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
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi told a TV channel on Thursday night that Anna Hazare will postpone his protests if Parliament session is extended to introduce and get the Lokpal Bill passed. Former Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde, also a member of Team Anna, on Thursday said that it was wrong […]
Source/Credit: The Washington Post MIRWAH, Pakistan — Shazia Shahid, a community health educator, went to the tiny house to speak with the slight young woman about birth control. It was morning, a good time because the woman’s husband was out working. But the woman shrank behind a green veil — […]
Jon Stewart talking about Islamophobia – Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUcHQmUEICc http://gawker.com/5867902/jon-stewart-on-tlcs-disappointingly-terror+free-all-american-muslim
Source: Chatham Daily News Canvassing to promote harmony A Muslim youth group will visit Chatham this weekend in an effort to promote peace. “Our plan is to visit 3,000 houses, knocking on doors, asking people if they have any questions about Islam to promote religious harmony,” Rizwan Rabbani, national executive-director […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times December 2011 Human sexual desire may be insatiable, the more we indulge in it the stronger it grows, until […]
Amir Guatemala Abdul Sattar Khan, Naib Amir USA Imam Daud Hanif and Brother David Gonzalez, met with former president of Guatemala (now currently serving his 3rd term as Mayor of […]
Courtesy: BBC, Gulfnews, The Dailystar and Time Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!” From the banks of the great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the countryside, from the countless squares of countless villages came the cry. “Victory […]
Source: CNN ‘I don’t know if it was all worth it’ Emily Trageser, 31, joined the Army in 2000 and deployed to Iraq for the 2003 invasion with the 101st Airborne Division. She returned to the United States in early 2004. I don’t think that the gravity of what we […]
In a personal communication with an Obstetrician, I found that majority of the children in many counties of USA are now born out of wedlock! The fundamental question we must ask ourselves at the beginning of the century is this: What is the purpose of marriage? Is it — given […]
By Carol Morello, The Washington Post The proportion of adults who are married has plunged to record lows as more people decide to live together now and wed later, reflecting decades of evolving attitudes about the role of marriage in society. Just 51 percent of all adults who are 18 […]
By BusinessWeek Correspondent Dar es Salaam. The launch of Tanzania’s first Islamic bank, Amana Bank, last monht is the latest development in Tanzania and East Africa’s emerging Islamic finance industry. With about half the population being Muslims there is a huge potential for Shariah-compliant financial services in Tanzania. The headquarters […]
The number of applications forunemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to the lowest level in three years, showing the U.S. labor market is healing. Jobless claims dropped by 19,000 to 366,000 in the week ended Dec. 10, the fewest since May 2008, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The […]
Afghanistan, the landlocked country located in the center of Asia, comprises of a population of 29 mn. The telecom industry of the country has significantly shot up after the fall of Taliban and with the total teledensity reaching 65%, the growth which the telecom industry has encountered is really praiseworthy. […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is an article describing the Transcendent, yet Personal God of the Abrahamic Faiths in the present […]
For too long, Mr. Plantinga contends in a new book, theists have been on the defensive, merely rebutting the charge that their beliefs are irrational. It’s time for believers in the old-fashioned creator God of the Bible to go on the offensive, he argues, and he has some sports metaphors […]
Senior British commanders and officials are concerned that US plans to cut defence spending will be followed by other allies in Europe and elsewhere. Reductions in allied military capabilities could put a greater burden on Britain’s stretched forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere, it is feared. The military planning work has […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: December 15, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will fight the war on terrorism according to its own terms and conditions and not that […]
Source: NYTimes BAGHDAD — One by one, the Marines sat down, swore to tell the truth and began to give secret interviews discussing one of the most horrific episodes of America’s time in Iraq: the 2005 massacre by Marines of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha. “I mean, whether […]
Source: NYTimes PARIS — Former French President Jacques Chirac, 79, was convicted on Thursday of embezzlement and misuse of public funds to illegally finance his political party using fake jobs when he was mayor of Paris. Mr. Chirac, who was not present at the trial because of reported health and […]