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
Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham (also called Khmer Islam) and Malay minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975. Persecution under the Khmer Rouge eroded their numbers, however, and by the late 1980s they probably had […]
KULIM: Mini mar-ket operator Tan Jai Wei (pic), 46, is not your everyday Buddhist. He donates to mosques and suraus and believes this has made his business flourish. Tan, who is married and has two children, said he held a vegetable carnival to collect donations for the construction of a […]
A tiny Italian island off the coast of Africa has seen thousands of people fleeing unrest across North Africa. More than 30,000 people this year alone have made the risky journey to Lampedusa, which is only 20 sq km in size. Sonali’s gone there to find out what it’s like […]
A four hour PBS documentary Written and Produced by Marilyn Mellowes William Cran, Senior Producer and Director Air date: April 6, 1998. The documentary puts the early Christianity in the proper context of Judaism. In other words the Jews are in the middle of the discussion between the Christians and […]
ISLAMABAD: Officials say two high-level Obama administration officials have launched a push to try repair relations with Pakistan following the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The visit by Marc Grossman, special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Michael Morell, deputy director of the CIA, comes as a […]
by Tom Bowman A U.S. Army helicopter brigade is set to pull out of Baghdad in December, as part of an agreement with the Iraqi government to remove U.S. forces. So the armed helicopters flying over the Iraqi capital next year will have pilots and machine gunners from DynCorp International, […]
(CNSNews.com) – Two months after the Arab League won praise for its unprecedented call for international intervention in Libya, the bloc of 22 Arab states is reverting to its customary role of closing ranks, this time around the Assad regime in Syria. At a time of historic change and challenge […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announced Wednesday that the Islamic Foundation, UK, is declared the winner of the IDB Prize in Islamic Economics for the year 2011 in recognition of its substantial contribution to the promotion of Islamic economics. The Prize will be awarded to the […]
By Mohammad Ghazal AMMAN – CEOs and senior executives from several private sector companies will mop floors and serve food to people at restaurants in Amman for a day as part of a campaign to start at the end of this month. The Mish 3aib (It is no shame) campaign […]
Two Christian communities in Baghdad show real hope for Iraq’s historic diversity – if politicians do their bit by Michael Nasir Ali The savage attack on Christians worshipping at Our Lady of Salvation Chaldean Catholic church in Baghdad drew the world’s attention to the violence against Christians and other minorities, […]
Foundational changes that have taken place in the agriculture sector of India have led to a epidemic of farmer suicides over the past 16 years, according to a new report. Released by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University’s (NYU) Law School, the report explains […]
As a poet, novelist and essayist, Javier Sicilia tapped a deep strain of Catholicism to obsess over “the mystery of God in a broken world,” as he put it two […]
Relaxation techniques Best for: Soothing stress before a headache starts. How they work: Simple deep breathing and stretching (neck and shoulder rolls, in particular) relax tense muscles that trigger headaches, […]
From high-school students to surgeons, anyone who has pulled an all-nighter knows there is a price to be paid the next day: trouble focusing, a fuzzy memory and other cognitive […]
New study reveals some 5,000 Britons covert to Islam each year despite growing criticism of Muslim community. Group: People are interested in finding out what Islam is all about The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to a study published by […]
Resignations over crackdown leave lower house with just 22 members as more accusations of torture are levelled. Bahrian’s parliament has accepted the resignations of the last seven lawmakers of Al Wefaq, the country’s largest Shia opposition party. The resignations, approved on Tuesday, were submitted in February in protest over the […]
This article is part 1 of LoonWatch’s Understanding Jihad Series. The video of anti-Muslim bigots jeering at mosque-goers in Orange County has now gone viral. Amongst those who sponsored the hateful event were two extremist Zionist Jews, namely Pamela Geller and Rabbi David Eliezrie. It was also sponsored by ACT! […]
A few months ago, residents of Sidney, New York, demanded that Muslims dig up and move the bodies of their dead relatives from a private Muslim cemetery. Stephen Colbert came out in support of the effort: “How dare those Muslims build a grave so close to… ground?” He continued that “usually […]
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) expresses optimism about the positive effects of Islamic awakening in the Middle East on the fight against arrogant powers. The growing campaign against arrogant powers and dictatorship in the region is promising and would cause accomplishment among Muslims, said Saeed Jalili […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi denounced the military suppression of peaceful protestors in Bahrain, and stressed that the problem in Bahrain has no military solution. “There is no military solution to the Bahrain crisis, continued presence of foreign military forces in the country will further complicate the […]