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
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Since they were first offered an opportunity to pool their resources and buy background checks on volunteers and employees at a discount […]
Source: CNN By Caroline Kelly, CNN (CNN)Leaders of the Washington National Cathedral slammed President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on minority lawmakers and the city of Baltimore as a “dangerous” rallying cry […]
Source: Associated Press By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) — A heckler who interrupted a speech by President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s commemoration of 400 years of […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Marci Hamilton The First Amendment doesn’t exempt believers from general laws for the public good, especially when their conduct harms others I was clerking for […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By David French As the 2020 presidential contest begins, it’s worth reflecting on one of the issues that made Donald Trump president—religious liberty. And it’s worth […]
Source: CNN By Anna Coren, Jane Sit and Helen Regan Jakarta (CNN)In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his […]
Source: Associated Press By ISMAIL ALFA ABDULRAHIM MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram extremists killed more than 60 people in an attack on villagers leaving a funeral in northeastern […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner A recent law in South Dakota requiring the phrase “In God We Trust” to be prominently displayed in all public schools was […]
Source: BBC News By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz, who is a reporter at HuffPost based in NYC where she focuses on Islamophobia and social justices issues within the Muslim community. Prior to […]
Archaeologists have searched for the Church of the Apostles for years. They say they’ve found it near the Sea of Galilee By Doug Criss (CNN) — An ancient church long-rumored […]
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Source: New York Times The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them. Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to target […]
Banana Republic is selling hijabs. Muslim shoppers wonder: Is it inclusion or appropriation? Source: The Washington Post By Abha Bhattarai Banana Republic, the mainstream retailer known for no-frills work wear, […]
Study Asks If War Makes A Person More … Or Less … Religious Source: NPR By Diana Cole What’s the link between war and religion? Does living through the traumas […]
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Source: The New Yorker By Eliza Griswold Last week on Instagram, Sharath Jois, a grandson of Pattabhi Jois, the hugely influential founder of Ashtanga yoga, which has millions of followers worldwide, finally responded to several years’ worth of claims of sexual misconduct against his grandfather, who died in 2009, at the age of […]
Source: Religion News Service BY John Gehring (RNS) — The Catholic nuns who occupied a revered place of awe and fear in my childhood psyche never talked about the the […]
Source: The Economist EVEN AS American debates over race and identity turn increasingly toxic, one of the country’s most powerful religious groups and one of its most venerable anti-racist groups […]