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
Jordan Times: MAFRAQ — Minister of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat on Monday said the ministry will offer free medical care to Syrian refugees in Jordan, provided that they obtain registration documents from the UNHCR. During a field visit to medical care centres in the Sarhan and Housha districts in Mafraq […]
(CNN) — For the last 20 years, what name is always in the top 100 most popular baby names given to boys in the United States? Jesus (pronounced hey-seus). And […]
(CNN) — Europe and the Muslim world seem to be on a collision course that could have major political, economic and ideological ramifications. January 23, 2012, may well come to […]
Source: China Daily MANILA, the Philippines – A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the central Philippines on Monday, killing at least 43 people and causing widespread panic, officials said. The powerful quake hit in a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu, causing […]
In a recent two-part series on the tensions between the United States and Iran, my colleague David Lee Smith provided readers with a broad and insightful overview of the unfolding crisis. He discussed the European Union’s newly implemented embargo against Iranian oil, the contentious relationship between Shiite Iran and its Sunni neighbors, […]
Ever had to call an exterminator because a couple annoying pests invaded your house? What if, instead of a few varmints, there were millions of them? That scenario is unfolding in Puerto Rico, where the government has embarked on a sweeping campaign to eradicate the roughly 4 million iguanas populating […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Geo News Updated yesterday Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lost an unbelievably high amount, more than Rs8,500 billion (Rs8.5 trillion or US$94 billion), […]
RIYADH—A court in Saudi Arabia agreed to hear the first lawsuits by Saudi women challenging the kingdom’s de facto ban on women driving, a lawyer for one of the women said. The legal push is a shift by activists after years of simply appealing to Saudi leaders for permission to […]
Manama: A move to launch the world’s first female falconry association at a press conference in Qatar is being resisted by Qatari social media users, a local daily has reported. On Tuesday, reports emerged in the Qatari capital, Doha, that Qatar’s cultural village “Katara” would announce the inauguration of the […]
The ease of communication in our global village reminds me of a verse of the Holy Quran that predicted these phenomena. It is amazing that a revelation in the seventh […]
http://pix04.revsci.net/H07707/b3/0/3/0806180/986916153.js?D=DM_LOC%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.themuslimtimes.org%252Fwp-admin%252Fpost-new.php%26DM_CAT%3DNYTimesglobal%2520%253E%2520General%26DM_EOM%3D1&C=H07707LONDON — European governments are not the only ones struggling with debt — so are some of the region’s companies. As profits and sales slip, some European businesses are scrambling to pay their bills. With banks reluctant to lend, the fear is that companies will be unable to come up […]
Source: Time (OSLO, Norway) — The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen told a court Monday that he […]
Source: Time Most people think that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the most powerful stargazing system in the world. It’s understandable, given the astounding images and spectacular science the […]
Source / Courtesy: RT.com Speaking to a group of homeschooling advocates US Republican Congressman and 2012 presidential hopeful Ron Paul warned that the US Department of Education was working to “indoctrinate” their children. “They [US Department of Education] don’t educate our kids, they indoctrinate our kids,” he said. “It’s a […]
Credit: Imam Wasim throuhg Express Tribune: A Pakistani undergraduate class was shown a Richard Dawkins documentary in a sociology course. DESIGN: SIDRAH MOIZ: Growing up in a society that discouraged asking too many questions, I often wondered what it is about modern western education that the conservative right is so […]
Source: BBC News Facebook and Google say they have complied with an Indian court directive and removed “objectionable” material. They are among 21 web firms, including Yahoo and Orkut, facing a civil suit in Delhi accusing them of hosting material that may cause communal unrest. A criminal case of similar […]
Source: The Whig Standard – With the topic still very fresh in the minds of Kingstonians, one organization felt it was the ideal time to travel here to deliver a […]
Source: NY Times. PARIS — European activists who participated in American Internet protests last month learned that there was political power to be harnessed on the Web. Now they are putting that knowledge to use in an effort to defeat new global rules for intellectual property. In the U.S. […]
By Zubair Khan Strategically, Pakistan is situated at the crossroads of the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population exceeding 180 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia. Its […]
Courtesy Reuters: The Roman Catholic Church has sometimes been in denial over the sexual abuse of children by clergy but must now move forward to face up to the scandal, the Vatican’s top official for the issue said on Friday. In an interview with Reuters Television, Monsignor Charles Scicluna said he […]