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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

Blogging in Ramazan

Source: Excerpt from Dawn By Asif Akhtar …All I have set out to do today is simply point out a blatant contradiction that seems to go unnoticed in our exceedingly self-righteous society: Why does blogging go reprimanded in Ramazan? Here we have a practice that is completely unacceptable and goes against every […]

Prophethood in Islam: Explanation of the Finality of Prophethood and Khatm-e-Nabuwat by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (English)

On 7th September 1974, the government of Pakistan declared the members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community as non-Muslims. Every year this day is celebrated in Pakistan as a great success and victory; today’s Jang Newspaper, a leading Urdu newspaper of Pakistan has given a very detailed coverage to this and dedicated a full page to this subject […]

Facing Up To The Burqa: Is France Going Too Far?

Source/Credit: Liberty Magazine: JULY / AUGUST 2011: Photo: Google-Images There is a new law in France forbidding women wearing full-face veils in public. The media has largely focused on the voices of protest from religious leaders and human rights advocates. Yet it’s important to realize that this law enjoys widespread popular support—not […]

The terror in our midst

The United States has recently put pressure on Pakistan for its selective treatment of militants, but the recent attacks in Norway by a Christian fundamentalist highlight the failure of Western governments to holistically deal with domestic extremism. In the US, the post 9/11 paradigm has limited the government’s attention in […]