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
French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces an uphill battle in his re-election fight this Spring. We discussed some of the long odds against him here. So to jumpstart his re-election, Sarkozy has announced brand new economic reforms that are sure to be controversial. From The Telegraph: Under new “competitiveness accords”, employers will now be able […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Mudassir Raja Published: January 29, 2012 RAWALPINDI: Thousands of traders and activists from religious parties gathered in Rawalpindi on Sunday to call […]
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Source: The star.com. Neither Mathew Ho nor Asad Muhammad can vote, or buy beer. They haven’t been accepted to college yet, though that might change after this story. The 17-year-olds have already sent a (Lego) man into space. Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Legopassenger […]
Jewish businessman Robert Harush who grew up in Ashkelon spends fortune on renovation of large Muslim house of worship in Montereau, in effort to promote co-existence. He grew up in […]
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by Khaled Neimat | Jan 29,2012 | 22:42 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Dozens of Islamists on Saturday gathered outside the gates of the Islamic Charity Centre Society (ICCS) after a deal with the government to return the administration of the largest nonprofit organisation in the Kingdom to the Muslim Brotherhood […]
France: 24 REUTERS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to reveal a swathe of new economic reforms on Sunday to create more jobs, improve business competitiveness and convince voters he is the right leader to revive France’s sputtering economy. Three months before presidential elections in which Sarkozy has yet to […]
By Ansar Raza Abstract Some scholars argue that crucifixion is not a form of death sentence in Jewish law, but a Roman death sentence. According to them, it was not […]
Source: CNN Author: Kerry Egan As a divinity school student, I had just started working as a student chaplain at a cancer hospital when my professor asked me about my […]
Reuters: AMSTERDAM: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make […]
Credit: Express Tribune: Scene from the anti-Ahmadi jalsa in Rawalpindi on January 29, 2012. PHOTO: SHIRAZ HASSAN RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of people organised a protest against the Ahmadiyya community in Rawalpindi on Sunday, claiming that community members had illegally established a worship place in the city. The protest, led by a representative of […]
Courtesy: Express Tribune: Khalid Ahmed: Fear guides Pakistan. And this fear emanates from the absence of law and order. In other words, terrorism. Law and order can fluctuate in most Third World states and still not render them dysfunctional. When we say law and order in Pakistan, we mean terrorism coming […]
Microsoft’s co-founder told The Telegraph that yes, the two had some stormy days as fierce competitors. But things changed around 2007 when Gates left Microsoft to set up his foundation and […]
Source: China Daily A large number of wild elephants live in the Wild Elephants Valley in Xishuangbanna. [Picture by Liu Shiyang / For China Daily]
Rawal TV in Canada has a program series hosted by Atif Mir titled: Contemporary issues. To learn more about Rawal TV go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/RawalTV This segment is about a criticism […]
In his achievements, Dr. Salam saw a certain special Providence of God. Let me quote from the transcript of one of his interviews. The questi0ns asked by Lewis Wolpert or […]
After a marathon sitting, a majority of senators in the upper house of parliament are now opposed to a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals, a week ahead of the crucial vote. Labour senators have now changed their minds and oppose a ban, as has the ruling VVD. Christian […]
Seems like it. It’s not that being distracted isn’t off-putting, but when distracted we’re less negative, less complex and more personal in our speech. We also encourage the other person to talk more. From James Pennebaker’s book The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us: …distracted pairs actually […]
[This post is published with permission from the personal blog of SEC Senior Policy Advisor Rick Bookstaber.] Conspicuous leisure, conspicuous waste, conspicuous consumption. Veblen coins these terms in Theory of the Leisure Class to describe the strategies the noble and priestly classes employ to assert their status. Veblen observes that a life of leisure is the readiest evidence […]