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
Source / Courtesy: BBC A baby lion-tailed macaque clings to its mother at Berlin’s Zoological Gardens. The Old World monkey is among the rarest and most threatened primates. The Holy Quran uses the metaphor of apes for misguided people, for example: And when they insolently rebelled against that which they […]
Ansar Raza SYNOPSIS Two Groups—What about the Imam Mahdi?—Birth of Hadhrat Isaas is a Sign—Like Adam—Allegation of Adultery—Yahya (as) Dutiful towards Parents / Isa (as) towards Mother—Call them by their Fathers—Who Started Celibacy: Jews or Christians? TWO GROUPS It is a well-known fact that Hadhrat Isaas was born without a […]
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Source / Courtesy: Press and Sun ENDICOTT USA– George E. Clarke, 35, of Fillmore Avenue, Endicott, was arrested Sunday and charged with torturing and injuring an animal, a misdemeanor under the state Agriculture and Market Law. Endicott police said the arrest was the result of an incident Aug. 10 at Clarke’s […]
Source / Courtesy: Milpitas Patch Once a year during Ramadan, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community opens its doors to the mosque and invites the non-Muslim community to participate in the meal. … Leaders from different religions, including Jewish, Sikh, and the Buddhist temple next door, spoke of the similarities between their faiths. […]
Source / Courtesy: Bloomberg Hong Kong’s policy of denying permanent-residence rights to foreign maids is being challenged as unconstitutional, stoking public debate over ethnic discrimination in the Chinese city. Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a domestic helper from the Philippines who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986, asked the Court of […]
Dr. Zia H Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times debating Jim Frederick, a secular Humanist on the topic, Is Evolution Blind or Guided? Atif Mir our Editor of Law Page is the Host: In the very beginning of the debate, I claim that common lineage of all living beings is […]
Source / Courtesy: BBC IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The system is capable of “rewiring” its connections as it encounters new information, similar to the way biological synapses work. Researchers believe that by replicating that feature, the technology […]
(CNN) — A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco-Roman mythology may not be objects you’d expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan. Their presence among carvings of Buddha and Indian deities is meant to serve as a reminder of Pakistan’s oft-forgotten […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times August 21, 2011 The Bible is ambivalent about alcohol at best, while the Holy Quran gives a clear […]
The whole concept of religion is based on the belief in the existence of a Supreme Being, worthy of being worshipped – the Being known as God. If there is no God, we would have to admit that religion is little more than a philosophy. In fact, we would have […]
What was the covenant that Allah gave to the Prophet Abraham and how has it played out for his two sons Ishmael and Isaac in the last 4000 years? If the promises and prophecies have come true over the last 4 millennia then there is every reason to believe that they […]
Source/Credit: /Sunday, August 21, 2011 , by AFP/ Libyan rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said yesterday “the end is very near” for Muammar Gaddafi and that it will be “catastrophic,” as insurgents pushing on the capital claimed to have seized a third key town in 24 hours. “We have contacts with […]
The Second Caliph to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community wrote in 1942 on the developing plans for a New World Order: I assure you that the New Order will not be inaugurated by Mr. Churchill or Mr. Roosevelt. Declarations like the Atlantic Charter will accomplish nothing. They are full of defects and shortcomings. […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has launch “Muslims for Life,” a nationwide campaign to honour the victims of 9/11 on its 10th anniversary and uphold the message that Islam values the sanctity of life. During the month of September, it will hold blood drives at all Ahmadiyya mosques and prayer centres in the United […]
Two US hikers accused of spying and illegally entering Iran have been jailed for eight years by a court in Tehran, reports say. Iranian state TV’s website said Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal each received three years for illegally entering Iran and five years for spying. The two men […]