The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Source: BBC News By The Visual and Data Journalism Team Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil – the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The […]
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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
Glasgow University’s ‘bold’ move to pay back slave trade profits
Source: BBC News By Hannah Capella Glasgow University has agreed to raise and spend £20m in reparations after discovering it benefited by millions of pounds from the slave trade. It […]
Amazon fires: Merkel and Macron urge G7 to debate ’emergency’
Source: BBC News The French and German leaders say the record number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is an international crisis which must be discussed at this weekend’s G7 […]
Israel bars Omar, Tlaib from entering country, as Trump lashes out
Source: Politico By SARAH FERRIS, JOHN BRESNAHAN and HEATHER CAYGLE Israel’s government on Thursday barred Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country as part of a landmark visit, in a […]
EXCLUSIVE: After sex scandal, Billy Graham’s grandson is starting a church in Palm Beach Gardens
Source: Palm Beach Post By Sam Howard PALM BEACH GARDENS — Preacher Tullian Tchividjian told his congregation on a recent Sunday that he sees himself in a story from the Gospel of […]
Chicago Man Charged in Death Threat Against Abortion Clinic
Source: The New York Times By Niraj Chokshi A Chicago man is accused of promising to “slaughter and murder” doctors, patients and visitors at an abortion clinic, a threat that the […]
Rising temperatures will make Hajj pilgrimages to Mecca dangerous, says study
Source: Sky News British Muslims are being urged to take the lead on fighting climate change as a study suggests rising temperatures will make pilgrimages to Mecca dangerous. The Hajj, […]
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 […]
Joel Osteen’s Video: Enlarging the Circle of Love
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, […]
The only constitution the world needs is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Epigraph: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Guam’s ex-archbishop shielded culture of clergy sex abuse
Source; Associated Press By MICHAEL BIESECKER AGAT, Guam (AP) — Walter Denton wanted to grow up to be just like Father Tony Apuron, until the night he says the parish […]
China Said It Closed Muslim Detention Camps. There’s Reason to Doubt That.
Source: The New York Times By Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers HOTAN, China — The muscular young Uighur man sat uncomfortably, glancing occasionally at three Chinese officials in the room, as he […]
Hillsong: A church with rock concerts and 2m followers
Source: BBC News By Holly Honderich As Christian churches throughout the US face widespread decline, one church is bucking the trend. But is Hillsong a triumph of marketing or faith? […]
My father called for reform in Saudi Arabia. Now he faces death
Source: The Guardian BY Abdullah Alaoudh In September 2017, my father, the prominent Saudi reformist Muslim scholar Salman al-Odah, tweeted an innocuous message to his 14 million followers encouraging the […]
Jordan halts film that refers to historical Jewish presence
Source: Associated Press By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A fictional caper about an antiquities heist set in an ancient Jordanian city has stirred widespread outrage over the […]
Nigeria’s Shia leader flies to India for medical treatment
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of Nigeria’s Shia community, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife have flown to India for medical treatment after […]
Malaysian ministers say Indian Islamic preacher should be expelled
Source: Reuters By Rozanna Latiff, Krishna N. Das KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s cabinet discussed the permanent residency of Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Wednesday, with three ministers demanding his expulsion […]
‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program
Source: Chicago Tribune By PETER NICKEAS Officials at an Illinois prison suspended an educational program for inmates, launched two internal investigations and removed 200 books from a prison library because many […]
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision […]
Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’
Source: NY Times By Julie Hirschfeld Davis WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty,” […]