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Zia H Shah

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

Zardari Leaves for Dubai!

Source: Express Tribune Reports suggest president has gone on a scheduled one-day trip. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on a scheduled one-day trip on Thursday, local television stations reported, amid growing tension over a memo seeking US help in preventing a coup by the military.       The […]

Pyongyang to preserve Kim for posterity

Source: Asiatimes Kim Jong-il’s passing in December could be good news for Russia’s “Lenin laboratory” of embalmers, which has preserved dead communist leaders ranging from Joseph Stalin to Ho Chi Minh. Lacking work lately, the team would happily construct a glass coffin for the North Korean Dear Leader in Kumsusan […]

Kenya police, army abuse civilians: HRW

Courtesy Press TV: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Kenyan security forces are abusing civilians and Somali refugees in the northeastern part of Kenya that borders famine-hit Somalia. “The crackdown has largely targeted Somali refugees and Kenyan ethnic Somalis, but residents of other ethnic backgrounds in North Eastern province have […]

How much of happiness is under our control? How can we make the most of it?

Happiness doesn’t just make us feel good; it can also objectively improve our lives: A recent and comprehensive meta-analysis revealed a wide variety of benefits that accrue from positive emotion and well-being, including greater career success, better relationship functioning, increased creativity, enhanced physical health, and even longer life expectancy(Lyubomirsky, King, […]

Even Jesus Hated Bankers

The latest issue of The Economist has an article titled The Dangers Of Demonology. “Hatred of bankers is one of the world’s oldest and most dangerous prejudices,” leads the author. The article briefly reviews the history of hatred toward financiers. Scorn for moneymen has a long pedigree. Jesus expelled the moneychangers from the […]