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
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — An estimated 1.3 million young Chinese will compete for 18,000 civil servant posts in central government departments and their local branches on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, exams of extra skills will be held for applicants competing for posts with foreign language requirements and […]
TOKYO — Fukushima prefectural government officials said Friday night that rice from five locations in Onami town showed radioactive contamination above the government-set safety limit. Read more
By VANESSA GERA | AP TRIPOLI: A senior official in Libya’s outgoing transitional government has sharply criticized the country’s new leadership as an unrepresentative “elite” supported by outside powers. Former oil and finance minister Ali Tarhouni also suggested in a press conference late Thursday that at least one of those […]
By KARIN LAUB | AP ARABNEWS CAIRO: Rival Palestinian leaders on Thursday held their first detailed talks on reconciliation since the Islamic militant Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip more than four years ago, declaring they made progress toward sharing power but failing to resolve key issues. Western-backed Palestinian […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Under the aegis of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowment, Call and Guidance will organize next month the […]
By ALI BLUWI ARABNEWS Arab citizens are fed up with the West’s ideology as well as double standards Many pundits and analysts ponder the reasons that made the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 the breaking point in the Middle East. This transformative period led to instability, particularly […]
The tendency towards a healthy diet and the right amount of physical exercise are interlinked and often go hand in hand, a new study has suggested. According to researchers from Harvard University, an increase in physical activity is linked to an improvement in diet quality. 10 steps to successful weight […]
In 1992 when Rutgers professor Benjamin Barber coined the term “McWorld,” there were 12,700 McDonald’s worldwide. Today there are over 33,000. The relentless spread of McDonald’s over the past 61 years is an incredible business success story. In some markets the burger chain is just getting started, with plans to open 200 stores […]
Promoted post: From Our Expanding Universe to the Extra-Dimensions Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In his achievements, Dr. Salam saw a certain special Providence of God. Let me quote from the transcript of one of his interviews. The questi0ns asked by Lewis […]
source: swissinfo (this study dates back to September 2010). by Jessica Dacey, swissinfo.ch The most significant study of Judaism in Switzerland in 50 years has revealed a community in a state of major flux. Many Jews no longer identify themselves with the rules of traditional orthodox communities and instead are […]
by Isobel Leybold-Johnson in Zurich, swissinfo.ch When a private collection of beautiful Hebrew manuscripts belonging to Swiss businessman René Braginsky first came to light it caused a sensation. Some of […]
Religion should be a source of peace, not terror Source/Credit: InsideHALTON: Nov 24, 2011 That was the general consensus at the conclusion of last week’s Interfaith Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya […]
Source/Credit: Sierra Express Media By: SEM on November 25, 2011. The Pan African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (PAAMA) will on Saturday 26 November mark the 50th anniversaries of independence of Tanzania, Cameroon and Sierra Leone […]
23 November 2011 Ottawa, Ontario Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the following remarks while attending Eid on the Hill: “Thank you, Senator. As-Salāmu Alaykum. Peace be upon you. Greetings to […]
Here let me also share the email message issued by Hon. Jason Kenney, PC, MP: Friends, On Wednesday I was joined by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Senator Salma Ataullahjan, and […]
By Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon The resurgence of protests and clashes with police in Cairo and other Egyptian cities this week is more significant than the mass rallies that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak nine months ago. That’s because this week’s events touch on […]
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, the first Muslim missionary to USA in 1920s, in his early days in USA, to initiate his missionary work, went into a store and bought three pencils and chose to pay for the price of only one pencil. When the shop keeper protested and asked for further […]
The Golden Rule in its prohibitive form was a common principle in ancient Greek philosophy. Examples of the general concept include: “Do not do to your neighbor what you would take […]
The defining moment was the fiasco over Wednesday’s bund auction, reinforced on Thursday by the spectacle of German sovereign bond yields rising above those of the UK. If you are tempted to think this another vote of confidence by international investors in the UK, don’t. It’s actually got virtually nothing […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word Injil occurs several times in the Quran (3:4, 3:49, 3:66, 5:47, 5:67, 5:69, 5:111; 7:158; 9:111; […]