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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
Man fines wife for giving birth to baby girl
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 […]
The Pentagon-Arab Spring love story
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 […]
Government in Greece Nears Collapse Over Referendum
ATHENS — The Greek government was plunged into chaos on Tuesday and faced an imminent collapse, as lawmakers rebelled against Prime Minister George Papandreou’s surprise call for a popular referendum on a new debt deal with Greece’s foreign lenders. Such a collapse would not only render the referendum plan moot, […]
Obama voters, Muslims need not apply for gun course
source Daily Times A central Texas gun dealer ran radio ads advising “Socialist” liberals, those who voted for President Barack Obama, Arabs and Muslims that they need not apply for his concealed gun license class. Crockett Keller, who owns Keller’s Riverside Store, ran the ads on the radio station in […]
The Ahmadiyya Community Rejects Revenge And Embraces Peace
By Rev. Chuck Currie: United Church of Christ minister and Associate Director of The Westar Institute Source / Courtesy: Huffington Post One of the truths of human existence is religious conflict. Those conflicts exist not just between different religions but within religions. Christians understand this through experience. There is great […]
‘Unwanted’ Indian girls get new names
And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, ‘For what crime was she killed?’ (Al Quran 81:9-10) http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=world/2011/10/30/nr-bilchik-india-unwanted.cnn
Support group try to break alcoholic taboo
Nearly half the Swiss population is in some way affected by alcohol problems, an addiction support group has said. Addiction Info Suisse is launching a new round-the-clock manned website to help alcoholics and their friends and family with questions and problems. The group hopes the website will help overcome the […]
US buildup near Iraq lacks prudence: Iran’s foreign minister
By LARA JAKES | AP BAGHDAD: Iran’s top diplomat on Monday bitingly questioned reported US plans to build up American military forces across Middle East countries after withdrawing from Iraq, calling on Washington to be “more prudent and wise” or risk more unrest in the region. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali […]
Arrangements made to take pilgrims in hospitals for Haj
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Sick pilgrims who are confined to hospitals in Madinah will be transported to Makkah and the holy sites to perform Haj, head of the follow-up unit at the Haj secretariat in Madinah Abdul Aziz Al-Ayoubi announced Monday. He said a special coordination meeting […]
King Abdullah tells preachers to reach out to other communities
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah urged Islamic scholars and preachers on Monday to reach out to non-Muslim communities and said the message of Islam came addressing the whole humanity, not a particular community. “We have to open up to […]
Regional experts call for giving universities more independence
By Khetam Malkawi AMMAN – Higher education experts from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have recommended that their countries revise their strategies to give universities more independence. They also called for revising subjects taught in university to align the output of higher education institutions with labour market demands. […]
Jordan: Foreign assistance for 2011 to reach $2.8b – Hassan
By Omar Obeidat JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – Foreign economic assistance to Jordan for 2011 is expected to reach $2.8 billion, according to Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jafar Hassan. He explained that foreign assistance directed to the Kingdom this year comes in several forms: Cash grants to support the […]
Imran Khan leaves for China after Oct 30th Jalsa
On the invitation of the Communist Party of China,Chairman,PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan is leaving on a 4-day visit to the People’s Republic ofChinaon October 31. He would be accompanied by a delegation comprising Dr. Arif Alvi, Secretary General, Dr. Shirin Mazari, VP Foreign Affairs and National Security, Raoof Hasan, VP, Information & Media and Imran Ismail, Deputy Secretary […]
How can one find true nature of things?
What inhibits us to understand the reality of things. Is it lack of knowledge, is it lack of intellect or is it something else. Following are some of the things that Quran mentions that inhibit our ability to understand true nature of things. 1: Arrogance وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسٰى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا […]
Hijab is Not a Halloween Costume
Source / Courtesy: Huffington Post By Dr. Faheem Younus: Adjunct Faculty for Religion, CCBC; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UMD What’s common between the following Halloween costumes? A guy who painted his neck red, pretending to be a redneck, his friend wearing a white T-shirt which has “wife beater” written on […]
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
The economic case for polygamy. By Tim Harford Source / Courtesy: Slate After more than a decade of war between separatist rebels and the Russian army, there are not many marriageable men to go around in Chechnya. So, acting Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, probably not a feminist, proposed a radical step: […]
For growing ranks of pagans, October 31 means a lot more than Halloween
Source CNN By Susanne Gargiulo, Special to CNN As pumpkins, witches and faux cobwebs have taken over much of North America for Halloween, Clare Slaney-Davis is preparing an October 31 feast that some would consider much spookier, with table settings for her grandparents, a great-aunt and other relatives who have passed away. […]
Picture of the Day
Mexico: Cast members of the show ‘Ovo’ by Canada’s Cirque Du Soleil perform during a media preview. reuters