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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
How your life story shapes you
How you talk about the major events of your life has a profound impact on your personality. If you change your life story, could you become a healthier, happier person? By Christian Jarrett Imagine that, when you were 12 years old, your family moved to the other side of the […]
The Unaffiliated in Europe are More Open to the Muslims Than the Christians
Source: Pew Research Center The majority of Europe’s Christians are non-practicing, but they differ from religiously unaffiliated people in their views on God, attitudes toward Muslims and immigrants, and opinions […]
Would Abolishing Priesthood Save the Catholic Church?
Abolishing the priesthood will not save the Catholic Church Source: Religion New Service By Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a Jesuit priest, is a Senior Analyst at RNS. Previously he was […]
China’s alarming AI surveillance of Muslims should wake us up
Source: The Washington Post By Tim Weinhold Tight control of civilian populations is the cardinal rule of authoritarian regimes, yet the sheer scale and complexity of those populations makes control difficult. […]
Analysis: Economy, Hindu-first impact are Modi’s challenges
Source: Associated Press By AMRIT DHILLON NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his first term as “filling in potholes” — shorthand for addressing the country’s basic […]
How Hinduism Became a Political Weapon in India
Source: The Atlantic BY Jonah Blank VARANASI, India—The seven pandits draped in cloth of gold are clearly competing against the five in saffron. In front of thousands of assembled pilgrims, […]
Let Hindus build their temple at razed mosque site, some Indian Muslims say
Source: Reuters BY Mayank Bhardwaj AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – A thumping election win for India’s Hindu nationalist party on Thursday has instilled a sense of resignation among Muslims, some of whom […]
During Ramadan, virtual spaces help stave off the loneliness for some Muslims
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) – For most Muslims, Ramadan is a month filled with community and fellowship: waking up together to eat before dawn, sharing communal […]
In India’s City of Temples, Narendra Modi Is Both Hero and Villain
Source: The New York Times By Mujib Mashal VARANASI, India — It was 4 a.m. at the Yadav family home down a narrow lane in Varanasi, the constituency of the […]
SpaceX puts up 60 internet satellites
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Amos The SpaceX company has begun the roll-out of its orbiting broadband system. A Falcon-9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida late on Thursday, […]
India’s Modi wins resounding election victory with potent appeal to nationalism
Source: The Washington Post By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party won a landslide victory in the world’s largest election as voters endorsed his vision […]
India’s Modi paints image of Hindu ascetic called to power
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL NEW DELHI (AP) — The man in the saffron robe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, back to the wall of a cave framed […]
New Haven mosque struggles to resume Ramadan rituals after arson attack
Source: Religion News Service By Rhonda Roumani NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — A week after an arson attack left the imposing Diyanet Mosque of New Haven uninhabitable, nearly three dozen […]
Houses of worship are supposed to be safe. So why do they keep getting set on fire?
Source: The Washington Post By Marisa Iati The first fire lit up the shingles of the rabbi’s home, forcing him and his family into their car for safety. Less than a […]
The Subtle Ways Your Friends Change You, For Better and Worse
Source: BBC By William Park Our health choices are constantly influenced by our friends, both consciously or unconsciously. We often think that self-control comes from within, yet many of our […]
U.S. Catholic Cardinal Favors Restricting ‘Large-Scale’ Immigration Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A century after his Irish ancestors arrived in America in pursuit of a new life, Cardinal Raymond Burke is lashing out at Muslims seeking […]
Infecting People Isn’t a Religious Right
Source: The New York Times It’s no coincidence that measles is spreading across the United States after a decade in which the number of parents claiming exemption for their children from […]
The German Data Diver Who Exposed China’s Muslim Crackdown
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Josh Chin KORNTAL, Germany—Research by a born-again Christian anthropologist working alone from a cramped desk in this German suburb thrust China and the West into […]
Good Jews and Bad Jews
Source: Religion News Service BY Mark Silk Earlier this month, Louis Farrakhan, denying that he hated Jews, told an audience at a Catholic Church in Chicago that he was “here to separate […]