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
More than nine million flood victims in Pakistan face an “unimaginable catastrophe” of disease and malnutrition due to a massive shortfall in emergency funding, aid agencies have warned.
Source/Credit: /Wednesday, November 9, 2011 , by-Christian-Peregin Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi leaving Parliament last night. Photo: Darrin_Zammit-Lupi A vote of confidence was approved last night, as expected, after a three-hour debate inside a packed Parliament. “If we get it wrong, we will get it very wrong” PM Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi […]
There is a 65 percent chance of a banking crisis between November 23-26 following a Greek default and a run on the Italian banking system, according to analysts at Exclusive Analysis, a research firm which focuses on global risks. http://www.cnbc.com/id/45218531
It is only a matter of time before the Church becomes more open to gay rights and sex before marriage but first the idea that the body is separate from the soul has to change, according to Dominican Fr Mark Montebello. The most sickening church sermons are those you hear […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MINA: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said Makkah would be developed into a smart city with the Grand Mosque as its focal point over the next six years. “We will employ all kinds of modern technology to make Makkah smarter than any other […]
By MICHEL COUSINS | ARAB NEWS BENGHAZI: At the entrance to the supposedly four-star Uzu Hotel in Benghazi, as in other hotels and restaurants in the city, there is a sign indicating guns must not be brought in. Another sign, also plastered around the city, exhorts men not to fire […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS MINA: The once-in-a-lifetime journey of faith undertaken by nearly 3 million pilgrims reached its end on Tuesday with hundreds of buses and cars taking them out of the tent city of Mina before sunset. Many pilgrims chose to walk their way to the adjacent […]
By ARAB NEWS MINA: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, said international situations have changed and there were expectations that some others would exploit the occasion of Haj to carry out chaotic deeds, but thanks to Almighty Allah, it did not happen. The crown prince made this […]
NEW YORK | Tue Nov 8, 2011 10 (Reuters) – They are among the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population and by 2050 their numbers could reach 601,000 but most centenarians never expected to reach 100 and many say lifestyle is the secret to longevity. More than a third […]
The current political situation in Egypt is a complex weave of shifting alliances, jostling for power, democratic aspirations, and fear — fear of losing long-held privileges, of skeletons in closets, and of what tomorrow could bring. On one side are the forces of the old regime: the army, police, ex-president […]
Manila – A 5.2-magnitude earthquake injured 16 people and damaged dozens of houses and buildings in the southern Philippines, the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said Tuesday. The quake struck late Monday with an epicentre south-west of Malaybalay town in the southern province of Bukidnon, according to the Philippine Institute […]
ISLAMABAD: Another major attack on American interests in Afghanistan by Pakistan-based militant groups would greatly damage the alliance with Islamabad, a senior US official said Tuesday. The official was voicing Washington’s frustrations with Pakistan and its failure to tackle safe havens in its territory that militant groups such as the Haqqani network use […]
Courtesy / Source: CNN NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Move over Congress. Move over President Obama. Bill Clinton is back — and he has a lot of economy-fixing ideas. The elder Democratic statesman has crammed his latest book — called “Back to Work” — with dozens upon dozens of policy […]
Silvio Berlusconi attends a voting session at the Italian lower chamber. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Silvio Berlusconi has pledged to resign as Italy‘s prime minister in a long-delayed move that doomed his third government and appeared to foreshadow the end of the media tycoon’s eventful and frequently scandalous 17-year career in […]
Published on Tuesday 8 November 2011 06:00 Foreign spouses will be able to enter the UK from the age of 18 after the courts ruled that banning under-21s was not a lawful way of dealing with the problem of forced marriages. Immigration Minister Damian Green told MPs the Government would […]
Source: The Foreigner. Author: Michael Sandelson& Oana Pintilie Norwegian companies hesitate to employ young professional Europeans because of language problems, reports say. “We advertise for people regularly, but there are few Norwegian applicants. However, a fair number of Eastern European and Spanish hopefuls turn up. There are a lot of […]
Source: Augustin Pictures As each of us has his own impression of Afghanistan that is predominantly marked with pictures of foreign forces, explosions and terror, we were privileged to have access to capture daily life and portrait some people of Afghanistan. We hope the pictures you know will merge with […]
BEIRUT: Lebanese refugees in Israel reportedly threatened to resort to international courts if the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati failed to grant them amnesty. A report published Tuesday by pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat said the few hundred Lebanese families residing in Israel since the end of the 1990 Civil War […]