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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

Picture of the Day: Memories of Alhamra

Source / Courtesy: Dawn.com By Aurangzeb Haneef In popular Spanish memory, Granada came to hold a rather romanticised vision.  The Spanish saying goes: “Quien no ha visto Granada, no ha visto nada,” meaning that one who has not seen Granada has not seen anything. Poets wrote about it, singers sang about it, and […]

Humanity First: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta Contributed in Humanitarian Aid for Libya: Service to mankind a condition of Bai’t

“My aim and the desired objective is to serve the mankind”  (Promised Messiah as, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) Laiq Ahmed Atif, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta presented food items together with milk and water to the Civil Protection Department, as a Humanitarian Aid for Libya. He met […]

Secret Service May Seize Liberty Dollars

Coin World reports that the feds are looking to seize liberty dollars from collectors and those using the coins instead of inflation-ridden Federal Reserve notes. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on August 24 that the coins are contraband. The Secret Service, the federal agency responsible for confiscating counterfeit […]

Head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs in medically induced coma

Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News HOUSTON (AP) — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was hospitalized Monday in a medically induced coma in critical condition after fasting in the weeks since receiving a life sentence for sexually assaulting underage followers he took as spiritual brides, officials said. The 55-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church […]

The Frenchman behind the famous words!

“If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?”  Alphonse de Lamartine Almost every learned Muslim has read or heard and admired the above words, but few would today, […]

Palestinians hope more recognitions ahead of UN bid

Courtesy / Source: China Daily RAMALLAH – The number of countries recognizing Palestine is likely to reach 130 before the Palestinians request a United Nations vote on their independence next month, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki said Saturday. El Salvador and Honduras were the recent countries to recognize Palestine as an independent state. […]

Is Islam for Germany?

Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions On the 2nd Day of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany’s Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) on 25th June 2011, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad(aba), Khalifatul Masih V, Fifth Successor to the […]

14 Conspiracy Theories That The Media Now Admits Are Conspiracy Facts

Source / Courtesy: Infowars.com #14 The Targeting Of Christian Groups We are increasingly hearing from the Obama administration and some members of Congress that we need to be really concerned about “homegrown terrorists” and “Christian extremists”. For example, during a recent Congressional hearing U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee warned that “Christian militants” […]