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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
Muslims for life: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community loves and serves humanity not only by words but by true actions
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 […]
Iran ‘jails US hikers for eight years for spying’
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 […]
The Prophet Muhammad as a social activist: Hilf-al-Fudul
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed SOCIAL activism by citizens is often looked upon as a modern-day phenomenon. What is not commonly known is that the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) started his social activism in his youth, much before his declaration of prophethood. The deeds of the Prophet, even before that […]
The Holy Qur’an open house in Uxbridge.
Source: The Uxbridge Standard By Darryl Knight Uxbridge residents will be able to explore one of the world’s most popular religions this weekend at a special open house at the Uxbridge Public Library. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Canada, an auxiliary wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, will be returning […]
The reason we need Islam: Christianity may become extinct in nine nations, study says
Courtesy / Source: BBC A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team’s mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents […]
Death by 140 characters in social media: Aamir Liaqat — saint or hypocrite?
The new balance of power is apparently still lost on the media honchos giving space and airtime to hypocrisy, lies and slanted truths. Death by a thousand cuts has decimated superpowers. If they do not heed the audience, death by 140 characters (on Twitter) is the equaliser that could seal […]
Laughter is the best medicine: How can Muslim-Americans reach non-Muslims?
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN A group of Muslims recently traveled to the Deep South. Were they met with … A. Anger? B. Threats? C. Mistrust? The correct answer: D. Mostly with laughter. I just returned to New York after an eye-opening, exhausting and inspiring two weeks traveling across […]
Pay Your Carbon Taxes To Al Gore Or Space Aliens Will Attack
When they see what a mess we’ve made of our planet, extraterrestrials may be forced to take drastic action. Photograph: PR Having failed with drowning polar bears, global superstorms, rising sea levels and a myriad of other manufactured hoaxes, global warming alarmists have invented a new threat to try and […]
12 Signs That We Are Getting Dangerously Close To War With Syria
Are you ready for another war? Now that Barack Obama and most of the other major leaders of the western world are publicly calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, we are getting dangerously close to war with Syria. It is not going to happen next week, and […]
Dozens killed in suicide attack at Pakistani mosque
Source/Credit: AFP/Friday:19.8.2011/ JAMRUD, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide bomber struck a crowded Pakistan mosque on Friday, killing 43 people and wounding more than 100 during Ramadan prayers, in the country’s deadliest attack for three months. Blood was splattered across the mosque’s main hall and walls, while the building’s doors and […]
Delusion, denial and ‘Dr’ Liaquat
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune By George Fulton | August 17, 2011 The subject line read “Aamir Liaquat Exposed”. To be honest, I was reluctant to click open the link my friend sent. Having just eaten dinner, I was disinclined to see the good ‘doctor’ laid bare. My mind had wandered to far […]
Was Jesus Crucified? Ahmed Deedat vs Dr. Floyd E. Clark
Whereas, Dr. Floyd E. Clark stays mostly off the subject and indulges in emotional rhetoric to preach to the converted, Ahmed Deedat despite being a Sunni Muslim realizes that Sunni position about Jesus’ crucifixion is not defensible, so he nicely orchestrates all the arguments, which the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, had written […]
EQUAL BUT DIFFERENT
BACKGROUND Ever since the renaissance or the beginning of the enlightenment era in Europe and its consequent influence on the rest of the world, equality of genders or otherwise has been the most sensitive and debated topic. Medieval thoughts of many cultures and religions advocated superiority of men over women. […]
For Muslim women, wearing a veil isn’t oppression
Source / Courtesy: Star Tribune By Imran Hayee ‘It’s a scorching day, aren’t you feeling warm in this?” These polite words touched our ears when my wife and I entered the grocery store on one of the few hot summer days in Duluth. My wife was wearing a head scarf and […]
Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want to attend the Course
Courtesy / Source: New York Times By John Markoff PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford Universityon artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four times the […]
What Jihad the Ahmadiyya Community in Islam is doing? Has Ahmadiyya denied Islamic Jihad to please British? Is Ahmadiyya planted by British? [Urdu]
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What is Islamic Jihad? The True Concept of Islamic Jihad. Killing on religious differences is not a Jihad at all!
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the previous head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community explains: Find Part 2 of this talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8pl9_z4FCKA
A matter of interpretation
Source: The Express Tribune Author: Khaled Ahmed A bright young scholar with a PhD from Heidelberg and currently involved in postdoctoral work at the University of London, Ali Usman Qasmi, has given us a brilliant book: Questioning the Authority of the Past: The Ahl al-Quran Movement in the Punjab (OUP […]