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: The Guardian The organisers of a major Indian science conference said they were concerned by speakers citing religious texts and ideas at the event Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) […]
Source: BBC News The northern Indian city of Allahabad witnessed a historic procession on Sunday led by a Hindu congregation of transgender people. Photojournalist Ankit Srinivas reports. Thousands thronged the […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many […]
Source: Associated Press BY Viloet Law HONG KONG (AP) — In a move widely seen as kowtowing to Beijing, the Vatican appointed a retired China-friendly cardinal to head the Catholic […]
Source: Aljazeera China has passed a new law that seeks to “Sinicize” Islam within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to rewrite how the religion is practised. China’s […]
Source: Reuters By Daren Butler, Natalia Zinets ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide on Sunday presented the head of the Ukrainian church with a decree granting it […]
Source: Religion News Service By Claire Sadar (RNS) — For the past 2½ years, the United States and its NATO ally, Turkey, have been at odds over the fate of […]
Source: Religion News Service By Jonathan Weisman The events of the past year brought American and Israeli Jews ever closer to a breaking point. President Trump, beloved in Israel and decidedly unloved […]
Source: The Washington Post By Rachel Chason A group of young Muslim men fanned out across the Mall shortly after sunrise Sunday to pick up litter and empty trash cans. Following […]
Source: BBC News Scientists in India have hit out at speakers at a major conference for making irrational claims, including that ancient Hindus invented stem cell research. Some academics at […]
Source: Time By ARGHAVAN SALLES January 3, 2019 “How do you envision your family looking?” My face crumpled and tears fell from my eyes as soon as the young doctor asked […]
By T.O. Shanavas; Author of book: The Islamic Theory of Evolution: The Missing Link between Darwin and the Origin of Species. In our Trump world of alternate right and other white […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times You can’t stop life from happening to you, but you can choose how you respond. At the […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I will describe here the four main sources, as I understand them, under the four headings: 1. Commentary […]
Epigraph: Indeed, We (Allah) Ourself have sent down this Quran, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (Al Quran 15:9/10) The History of the Qur’anic Text: From Revelation to Compilation […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and DEBORA REY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that an Argentine bishop, who resigned suddenly in 2017 for stated health […]
Source: The Guardian By Ruth Maclean in Dakar Electoral commission officials count ballot papers in Kinshasa on Friday. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Pressure is growing on the electoral commission of the Democratic Republic […]
Source: Reuters By Thu Thu Aung, Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) – Rakhine insurgents killed 13 policemen and injured nine in attacks on four police posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday […]
Source: The Guardian By Justin McCurry in Tokyo Buddhist monks in Japan have posted videos on social media to prove their traditional attire is no obstacle to safe driving after one of their […]