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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

Haj Diary: Day Four

By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Mina, Nov. 7, 2011 Day 4 went without any hassle. It was pretty quiet during the day. Small groups of pilgrims headed to the Jamarat complex, either on foot or via the Makkah Metro, to complete the stoning ritual. It was extremely peaceful. At […]

Mauritius: So far, so good

Mauritius: So far, so good   On an idyllic island marooned in the Indian Ocean, Matthew Bell is reduced to incoherent ecstacies. Modern Mauritius is that kind of place, he says : Someone once told me you can’t use the word “so” unless it’s followed closely by “that”. Technically, it’s […]

Malaysia’s Ahmadis living dangerously

Source/Credit: Free-Malaysia-Today: By: Patrick Lee | November 8, 2011 Targeted by both society and the state, Ahmadis in Malaysia plead for a fair voice, fearing the worst if they’re denied this. SELAYANG: In the middle of Kampung Nakhoda, there is an unassuming three-storey building. Nothing about its humble stature makes it stand out from […]

Bagatelle Mall of Mauritius now open

  Bagatelle Mall of Mauritius opened to the public at the end of last month, that is exactly one year after Prime minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam officially inaugurated the development site. Mauritius’s first regional shopping centre developed by leading South African  property investment and development company Atterbury, in collaboration  with ENL Group, […]

BOOK REVIEW: Sterile in soul and spirit

Source: Dawn Author: Dr. Irfan Zafar Dr Iqbal Syed Hussain is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles that regularly appear in the European, Middle Eastern and Pakistani media. His works include Islam and Western Civilisations, Terrorism in Action, The Qur’an and Modernism, Islam and the Clash of […]

Holiday, holy day

Today Muslims all over the Philippines mark Eid’l Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, one of the two greatest feasts of Islam. President Aquino declared this day a regular holiday, through Proclamation 276 pursuant to Republic Act 9849 which provides that Eid’l Adha be celebrated as such. To be sure, […]

Is The U.S. About To Invade Iran?

Defense Minister Ehud Barak left for an unscheduled trip to London shortly after a secret visit to Israel by the British chief of staff General Sir David Richards earlier this week as guest of Israel’s top soldier Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Read more: http://macromon.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/is-iran-about-to-get-hot/#ixzz1d1YLEBlW

Changing of kiswa

By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The silken kiswa cloth that covers the entire Holy Kaaba was replaced on Saturday in line with a centuries old annual custom. The draping of the Kaaba on the ninth day of the Hijri month of Dul Al-Hijjah was carried out in the presence of representatives of the General Presidency of […]