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
PARIS (AFP) – Palestine won a first diplomatic victory in its quest for statehood on Wednesday when the UNESCO executive committee backed its bid to become a member of the cultural body with the rights of a state. Palestine’s Arab allies braved intense US and French diplomatic pressure to bring […]
Editor’s note: William J. Bennett, a CNN contributor, is the author of “The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood.” Bennett is the Washington fellow of the Claremont Institute. He was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and was director of the Office of National Drug […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC India has launched what it says is the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at just $35 (£23). Costing a fraction of Apple’s iPad, the subsidised Aakash is aimed at students. It supports web browsing and video conferencing, has a three-hour battery life and two USB ports, but […]
by Susanne Schanda in Lucerne, swissinfo.ch A new book indicates that religion plays an important role in identity-building among adolescents with immigrant backgrounds in Switzerland. The authors of “Youth, Migration and Religion”, which was presented at a roundtable at Lucerne University, say public discourse on immigrants has changed in Switzerland […]
Source/Credit: The Washington Post: On Faith By Lisa Miller If politics are personal, then let me say this. I love almost everything about the Judaism I practice: Born into a Jewish family, but raised without any formal religious education, I have in recent years become a member of a Reform […]
Source/Credit: The Washington Post: On Faith Two recent books argue that explorers Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama were more like Christian crusaders than greedy mercenaries or curious adventurers. Other historians, however, remain skeptical. The books, released in the weeks leading up to Columbus Day (Oct. 10), claim the reason […]
Source: NY Times Emily Berl for The New York Times Mohammed Rahman’s fish dishes, lentils and pakoras draw people to Neerob in Parkchester, the Bronx. Published: October 3, 2011 by DAVE COOK GOOD Bangladeshi cooking is hard to come by in New York. Though “Bangladesh” is stamped on many menus, […]
Source: National Secretary Publications (Audio-Visual) & In-Charge, Muslim Television Ahmadiyya Int’l, Bangladesh Studios. Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh (AMJB) Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh is going to celebrate the 100th year of Establishment of Jamaat in Bengal in 2013. In this connection, various programs have been planned to celebrate the centenary with […]
PARIS — The European debt problems that have roiled global financial markets for the last 18 months are showing signs of turning into a far deeper challenge: Europe’s second recession in three years. Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain are already in downturns or fighting to avoid them, as high unemployment […]
Source: Dawn Blog Author: Anum Pasha The burqa, a garment which needs no introduction has been a bone to chew on for many. After the infamous burqa ban, France shunned the idea of Muslims praying on her streets in April. France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population, but the […]
source Times of India MOSCOW: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed forming a “Eurasian Union” of former Soviet nations, saying the bloc could become a major global player competing for influence with the United States, the European Union and Asia. Putin, who has lamented the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Unionas […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has completed all arrangements for the execution of its Haj plan this year. The plan will come into effect on Oct. 13 and end on Nov. 25, Vice President of the […]
By KIM GAMEL | AP TRIPOLI, Libya: A Libyan Jewish man who returned from exile in Italy to join the revolution against Muammar Qaddafi has been blocked from trying to restore Tripoli’s main synagogue. David Gerbi said he went to clean garbage from the synagogue on Monday, a day after […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Ministers of higher education and scientific research in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries began an extraordinary meeting here Tuesday to explore prospects of expanding cooperation among universities and research centers in the Muslim world. Opening the conference, Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari emphasized the […]
by JOHN FEFFER Foreign Policy in Focus. Institute of Policy Studies. It’s easy to make fun of Michele Bachmann: her history gaffes, her Christian extremism, her ludicrous political positions. Journalists, though, would be sad to see her leave the Republican primary race, since she can be reliably counted on to […]
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — Whether it’s as activists or politicians, artists or business leaders, women in the Middle East are stepping into the spotlight as never before. read more
Working in a ‘Crises’ and ‘Post-Crises-Environment’ has its rewarding moments, when you can feel that you could help some people in trouble. In Libya for instance before the current conflict there were many foreign workers from all over the world. Some were skilled workers from Europe and Asia, others unskilled […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN A Pennsylvania company has won a $1.35 million prize from NASA for developing a highly efficient airplane power by electricity. Pipistrel-USA.com of State College earned the top prize in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, NASA announced Monday. The plane developed by Pipistrel doubled the […]
source:asiatimes on line. ISLAMABAD – The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ – Army of Jhangvi), a Pakistan-based, al-Qaeda-linked, anti-United States, Sunni Deobandi sectarian-turned-jihadi group, has let loose a reign of terror against the Shi’ite minority. In its latest attack, the LeJ on Tuesday killed 13 Shi’ites traveling on a bus to work in […]
Swissinfo. Immigrants are less healthy than the average Swiss but many do not seek proper treatment using Switzerland’s health care system, a study has found. Around 3,000 immigrants from Turkey, Portugal, Serbia, Kosovo, Somalia and Sri Lanka were interviewed about the state of their health, their need for medical care […]