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
by Rachid Khechana in Doha, swissinfo.ch Switzerland is preparing to open an embassy in Qatar, a country it sees as an increasingly important player in the region. Ambassador Martin Aeschbacher tells swissinfo.ch that the small Gulf kingdom “is on the rise” economically. Aeschbacher says relations with Gulf states are growing […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS STAFF DAMMAM: The Haramain High Speed Rail project, which will link Makkah, Jeddah, Rabigh and Madinah, is progressing well, the Saudi Railway Organization’s president […]
Source: Jagran Sun, 18 Mar 2012 Qadian, Punjab: Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Bharat recently organized a free eye checkup and treatment camp at Noor hospital in Qadian. Regional chief of the majlis stated that eye specialist Dr.SH Randhawa did eye checkup for 600 patients, out of which 50 will be given surgery. Ahmadiyya […]
Adult humans normally breathe at the rate of one breath every six to eight seconds and inhale an average of sixteen thousand quarts of air each day. If nothing is done to restrict breathing, it will happen naturally and fully. But people continually inhibit natural breathing in many ways—poor posture, […]
December 1, 2008 — Human development scientists and computer game developers designed a video game that teaches kids how to resolve conflicts peacefully amongst themselves. Inanimate objects, such as pencils and erasers, come to life to lead players through a series of common scenarios in which arguments are about to occur. […]
A Future Of Pink Slime And Peak Water Just saying the words, “Pink Slime” gives me the creeps. I’m not pleased to learn that I’ve been dining on this swill for the past sixty years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made an interesting response to the public outcry about […]
AZA MSUE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in 19 Northern states and Abuja yesterday commended the peace dialogue between Christian and Muslim youth leaders who jointly observed lent during the […]
Si Kaddour Benghabrit Imams from their pulpits instructed Muslim congregations to refuse taking part in the injustices against Jews. In Paris, a grand mosque built in honour of the 100,000 Muslim soldiers who died fighting for France in the First World War, became a sanctuary for Jews escaping persecution less […]
Source: The New York Times Author: Jonathan Haidt In the film version of “All the President’s Men,” when Robert Redford, playing the journalist Bob Woodward, is struggling to unravel the […]
In the second half of the 16th century, the advocates for tolerance gain momentum. An important figure was Sebastian Castellio, who lived in Geneva and Basel. He became well renowned for his reproach of John Calvin, who had Michael Servet executed for the denial of the Trinity. In Castellio’s writings, […]
Letter of Suleyman II to Francis I of France regarding the protection of Christians in his states, September 1528. Read more on the Franco-Ottoman alliance. Meanwhile in France, king Francis I had become disenchanted […]
Source: CNN Moulkheir Mint Yarba returned from a day of tending her master’s goats out on the Sahara Desert to find something unimaginable: Her baby girl, barely old enough to […]
Express Tribune: By Ajmal Kamal: Before coming to the last — and the most masterful — deletion from Saadat Hasan Manto’s Urdu short story Naya Qanoon at the hands of the great men […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Fifty years ago French and Algerian representatives signed a series of peace accords in the French town of Evian, ending Algeria’s brutal eight-year war of independence. By offering its good offices under a policy of active neutrality, which helped resolve the conflict, historian Marc Perrenoud tells […]
By PRINCE KHALED AL-FAISAL, ARABNEWS Recent research study on Arab opinion clearly debunks the false and fabricated allegations against Saudi Arabia IN early March, the Doha-based Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) published a report entitled “Measurement of Arab Public Opinion Project.” ACRPS is an independent research institute […]
Reuters | Mar 11,2012 | 22:38 JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — Turkey’s government plans its first-ever issue of Islamic bonds this year, overcoming sensitivities about Islamic finance in the secular republic as it seeks to tap a rich pool of investors flush with oil money. A sovereign sukuk issue from an […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: March 18, 2012 NEW DELHI: British writer Salman Rushdie taunted Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan as unable to handle […]
Vouchsafed to the Imam of this Age, the Promised Messiah and the Mahdi: 1898: (A) My Lord had revealed to me and promised me that He will help me till my […]
We sacrifice our lives upon you, O’ our beautiful Motherland, where such is the custom that no one with Love in their hearts can walk with their head held high […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2012) — Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common virus that infects the lungs and breathing passage ways. Though it may only produce minor cold symptoms in adults, it can lead to serious illness in young children and those with compromised immune systems. “This is an extremely contagious […]