Science and Monotheism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would […]
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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
Top Evangelical publication calls for Trump’s removal from office
CNN A leading Christian magazine founded by late evangelist Billy Graham — father of key presidential supporter Franklin Graham — published an op-ed on Thursday calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office and urging evangelicals not to support him. “Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office […]
Avoiding Herd Mentality: Look Before You Leap Behind Trump
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times President Donald Trump has become the third US President to be impeached on overwhelming evidence of abuse […]
Homo erectus: Ancient humans survived longer than we thought
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon; Science editor, BBC News website An ancient relative of modern humans survived into comparatively recent times in South-East Asia, a new study has revealed. Homo […]
Mormon Church accused of stockpiling billions, avoiding paying taxes
By Cheri Mossburg and Stephanie Becker, CNN CNN — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, responded Tuesday to a recently-filed whistleblower […]
The success of Dr. Abdus Salam in the field of science
Source: Winter 2019 volume of the Muslim Sunrise, the longest running Muslim publication of North America Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In […]
Videos: Presidents, Kings, Many Religious leaders and Dictators are Infallible?
This is a clip from a movie about President Nixon Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times ‘Shariah Law’ And ‘Checks and Balances,’ Needed in Constitution Demystifying […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
More than 750 Historians call for Donald Trump to be impeached
Source: Huffington Post Pulitzer Prize winners, professors and filmmakers have signed a letter urging the House to impeach the president for the Ukraine scandal. By Lee Moran More than 750 […]
Pope lifts ‘pontifical secret’ rule in sex abuse cases
Source: BBC The Pope has declared that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases. The Church previously shrouded sexual abuse cases in secrecy, in what it said was an effort to protect the privacy […]
The extreme PMS blamed for murders
Source: BBC It affects the health of up to 8% of women and has even been linked to outbursts of violence, but premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, is still poorly […]
Ted talk: Eleanor Nelsen: Mary’s Room: A philosophical thought experiment
Transcript Imagine a brilliant neuroscientist named Mary. Mary lives in a black and white room, she only reads black and white books, and her screens only display black and white. […]
Michael Bloomberg’s Surveillance Of Muslims Sets Dangerous Precedent For His Presidential Run
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz “How would he distinguish himself from Trump if he has some of these similar leanings?” one Muslim New Yorker wanted to know. As a […]
U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households
Pew Research Center BY STEPHANIE KRAMER For decades, the share of U.S. children living with a single parent has been rising, accompanied by a decline in marriage rates and a rise in […]
New Jersey attack ‘may be domestic terror fuelled by anti-Semitism’
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A gun attack on a Jewish supermarket in New […]
Video: Muslims find compassion for the homeless in Toronto
Video courtesy of Dr. Naseer Tahir, Rochester, NY Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD Nobel Prize for a noble woman Refuting Islamophobia: Demystifying ‘the Other’ by Harris Zafar PM New […]
China accuses US of double standards on anti-Muslim bigotry, counterterrorism
(RNS) — As Washington ramps up pressure on Beijing to end its extrajudicial mass detention of up to 3 million Uighur Muslims, Chinese officials are accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy […]
Thanks to Netanyahu, Gantz Is Now Ready to Be Prime Minister
Source: Haaretz With silence, indifference and resignation, the State of Israel finds itself today in its third election campaign in less than a year. The masses haven’t taken to the […]
Laughter is the best medicine against Trumpism
Suggested reading and viewing ‘Shariah Law’ And ‘Checks and Balances,’ Needed in Constitution Video: Trump’s Actions ‘Worse Than Misconduct Of Any Prior President,’ Law Prof Testifies ‘Presidents Are Not Kings’: Judge Orders […]
Urdu Video: Building our compassion rather than our dogma
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Nobel Prize for a noble woman Refuting Islamophobia: Demystifying ‘the Other’ by Harris Zafar PM New Zealand: ‘The believers in […]