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
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has officially become a member of the Antarctic Treaty Pact. It is the first Asean country and the 49th nation to do so. Malaysia’s accession to the treaty as a non-consultative party means that it can take part in the decision-making process at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative […]
Germany: BASEL: A worker uses an air blower to remove foliage during sunny autumn weather at the Wettsteinplatz square. reuters
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: A total of 177,426 pilgrims from 46 non-Arab African countries have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Haj, the chairman of the board of directors of the Tawafa Establishment for Non-Arab African Pilgrims announced Tuesday. Abdul Wahid Seifuddin said 142,134 […]
By Hakim Hazik ‘Verily, we are for God and to Him we must return.’ Your Majesty the Malik of the Holy Peninsula, the Servitor of the Holy Harems and the peerless conqueror of the Satanic Kingdom of Bahrain, please accept my heartfelt condolences at the sad passing away of the […]
Why Europe Can’t Solve Its Debt Crisis http://ti.me/uKg4il
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – HRH Prince Hassan on Tuesday called for the establishment of a regional social charter that acts as a “legal covenant for a just distribution of resources and human security”. In his address at the opening of the Sixth Jordanian International Mining Conference, he proposed that […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/GENEVA (Agencies) – Israel is to build some 2,000 new settler housing units in annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to a UNESCO decision to admit Palestine as a full member, a senior official said Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of Prime Minister […]
ADB cites critical dev’t bottlenecks – The Philippine Star » News » Business: http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philstar.com%2FArticle.aspx%3FarticleId%3D743637%26publicationSubCategoryId%3D66
By Zubair Khalil Khan Select invitations, to be the speaker for the conference, by Indian National Society of Oral Implantologists, were only sent to those International Dental Surgeons, who through their expertise were deemed to be developing efficient and more caring praxis thus providing excellent health care services similar […]
The judgement day is nearer than you think. The most profound implication, however, is that it would abolish the ability to lie. http://www.economist.com/node/21534780?frsc=dg%7Cb via @theeconomist
Baby Loup lawyer Richard Malka (L) with director Natalia Baleato By RFI France – Article published the Thursday 27 October 2011 A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing Islamic head-cover, leading its lawyer to hail an advance for […]
By Fida Muhammad Adeel Published: November 2, 2011 Source/Courtesy:Xpress Tribune PESHAWAR: Afghans have lost faith in Pakistan due to the latter’s “impulsive” actions, veteran Afghan warlord Gulbudin Hekmatyar said on Tuesday even as Washington has enlisted Islamabad’s help in finding a negotiated settlement to the decade-old war in Afghanistan. “In its quest […]
By RFI The offices of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo were hit by an apparent arson attack overnight just ahead of the publication of an edition carrying a front-page cartoon of the prophet Mohammed. Charlie Hebdo’s issue this week renamed itself Charia Hebdo and featured a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed threatening […]
Source: The Star Phoenix A group of Ahmadiyya Muslims had an open house in Saskatoon Saturday to try to dispel myths about Islam. “There is a lot of misconception out there, especially with the jihad,” said organizer Rizwan Rabbani. He said that, though there are different forms of jihad, they […]
Source/Credit: The New York Times Some women who drink to their health may want to reconsider. A new study shows that women who routinely have even small amounts of alcohol, as few as three drinks a week, have an elevated risk of breast cancer. The research, which looked at the […]
Source/Credit: Pro-publica On Sept. 23, 1998, a panel of radiation safety experts gathered at a Hilton hotel in Maryland to evaluate a new device that could detect hidden weapons and contraband. The machine, known as the Secure 1000, beamed X-rays at people to see underneath their clothing. One after another, […]
Man fines wife for giving birth to baby girl Local authorities settle dispute as wife agrees to withdraw case By Lata Rani, Correspondent Published: 00:00 November 2, 2011 21 Patna: A man in Bihar Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs25,000 (Dh1,864) on his wife for giving birth to a […]
source:asiatimes on line Anyone who hoped the Arab Spring might eventually take over the Persian Gulf and those lands once known as Arabia Felix has enough reason to drown in sadness. The Arab counter-revolution is stronger than ever – led by the House of Saud and its monarchy minions at […]