How Cognitive Bias Can Explain Post-Truth
By: Lee McIntyre Our built-in biases help explain our post-truth era, when “alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. o say that facts are less […]
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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
Eli Lilly Antibody Cuts Covid-19 Risk Up to 80% in Nursing Home Study
Source: Bloomberg By Riley Griffin Eli Lilly & Co.’s antibody therapy reduced nursing home residents’ risk of symptomatic Covid-19 by as much as 80% when used preventively in a study. The […]
Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis, For the Whole of our Human Family
Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order […]
President Joe Biden rejoins the Paris climate accord in first move to tackle global warming
Source: CNBC By Emma Newburger KEY POINTS President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order rejoining the U.S. into the Paris climate accord, his first major action to tackle global […]
Poem by Amanda Gorman at President Biden’s inauguration
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page The Muslim Times has the best collection for good governance and to refute racism Amanda […]
The presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — 1/20/21
Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of […]
Winning by Retreating: The Lesson Russians Taught Napoleon
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt], Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military […]
US surpasses 400,000 deaths from Covid-19
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) (CNN) The United States has reported at least […]
The Muslim Times has the best collection to promote secularism and to deaccelerate sectarianism
Two Viruses; Worse than COVID Political leaders using religion….. Religious leaders playing politics — Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) January 18, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
To Refute the Hate-mongering of White Supremacists I visited Martin Luther King’s Memorial
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Original post dated August, 2017 Recent tragedies in Charlottesville has shook the conscience of a nation wounded by racism […]
World on the brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ due to unfair vaccine rollouts, WHO chief says
Source: CNBC By Holly Ellyatt, @HOLLYELLYATT LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines is at “serious risk.” Warning of a […]
The Movie King: Would It Convince You of Democracies?
The King is a 2019 historical drama film based on several plays from William Shakespeare‘s “Henriad“.[4][5][6] It is directed by David Michôd, written by Michôd and Joel Edgerton, and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Mendelsohn. […]
Covid: Large trial of new treatment begins in UK
By Justin Rowlatt Source: BBC A large-scale trial of a new treatment it is hoped will help stop Covid-19 patients from developing severe illness has begun in the UK. The […]
‘Move heaven and earth’: President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 plan calls for 100 million shots in first 100 days
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By Ken Alltucker Source: USA Today President-elect Joe Biden […]
Pope Francis Changes Canon Law: What It Means For Women In The Catholic Mass
By Clemente Lisi, who is a senior editor and regular contributor to Religion Unplugged. He is the formeVr deputy head of news at the New York Daily News and teaches journalism at The King’s College in New York City. Follow him on Twitter @ClementeLisi. (ANALYSIS) It’s not every day that […]
The Best Ted Talk to understand Democratic & Republican divide in USA
The moral roots of liberals and conservatives Source: Ted Talks Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right […]
The GOP’s carnival of hypocrisy
By Frida Ghitis (CNN) History will record that the second impeachment of President Donald Trump branded him forever as a catastrophically immoral and divisive leader. It will also mark most […]