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
ALGIERS — Algeria’s leaders are out of touch with their people who are growing increasingly angry about unemployment, red tape and poor housing, said a senior official carrying out a presidential review of the country’s economic and social woes. “Demands for radical changes are huge. People want to see a […]
Over at The Atlantic, Anu Partanen, a Finnish journalist based in New York City, has an interesting article that asks what exactly the US can learn from Finland’s unorthodox yet remarkably successful education system. Partanen, currently writing a book about what, more broadly, the US can learn from Scandinavia, points […]
The Daily Telegraph: The head of one of Britain’s “Big Five” banks warned that any break-up of the single currency would have dire consequences for the global economy because it would be difficult to judge how the contagion would unravel. “Obviously we close 2011 with a huge amount of focus […]
Source: The New York Times HYDERABAD, India — For more than two decades, M. A. Hakeem has arguably done the job […]
Author: Atif Munawar Mir Popular New Year resolutions such as losing weight, taking a trip, finding a better job, and giving up a bad habit are worth our time and […]
Australia is one of the first country to welcome New Year across the globe. This year, Sydney has outdone itself in the fireworks display. 6.5 million dollars were spend on about 15 minutes of one of the world’s best display of fireworks. 1.5 million people gathered to see this large […]
Source: Australian Government. Muslims in Australia have a long and varied history that is thought to pre-date European settlement. Some of Australia’s earliest visitors were Muslim, from the east Indonesian archipelago. They made contact with mainland Australia as early as the 16th and 17th centuries. Early Muslim visitors—the Macassar traders […]
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It is reported that Hadhrat Khalifa-tul-Masih IV. – before he was elected Khalifa – during his stay in London was in town during the New Year’s Eve celebrations. When it […]
An employee at the Libyan embassy in Bern has accused the Swiss government of failing to live up to a commitment to treat around 100 war wounded in Swiss hospitals. […]
To look for common thread between the Christian and the Muslim tradition one should start at Deism. One should start with President Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Payne. There will be a lot in their views that a Muslim and a Christian could agree to and from there one […]
Nile Bowie While the unconcealed hypocrisy that led to the emergence of a new Libya fades from the public consciousness, the governments of the West are beginning to reap the […]
GEORGE TOWN: DAP National chairman Karpal Singh on Saturday slammed the culprits who dumped several pig heads outside the Al-Falah Mosque in Taman Desa Jaya, Johor Baru. He said those who committed such acts should be arrested and punished for not having religious sensitivity. “This irresponsible act must be condemned […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Abdul Manan / Express Published: December 31, 2011 GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali […]
Mark Twain said, “It took a brave man before the Civil War to confess he had read the Age of Reason … I read it first when I was a […]
By SAMANTHA GROSS | AP ARABNEWS NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held his annual interfaith breakfast, but he didn’t directly address a boycott by Muslim leaders upset about police spying on their followers. Friday’s morning’s breakfast was held without 15 Muslim leaders. They told the mayor in […]
By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI |ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A YouTube user uploaded a video clip showing Makkah’s Grand Mosque cleaners in synchronized moves during a routine cleaning around the Holy Kabba. The […]
Not surprisingly, different countries resort to using scarecrow tactics to keep internal differences at bay. Over the last decade, different players have created Al-Qaeda bogey for various political agendas. For instance, the United States exploited the issue of this radical organization in the running up to elections, Iran capitalized on […]
Source/Credit: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty BISHKEK — Kyrgyz religious authorities have refused to re-register the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Sagynbek Toktorbaev, a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Kyrgyzstan, told RFE/RL on December 29 that the government’s State Commission on Religious Affairs rejected their re-registration. […]