis Published: April 11, 2012 80-year-old microbiologist also thanks President Zardari for his efforts. PHOTO: FILE As the sun went down on Ajmer, Dr Khalil Chishty walked off into the sunset on Wednesday a free man, nearly two decades […]
Dutch Council of State – past its sell-by-date?
A clash of political cultures is playing out in The Hague. An institution dating back to the renaissance is increasingly at odds with the current government and its partner, the 21st century anti-Islamic movement established by Geert Wilders. The Council of State was established in 1531 to review proposed laws […]