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
By Raed Omari Jordan Times AMMAN – The government will refer the political parties, constitutional court and elections laws to the Lower House in January, February and March respectively, the […]
By Taylor Luck Jordan Times AMMAN – Jordan is three years away from its first operational wind farm as officials field interest in the country’s emerging renewable energy sector. Energy officials expect a wind farm in Fujeij, the Kingdom’s first large-scale renewable energy project, to be operational by 2014, according […]
AMMAN (AFP) -Standard & Poor’s on Wednesday lowered Jordan’s long-term local-currency sovereign credit rating to “BB” from “BB+” expressing concern about the country’s economy and political situation. The ratings agency also maintained its “BB/B” long- and short-term foreign-currency sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom as well as the short-term local-currency […]
Source: Guardian Author: Randeep Ramesh Most of the women from the care agency, were, in the words of a 78-year-old, “nasty and rough”. Whatever the carers’ demeanour, the frail woman in a wheelchair did not expect attitude to translate to violence that left her bewildered and powerless. “Rather than say […]
To protect their savings, Greeks are pulling their euros out of the bank at an alarming rate. Over the past 21 months, they’ve been sending money to Swiss bank accounts, stuffing safe-deposit boxes, and installing home safes to horde euros. Greece: What would happen if Greece leaves the euro zone? [3] This post originally […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Since my visits to Hawaii islands and Bermuda, starting in 2004, I have become a staunch […]
KABUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Afghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence and being sold into marriage and prostitution, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) revealed in a report that only a […]
Messiah of this age, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani had a revelation: “A Warner came into the world and the world did not accept him; but God will accept him and will establish his truth through powerful assaults.” [Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, p. 518] According to the Muslim understanding, all the […]
This is great news for President Assad Egypt is the best thing to happen to Syria for a long time. Just when Western leaders – and Qatar – were hounding President Bashar al-Assad for his brutal suppression of opposition demonstrations, along comes the latest crisis in Egyptian cities where security […]
Source: TOI MOSCOW: A Russian company is going to produce and sell an alcoholic drink in Russia named after Libya’s slain leader Muammar Gaddafi, a media report said Wednesday. The company, a subsidiary of Rusimport, Russia’s largest producer and importer of liqueurs and vodka, has filed an application for the […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appointed lawmaker and former information minister Sherry Rehman as the country’s new ambassador to the United States, an official said. The appointment came just hours after Gilani asked envoy Husain Haqqani to resign as the government investigates claims that […]
Jesus did not die on the cross. He was put on the cross, but survived. He was in coma when taken off the cross and was later able to escape […]
The square minaret of the Umar Mosque, with a dome of the Christian Quarter in the foreground, is an eloquent testimony of events showing early Muslim’s religious tolerance, from fourteen centuries ago. This picture very powerfully established Islamic belief in freedom of religion and puts to rest, the accusation, for […]
Source / Courtesy: Alislam-eGazette By Abdul Haq Compier Islam presents a policy of religious tolerance, rooted in teachings on the universal nature of man, his free relationship to God, and […]
We’d like to think that IQ isn’t the determining factor for success in life. But psychology professors David Hambrick and Elizabeth Meinz recently wrote an Op-Ed for The New York Times, “Sorry Strivers, Talent Matters,” where they cite a few scientific studies that point to innate talent — not practice […]
Editor’s note: If one follows Congressman Ron Paul in all the Presidential Debates, one is likely to have better appreciation of international politics and economics. Please link other insightful comments […]
A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God (1976) Rated PG. After a non-Muslim […]
By Dr. Zia H Shah The short answer to this provocative question in the title is that the elite 1% will pay Zakat, which is a tax on savings and property. […]
The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it has visited Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in detention on Tuesday.“The ICRC visited Saif al-Islam Gaddafi this afternoon in Zintan. He appeared to be in good health,” ICRC spokesman Steven Anderson told Reuters. Zintan is a small city in north-western […]
By REUTERS ARABNEWS DUBAI: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to sign a deal brokered by Gulf states that would ease him from office, Yemeni […]