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
The end of the year invites reflection, a look back to the mistakes we’ve made and the successes we’ve achieved. There is no question that a high IQ brings plenty of both. The following list has more than its share of tortured geniuses along with some ordinary folk doing their […]
Source: Spiegel Germany. Banks Bunker Hundreds of Billions in Deposits at ECB The Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt: Last week’s action to flood the financial markets with cash appears to have had little effect. Just before Christmas, the European Central Bank flooded the financial markets with 500 billion euros — […]
MANILA, Philippines – More than 50,000 people throughout 12 provinces in Visayas and Mindanao were affected by rains and flooding coming from a low pressure area (LPA), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday morning. A total of 53,455 persons or 10,592 families were affected in […]
Source / Courtesy: Muslim Sunrise By Azhar Ahmed Hussain: a Juris Doctor candidate at Hofstra University School of Law. Islamic law and western countries have a unique relationship that spans nearly 900 years, a relationship that, due to misconception and manufactured hysteria, is undergoing an era of tension. Many of […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or […]
Source / Courtesy: Muslim Sunrise By Lubna Roohi Malik The Holy Qur’an lays out three basic states of man. These three states separate man from animals and spiritual men from moral men. These three states are: the natural state, the moral state, and the spiritual state. Man begins in the […]
Source: Dawn Author: Faiza Mirza Amidst the clouds of political and economic turmoil looming over Pakistan, including fiascoes as big as “memogate scandal” and “President Zardari’s departure to UAE”, Pakistanis, […]
Source: Qantara The environmental organization Friends of the Earth Middle East is planning to set up a peace park on the banks of the River Jordan in the hope of […]
Source: The Local A tech expert has figured out a way that hackers could take control of mobile phones and make calls or send out unlimited numbers of text messages. More here…
The International Association of Ahmadi Architects and Engineers (IAAAE) is working to provide water and sustainable power to the poor regions of Africa. IAAAE has worked with world renowned organisations such as Water Aid and has helped over 600,000 people across Africa. IAAAE has initiated a new project across five […]
Albert Einstein said, “The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.” “I do not feel […]
A speech by Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah, Vice President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA at annual gathering of the community, West Coast USA Jalsa 2011. To watch other speeches in this […]
Confidence among U.S. consumers rose in December to the highest level in eight months as an improving job market helped regain all the ground lost following the mid-year government budget battle and credit-rating downgrade. The Conference Board’s index increased to 64.5, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg News survey and […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 27, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while hearing the Memogate case on Tuesday, said that the […]
By Zia H Shah MD If one tries to genuinely understand or conceptualize the dual or hybrid nature of Jesus rationally, one is likely to be led to the truth, away from Trinitarian faith to Unitarianism, be it Christianity, Judaism or Islam. Jesus is a man and God the father […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abstract In logical terms Jesus cannot be man and God at the same time. Like a man cannot […]
Source: NY Times. Hulton Archive/Getty Images A Victorian family circa 1860. If you’re like many Americans, you have just spent a few days in close quarters with your parents, grandchildren, siblings, etc. You’re ready to go home, or ready for them to go home. But for a growing number of […]
Source: TOI on Line LONDON: North Africa could emerge as a new “theatre of jihad” with the handful of remaining top al-Qaida leaders shifting base from Pakistan and Afghanistan to countries like Libya, top British officials have warned. More:
source: TOI on Line The Pakistan government is unhappy with Kayani, currently on a three-year extension, and Pasha, who received a one-year extension in service last year. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of powerful army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja […]