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
After heated debates in two dozen states over banning Sharia law, the legal code of Islam, a national Islamic group is beginning a multi-million dollar effort to explain how Sharia applies to the lives of American Muslims. The Islamic Circle of North America, a New York-based group, is spending $3 million on its […]
There are times when you’re walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you’re running, it can be three or four times your weight. Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own. You forget 90% of your dreams. The Queen of England, who […]
Source: The local German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has come under attack from the key author of “The Daily Life of Muslims in Germany” study, published by the Bild newspaper […]
This post originally appeared at 24/7 Wall St. Global sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest defense contractors increased in 2010 to $411.1 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The increase reflects a decade-long trend of growing military spending. Since 2002, total arms sales among the 100 […]
Event of The Jerusalem Center, Washington, DC. Where The Palestine Center 2425 Virginia Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 202.338.1290 Mr. Josh Ruebner National Advocacy Director, U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Tuesday, 6 March 2012 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. EST The Palestine Center From 2000-2009, the United States gave […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Mid-Day By: Mehmal Sarfraz Date: 2012-03-02 Place: Mumba Without tolerance, our world turns into hell” — Friedrich Durrenmatt. A year ago on this day (March 2), […]
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Source: The Huffington Post Author: Homayra Ziad When I was young, a teacher came regularly to my home to teach me Quranic Arabic. Almost every kid in my community had a religious teacher or went to a Muslim Sunday school — and frankly, most of my friends couldn’t wait to […]
Reuters: To understand the significance of the presidential election this weekend in Russia, read a book by two U.S.-based academics that is being published this month. Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu […]
Daily Times Pakistan: Ishtiaq Ahmad: Multiple meanings and interpretations of Islam are possible. The two main interpretative approaches are those of the apologists who strive to reconcile Islam with modernity […]
Jammu, Feb 23: Observing that the Jammu and Kashmir Government was following a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and human rights violations, Governor N N Vohra today said it will continue to maintain utmost vigil in the area of internal security. “Following a policy of zero tolerance towards both […]
NY Times: GREAT FALLS, Va. — Rick Santorum was, in his own words, a “nominal Catholic” when he met Karen Garver, a neonatal nurse and law student, in 1988. As they made […]
Hindustan times 28th February 2012 By Harish Mander Despite what happened in Gujarat 10 years ago, India has rejected the politics of hate. People at every level in the state have […]
by Fatiha Temmouri, Valley of the Kings, swissinfo.ch A Swiss team has uncovered a mummy in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings – the first of its kind since the exhumation […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star The decision last week by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to abandon its external headquarters in Damascus and support Syrians demonstrating for the removal of Bashar Assad’s regime is noteworthy on several levels. All of them affirm the vulnerable and changing nature of […]
TEHRAN: Iran is stepping up its military and intelligence support for Syrian government troops in their crackdown against opposition strongholds, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. Citing three unnamed US officials with access to intelligence reports from the region, the newspaper said Tehran had increased supplies of arms and other […]
Healthy eating lowers your risk of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, but it’s not yet clear if that’s true for Alzheimer’s disease as well. “I can’t write a prescription for broccoli and say this will help—yet,” says Sam Gandy MD, PhD, the associate director of the Mount Sinai Medical Center […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2012) — Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students’ cognitive and emotional states — including frustration and boredom — has been developed by University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor of Psychology Sidney D’Mello, Art Graesser from the University of Memphis and a colleague from Massachusetts Institute […]
On a grey afternoon in Seoul, in the shadow of the mountains that surround the city, North Korean defectors stood behind a police cordon and struggled to raise their voices above the sound of late-afternoon traffic. The defectors and their supporters have been gathering daily in front of the Chinese embassy in the South […]
Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew leads a group of believers, nuns, and priests into the St. George patriarchal cathedral for the Epiphany day mass in Istanbul January 6, 2007. REUTERS/Fatih […]