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
How an Anti-Ahmadi site made me a better Ahmadi Muslim? Posted on August 31, 2011 by theartofmisinformation By Luqman Ahmad: I accidentally stumbled upon an anti-Ahmadi site a few months ago. At first it seemed like just another regular anti-Ahmadi website with hate-filled material, but then I read a few articles and it was clear […]
Source/Credit: WAMU Moderate Muslims were appalled by the terrorist attacks on the U.S. a decade ago, but many have reported being harassed since. That’s partly why members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community want to show the nation their faith is about upholding life. Naseem Mahdi, vice president of the group, says […]
Source/Credit: San Diego Reader Today marks the kickoff of the Muslims for Life campaign – an effort by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to donate 10,000 units of blood via blood drives across America throughout the month of September. The group says its goal is to honor the memory of those […]
This Eid when I woke up to get ready I was in a somber mood. I knew I wasn’t going to the Aqsa mosque (the central mosque) where there would be thousands of people and the sweet smell of perfume would make the cool morning air even fresher. No. Those days […]
By Jessica Ravitz, CNN Edmond, Oklahoma (CNN) — His smiling image has been cut out of a snapshot and carefully added to a photo of his father, so it looks as if the boy is standing beside the man. It smacks of a bad Photoshop job, but it gives the […]
Source: http://www.wpusa.org/Interfaith-Council/Resources_quran.pdf The Muslim community and the labor movement share the common goals of social justice, economic fairness, and fair treatment in the workplace. In fact, the history of Islam is rooted in a firm stand against economic exploitation. When Prophet Muhammad ibn (son of) Abdullah, may Allah be pleased […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Makkah residents were treated to a performance by a Chinese circus. The shows, which were held in the holy city for the first time, will conclude Friday. The circus put on its performances at Al-Wehdah Sports Club’s theater located in Al-Taneem […]
By REUTERS, ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: The cries for help from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife brought her bodyguard running. “Security, security!” Sara Netanyahu shouted inside the couple’s official residence in Jerusalem. Lying on the floor, the Nepalese woman hired to care for the prime minister’s 96-year-old father-in-law was “slamming herself […]
By AGENCIES, ARABNEWS AMMAN: Security forces killed at least two people as they moved into central and northwest Syria on Thursday, activists said, urging fresh anti-regime protests under the banner of “death rather than humiliation.” Hours before, Hama’s attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against bloody […]
Abou ben Adam (may his tribe increase!) awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, an angel, writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adam bold, And to […]
Source: Daily Mirror Author: Ryan Parry DETECTIVES are hunting British Nazis who they believe may have helped Anders Breivik murder 77 people, it emerged yesterday. Norwegian police have allegedly been given the names of potential accomplices by anti-Muslim blogger Paul Ray. Breivik has bragged to officers that he has […]
Source: Guardian Author: Owen Bowcott More than 1,560 suspects have been brought before the courts for riot-related offences, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Justice. Of those appearing at magistrates courts since disturbances erupted in early August, 66% have been remanded in custody – a […]
Palestinian News Network. Jerusalem – Ellis Weintraub / PNN Exclusive – With a thick grey beard and a wild bushy head of hair, pinned to which rests a Yarmulke slightly skewed, Gershom Gorenberg looks like he might just have descended down from a West Bank hilltop, or perhaps emerged from […]
Washington (CNN) – Only a third of all Americans approve of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy, according to a new national survey. And with a CNN/ORC International Poll also indicating that more than three-quarters of the public say the country is in bad shape right now, there’s […]
Source/Credit: Washington Post By Jay Matthews Are you nervous about the new school year? I am. My grandson Ben Mathews, age 2 years and 9 months, is starting nursery school. Our worry is: Will we blow it? Will some flaw in our approach to school condemn our children and grandchildren […]
A contact group comprising 60 countries, aka “Friends of Libya”, is meeting on Thursday in Paris to discuss the future of the country post-Gaddafi. Envoys from Russia and China – the critics of the NATO campaign – will also attend the conference. France and Britain, the hosts of the conference, […]
Source/Credit: Reuters The Kronos Global Absence survey conducted online in July and released this week found that respondents from countries where there is more paid leave for employees were much less likely to cry off work with an invented illness than those from countries with fewer holiday allowances. The Harris […]
GEORGE TOWN: The spirit of patriotism is deeply felt here with a sea of Jalur Gemilang flying high at public and private buildings in conjunction with the Merdeka Day celebrations. National flags flying outside the City Stadium and the Federal government agencies. Many locals are expressing their love of the […]