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
ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2011) — Babies love to imitate. Ask any parent and they’ll report how infants mimic sounds, facial expressions and actions they observe. Now new research from Concordia University, published in the journal Infant Behavior and Development, has found that infants can even differentiate between credible and non-credible sources. Simply […]
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2011) — The effect of the messenger substance neuropeptide Y depends on the behaviour of the mother during infancy. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is the most abundant peptide hormone of the central nervous system. It is involved in various processes including stress management, the development of anxiety behaviour and […]
Source: Dawn As daylight broke on June 4, worshippers found a mosque in southern Denmark defaced with drawings of the Prophet Muhammad and slogans urging Muslims to “go home.” In late October, a dismembered pig was buried on the construction site of a planned mosque on the outskirts of Copenhagen. […]
I don’t know when the breaking point came. Was it the 2010 election, in which the most prominent women on the national stage seemed to be the leaders’ wives? Was it a drip, drip, drip of Question Time panels featuring one woman alongside four men and a male presenter? Could […]
An Imam shocked his community when he announced that he was resigning from that particular Masjid and moving to a drier climate. After the session, a very distraught lady came to the Imam with tears in her eyes, “Oh, Imam, we are going to miss you so much. We don’t […]
Source / Courtesy: The Barrie Examiner By Masood Nasir, Barrie, Canada (Re: ‘Shariah law goes against our law’ in the Nov. 10 edition of the Examiner and ‘Shariah law all about control’ in the Dec. 1 edition of the Examiner) I hope you will give me a chance of free […]
This is an article by Dr. Khaula Rehman published in spring 2010 volume of Muslim Sunrise. King Henry the VIII and his six wives A picture is worth a thousand […]
The former Saudi intelligence agency chief has announced that Riyadh may obtain nuclear weapons in line with plans to join “a nuclear arms race.” Prince Turki al-Faisal, who was addressing […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — In case you haven’t heard, President Obama wants the wealthiest to pay more in taxes. Noting the rise in income inequality in recent years and the need to reform the U.S. tax system, the president on Tuesday said that some of the wealthiest in America pay […]
Suggestion for my Christian and atheist readers: Please read my posts under Islam, Christianity, Atheism and Religion & Science, for resolution of the conflict! Source of the news: Yahoo He […]
Chilka Lake, Asia’s largest inland brackish lagoon and second largest lagoon in the World is facing challenges emerging out of climate change. Chilika, being home for a number of threatened […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Report in US magazine claims President Zardari may resign over “ill-health”. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE An American magazine reported on Tuesday that President […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By APP / Express Published: December 7, 2011 ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari was admitted to a Dubai hospital late Tuesday night, linked to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A famous, almost legendary mystic poet from Punjab Pakistan, Bullah Shah wrote: پڑھ پڑھ علم تے فاضل ھوییں […]
An Australian man has been sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in prison after being convicted of blasphemy by judges in Saudi Arabia. Officials in Canberra said they had been in touch with the Saudi authorities to request leniency. Australian reports named the man as 45-year-old Mansor Almaribe from […]
By Mike Dolan. (Reuters) – Rising inequality both within countries and between nations have reached critical levels that need to be addressed to avoid trade, tax and regulatory backlashes that could strangle an already wounded world economy, European money managers say. Speaking at Reuters 2012 Investment Outlook Summit, taking place […]
A Sunni Muslim terrorist group in Pakistan has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings which killed 60 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday in the worst outbreak of sectarian violence in the country since the NATO occupation began 10 years ago. The victims of the blasts were Shi’ite Muslims marking the […]
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf A famous, almost legendary mystic poet from Punjab Pakistan, Bullah Shah wrote: پڑھ پڑھ علم تے فاضل ھوییں تے کدے اپنے آپ نوں پڑھیا نھیں بھج بھج وڑناں اے […]
Daily Telegraph- Jack Straw: In 1818, Castlereagh claimed that the Congress System of diplomacy – established to secure peace and stability across a war-ravaged Europe – amounted to “a new discovery in the European government… giving to the counsels of the Great Powers the efficiency and almost the simplicity of […]