There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Gay Gene,’ a New Study Argues
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
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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
Video: Malcolm X’s Letter from Hajj
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Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men.’ But what does God want?
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’. Source: Religion News Service By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis prayed for the strength […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed to […]
The Family: ‘Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15’
Source: BBC By Miriam Annenberg For the first 15 years of his life, Ben Shenton lived in a doomsday cult that thought the world would soon end. Instead the police […]
U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them
% of U.S. adults who say God or a higher power has … Rewarded them 67% Punished them 40%https://t.co/oiqaJheIzA pic.twitter.com/J4pDhH0vxI — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) June 29, 2019
Women Can be Queens, Astronauts and Presidents but Not Deacons
Pope: Commission on female deacons disagrees on ordination Source: AP ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Tuesday that an international commission of scholars has failed to reach […]
India’s Widows, Abused at Home, Have Sought Refuge in This Holy City for Centuries
Source: New York Times By Kai Schultz VRINDAVAN, India — Like thousands of other widows exiled from their homes to a city in northern India, Nirmala Maheshwari said she was […]
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
By Marc Levy HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and ruled Friday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy of barring atheists from […]
Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani talk about talking to each other
Source: The Economist THE G7 SUMMIT drew to a close on August 26th in the French seaside town of Biarritz amid improbable displays of goodwill and bonhomie. President Donald Trump […]
Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies
Source: The Economist Despite the abolition of outdated laws, a culture of freedom is failing to take hold Until last month, a Greek citizen could be jailed for up to […]
Al Hakeem: The Wise, The Creator With A Purpose
Source: The Muslim Sunrise Fall 2019, the longest running Muslim publication of North America, since 1922 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Let […]
If Gravity Exists, So Does God
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree when he was hit […]
Is laughter the best medicine for homeopathy?
We are saving the above clip in the Muslim Times as well: Suggested reading and viewing Ted Talk: Homeopathy, Quackery and Fraud Richard Dawkins on Medicine, Placebo and Homeopathy Homeopaths offer services ‘to help fight’ Ebola epidemic in west Africa Homeopathy not effective for treating any condition, Australian report The contagious thought that could […]
Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
Source: The New York Times By Hannah Beech When things go wrong, those in power often promise to make it right. But do they? In this series, The Times investigates to […]
We want to be able to send our missionaries anywhere, LDS apostle says after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack Several high-ranking Latter-day Saint leaders met Thursday with Vice President Mike Pence about a common concern: religious freedom in the United […]
Yeshiva University hit with sexual abuse lawsuit
Source: Associated Press By VERENA DOBNIK and DAVID KLEPPER NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University sued […]
Four-in-one pill prevents third of heart problems
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent A daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third, a study shows. […]