Jagmeet Singh: ‘Cut your turban off,’ voter tells NDP leader
Source: BBC News A Canadian political leader has been told to cut off his turban to look more Canadian during a campaign stop. Reporters filmed the encounter between NDP leader […]
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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
Canada’s political leaders agree Quebec’s religious symbols ban is discriminatory. They’ve also agreed not to do anything about it.
Source: Washington Post By Amanda Coletta Here’s one thing the leaders of Canada’s major political parties agree on: They oppose Quebec’s new ban on public employees wearing hijabs, turbans or yarmulkes on the […]
Leading anti-mafia prosecutor appointed head of Vatican court
Source: The Guardian BY Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Pope Francis has appointed one of Italy’s leading anti-mafia prosecutors as president of the Vatican court, days after five senior officials were suspended in an […]
Opposition to Amazon synod spurs new right-wing coalition in Brazil
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SÃO PAULO (RNS) — While the most vocal opponents of the Catholic Church’s upcoming Amazon synod have been conservative Catholic cardinals such […]
The Climate Crisis Is Global, but These 6 Places Face the Most Severe Consequences
Source: Time BY TARA LAW Climate change is expected to affect every country in the world, but its impact will not be felt equally across all regions and some will be worse […]
I Created a System to Make Sure My Husband and I Divide Household Duties Fairly. Here’s How It Works
Source: Time BY EVE RODSKY Eve Rodsky is the author of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live). I was just […]
Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One: A Robot and a Team of Irish Scientists Walk Into a Senior Living Home
Source: Time By Corinne Purtill It’s karaoke-rehearsal time at Knollwood Military Retirement Community, a 300-bed facility tucked away in a leafy corner of northwest Washington, D.C. Knollwood resident and retired U.S. […]
Actively religious people are more likely than their less-religious peers to describe themselves as “very happy”
Actively religious people are more likely than their less-religious peers to describe themselves as “very happy”https://t.co/XNbmYVNvjM pic.twitter.com/DKWKeLaYOK — Pew Research Global (@pewglobal) October 10, 2019 Suggested reading The science is […]
Europeans are less likely than Americans to say they would be willing to accept Muslims as family members
Europeans are less likely than Americans to say they would be willing to accept Muslims as family members https://t.co/HEuH7oLDuN pic.twitter.com/heSVFfNA9z — Kat Devlin (@kat_devlin) October 10, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad writes in his book, Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth: The Quran manifestly acknowledges […]
The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life it will be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Abiy Ahmed […]
Book Review: New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop, by Fatima Bhutto
“Witty and packed with detail, this is an intercultural shot that should be heard around the world.” – Kirkus, starred review A vast cultural movement is emerging from outside the […]
A lawsuit argued the LSAT discriminates against the blind. Now it’s changing for everyone
By Ryan Prior, CNN (CNN) A man in Michigan has won a legal settlement that will change the test all prospective lawyers take to get into law school. Angelo Binno […]
Two men connected to Giuliani’s Ukraine efforts arrested on campaign finance charges
By Erica Orden, Evan Perez, Michael Warren and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) Two associates of Rudy Giuliani connected to efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential candidate […]
In the U.S. and Western Europe, people say they accept Muslims, but opinions are divided on Islam
The Muslim Times has the best collection to refute Islamophobia Source: Pew Research Center By Neha Sahgal is an associate director of religion research at Pew Research Center. & By […]
Video: Keynote address by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at UNESCO Headquarters
The Muslim Times has the best collection on the theme of interfaith tolerance. Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Nobel Prize for a noble woman […]
Trump ‘in danger of losing the mandate of heaven’ over Syria decision, Pat Robertson warns
Source: The Washington Post By Kim Bellware Influential televangelist and Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson is the latest of President Trump’s longtime supporters to decry the president’s decision to […]
Dr. Abdus Salam and his Hindu teacher
On this #WorldTeachersDay I will like to bring to you a poignant touché story. Dr. Abdus Salam visited India in December 1979, soon after attending the Nobel award ceremony in […]
We Will be Judged by Our Compassion and Deeds and Not Our Dogma
Epigraph: So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, […]
Nobel Prize awarded for models suggesting: 95% universe consisting of unknown dark matter and dark energy
(CNN) The Nobel Prize in Physics has been jointly awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their work in furthering our understanding of the universe. In a […]