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
A few days ago I got to see a sneak preview screening of the movie “Blue Like Jazz,” and I have to say, I’m feeling it. The movie is directed by the amazing Nashville filmmaker and musician Steve Taylor, and based on the New York Times bestselling memoir by Donald Miller. The movie will […]
Fears that a mosque would bring religious extremists, and even ties to terrorism, surfaced Tuesday when leaders of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee arrived at an Eagle Forum meeting meant to rally Brookfield residents against the proposal. After the president and executive director of the society introduced themselves, the meeting at the Brookfield Library turned to […]
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has said people of various cultures should respect and accommodate each other to avoid conflict which could degenerate into genocide as experienced Rwanda […]
Courtesy: The Daily Star Thursday, March 15, 2012 International tribunal upholds Bangladesh’s economic, territorial rights over 200 nautical miles from coast Bangladesh yesterday won a landmark verdict at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which sustained its claim to 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic and territorial rights in the […]
Seven Dutch children are among the 28 people killed in Tuesday night’s bus crash in a Swiss tunnel, according to media reports on Wednesday evening. The three other Dutch children on the bus are among the 24 injured, Nos television reported. Three of the injured are very seriously ill in […]
Credit: UK TIMES LONDON By Zubair Khan In depth analysis support the view point that in any nation, country or society, the educated class is self consciously bound by a self-devised code of ethics, morality and has definite ideas where it should be heading. As such educated class of any […]
Source: CNNMoney A resigning Goldman Sachs exec says the firm’s environment is “toxic” in a scathing op-ed piece in The New York Times. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A Goldman Sachs executive has resigned in a very public manner — calling the firm “toxic” and disrespectful of its clients in […]
Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit with the flair of Greg Smith. The way he resigned from Goldman Sachs, and what he had to say, could reignite a debate over how much Wall Street has changed in the wake of the financial crisis. […]
Source: Discover Moose Jaw – With any religion, there come common misconceptions and myths. The same can be said with Islam. But the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association stopped by Moose […]
Religious Experience Linked to Brain’s Social Regions: By Brandon Keim Brain scans of people who believe in God have found further evidence that religion involves neurological regions vital for social intelligence. […]
NY Times: ………But the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Game Commission, which represents 11 tribes of the Ojibwe (also known as the Chippewa, or Anishinaabe) in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, […]
Source: Times Herald – There is a common misunderstanding about Islam that it is a single religious belief, but like Christianity and Judaism, there are many different sects of Islam that practise different types of faith. Ahmadiyya is a sect of Islam that originated in India in the late 1800s […]
Source: Alislam-eGazette It is a volume about Muslim Heritage. Heritage of Islam is not about some bragging rights. It is not about some feel good emotion! It is not about […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Asad Kharal Published: March 14, 2012 LAHORE: The incumbent Pakistan Peoples Party government withdrew Rs270 million from the secret fund of […]
Source / Courtesy: This popular collection of articles was first made in Google-knol. It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does […]
Written by Rafiq A. Tschannen When covering News of Palestine and Israel and of the ‘open Western wars’ of Iraq and Afghanistan and the ‘covered Western wars’ of Libya, Syria and Yemen (and so many other locations…) we are sometimes accused of ‘Israel-bashing’ or ‘America-bashing’ and ‘other-nations-bashings’. It is pointed out […]
BRUSSELS — Belgium’s Muslim community was in shock Tuesday after a man set fire to a Shiite mosque in Brussels, leaving the imam dead in an act some linked to tensions between Shiites and Sunnis. As investigators interrogated the suspect, a self-described Muslim in his mid-30s, members of the Shiite […]
Source: Reuters, Jordan Times. RAMALLAH — Of the hundreds of Palestinian children locked in Israeli jails each year, the vast majority suffer nightmares, bed-wetting and anxiety after their release, Save […]