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
Businessinsider.com: With Osama bin Laden dead, al-Qaeda’s capabilities severely diminished, and the United States scaling back operations in Afghanistan, what will President Barack Obama and his successors do with the […]
Source:The Local Escalating unrest following the burning of the Koran by US soldiers has forced Germany to give up one of its Afghanistan bases earlier than planned. After 300 protesters […]
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and […]
by Naveed Sheikh, University of Louisville – published by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought – Jordan. This interesting small publication lists all casualties through genocide, wars, civil wars from the year 0 to the year 2008 CE. The total death-toll is recorded as 578’993’500 (median figures are used) and is distributed among […]
The Council of Europe’s human rights chief has called for an overhaul of Swiss anti-discrimination law and policy. Intolerance and racism are “dangerously on the rise”, the commissioner for human […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: In a major move to boost political and diplomatic relations with Iraq, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has appointed […]
by Mohammad Ghazal | Feb 23,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Experts on Thursday called for effective short- and medium-term strategies to create jobs for young people in the Kingdom, where two-thirds of working-age youths are jobless. They said investing in human capital is the key to boosting the country’s […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Although the pilgrimage is more than seven months away, Haj missions and real estate brokers have started reserving residential buildings and hotels for pilgrims, local daily […]
The idea of international diversification is a simple one– if you live, work, hold investments, own property, structure your business, store gold, etc. in the same country as your citizenship, then you truly have all of your eggs in one very fragile basket. If just one little thing goes wrong, […]
Ask any toddler and they’ll tell you that their mother’s make-up drawer, filled with crimson lipsticks and bright shadows, is the most magical place they’ve ever seen. What, both, the toddler and the mother don’t realise is that whatever magical stuff is making one drop dead gorgeous could also make […]
Source: The Lloydminster Source – Suicide bombing, terrorist attacks and honor killings can dominate the headlines when the Islamic religion comes up in the media. Its and unfair stigma says […]
A website worth visiting: http://www.altafsir.com ALTAFSIR.COM is a completely free, non-profit website providing access to the largest and greatest online collections of Quranic commentary, translation, recitation and essential resources in the world. It was begun in 2001 by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan. Read more here: […]
Source: http://qahiri.wordpress.com/ By Daniel Oliver We have left the testimony of laa ilaaha illa-llaah for the statement “I am a Muslim” There is no zakaa- purification and increase of wealth-; only ribaa- usurious transactions There is no amr bi-lma’ruuf- commanding the good- and nahi ‘ani-lmunkar- forbidding evil-; only gossip and […]
Should the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community be considered (or consider themselves) as a ‘Sect’? First let us see how various dictionaries define the word ‘Sect’: OXFORD DICTIONARY Sect – Pronunciation: /sɛkt/noun – a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group […]
Dailytimes: MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday said it could not rule out that the United States would use the US Manas airbase in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan for an eventual strike on Iran over its contested nuclear programme. “It cannot be excluded that this site could be used in a potential conflict with […]
When Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark. Instead, Santorum’s comments were a new twist on a […]
Russian TV: Russian human rights activists have slammed a suggestion from the Orthodox Church to introduce criminal liability for religious insult, following a provocative appearance by a feminist punk band […]
By ARWA RIKABI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees hosted a round-table discussion on Tuesday about the comparative study written on behalf of the UNHCR […]
AP | Feb 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES TRIPOLI — Libya’s leader has acknowledged that his transitional government is powerless to control militias that are refusing to lay down their arms […]
Focus will be on economic growth, SMEs by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 22,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan will receive a financial assistance package of around 3 billion euros […]