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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

Can You Be Good Without God?

Source: NY Times. A writer for a Times blog about philosophy argues that being an atheist does not mean “anything goes” — in fact, quite the opposite. What do you think? Can morality be independent of God? Can people who don’t believe in God still be as “good” as those […]

Facebook Is Making Us Miserable

Source / Courtesy: Harvard Business Review Blog by Daniel Gulati | Comments (438) When Facebook was founded in 2004, it began with a seemingly innocuous mission: to connect friends. Some seven years and 800 million users later, the social network has taken over most aspects of our personal and professional lives, and […]

The Pakistanis Have a Point

Source: NY Times. As an American visitor in the power precincts of Pakistan, from the gated enclaves of Islamabad to the manicured lawns of the military garrison in Peshawar, from the luxury fortress of the Serena Hotel to the exclusive apartments of the parliamentary housing blocks, you can expect three […]

Germany’s favourite food

Source: The Local Wintertime may be cold and grey in Germany, but the it’s the perfect season to enjoy some of the country’s notoriously hearty food. The Local has compiled a list of some our favourite German culinary delights. Read more… Click here for The Local List

Hard times in Eurozone

Source: TOI on line If we take the first rumblings of trouble in the US sub-prime mortgage markets as the starting point, it’s been roughly five years since the global financial crisis began. There have been significant qualitative changes along the way. The US now seems, at least in relative […]