Can this technology put an end to bullying?
Source: BBC News Breaking up with your first love is hard to do, but at the age of 18, it was a particularly traumatic experience for Nikki Mattocks. Rather than […]
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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 This Ethiopian Photographer Is Giving Storytellers a New Platform
Source: Time By Naina Bajekal When TIME approached photographer Aida Muluneh to create images for the 2019 Optimists issue, she immediately turned to Ethiopia’s political climate for inspiration. A new Prime […]
The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth
Source: Pew Research Center Have living things always existed in their present form, or did they evolve? And if evolution occurred, was a divine hand at play? Measuring public opinion […]
Top Vatican Official Resigns After Being Accused Of Sexual Harassment
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Herreria VOICES OF FAITH Former nun Doris Wagner has spoken publicly about the harassment and abuse she says she faced in the Roman Catholic Church. […]
India court hands seven Muslim men life sentences for killings that sparked 2013 riots
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Friday sentenced seven Muslim men to life in prison for the murder of two Hindu men in 2013 in the […]
Uighurs fled persecution in China. Now Beijing’s harassment has followed them to Australia.
Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack February 10 ADELAIDE, Australia — Alfiraa Dilshat and Rashida Abdughufur were picnicking in the small seaside town of Victor Harbor in late December when […]
The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio
Source: The New York Times By Jane Margolies [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Since the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” tourists have been […]
US nuns urge changes to church structure to address abuse
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure […]
Iran revolution: ‘I wore a hijab and head-banged to Nirvana’
Source: BBC By Faranak Amidi; Women’s Affairs reporter, BBC World Service On my first day of school in Iran we walked down a poorly-lit corridor. I was holding my mother’s hand and crying. She was crying too. On my head I had a black hood, known as a maghnaeh, covering my […]
A far-right politician converted to Islam. It’s not as surprising as it sounds.
Source: Huffington Post By Khaled Diab, who is a journalist and writer. He is the author of “Islam for the Politically Incorrect” and “Intimate Enemies.” The fascinating case of Joram […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses often clash with earthly powers
Source: Economist Even though they profess indifference to them MANY WESTERNERS regard the Jehovah’s Witnesses, handing out tracts on street corners or knocking on strangers’ doors, as somewhere between a […]
For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci, who is a senior writer/editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. Tuesday, February 12th, is the 210th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, […]
Nun’s Rape Case Against Bishop Shakes a Catholic Bastion in India
Source New York Times KOCHI, India — When Bishop Franco Mulakkal agreed to personally celebrate the First Communion for Darly’s son, a rare honor in their Catholic Church in India, […]
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
US Muslim leaders call on China to end persecution of Uighurs
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) – More than 130 American Muslim leaders and scholars have signed an open letter condemning the Chinese government’s continued persecution and detention […]
One of the Best English Translations of the Quran Now Available Online
Translator: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem Publisher: Oxford University Press; Click here to read the translation of the individual surahs. If subscription is not possible or choose not to buy from Amazon, find […]
Al Wassay God and the Expanding Universe
Epigraph: وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ And the heaven We built with our own powers and indeed We go on expanding it. . (Al Quran 51:47/48) By Dr. Zia H […]
A Recent Video: The Big Bang in the Quran?
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will […]
True story of a Prisoner in Medina
By Mrs. Amina Chaudhary, Ridgeville, Ontario Rendered into English by: Zakaria Virk. My name is Amina Chaudhary. I am a graduate in Nursing from Lahore. In 1968 I was sent to Medina by the government of Pakistan. Next year I got married to Abdur Rahman Akhtar, son of Chaudhary […]
Hate Groups Showed Up At Canada’s Oldest Mosque, Reigniting Familiar Fears
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz Members of far-right hate groups recently entered the Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Canada, and gathered outside to harass worshippers on their way to Friday […]