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 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 […]
Source: Reuters By Patpicha Tanakasempipat NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) – Boodsabann Chanthawong recently joined a growing number of women defying generations of Thai Buddhist tradition by becoming ordained as novice […]
Source: South China Morning Post By Chris Lau Two Hong Kong gay men have launched the first legal bids challenging the city for not allowing them to get married, it […]
Source: CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN)The 116th class of Congress is one of the most diverse to serve the United States — and nowhere is that more evident than in […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein , Marisa Iati and Julie Zauzmer January 3 Khadra Mohamud stood in Rep. Ilhan Omar’s brand-new congressional office Thursday, taking in a new scene in American […]
Source: Reuters By Aislinn Laing Two victims of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic Church priest in Chile launched a fresh attack on the country’s bishops on Wednesday, accusing them […]
Source: The Guardian BY Naaman Zhou A 24-year old man has died and a teenager has been arrested after two men were stabbed at the Church of Scientology’s Australasian headquarters […]
Source: Reuters NIAMEY (Reuters) – Troops and air strikes have killed more than 280 Boko Haram militants since the Niger government started an operation against the group last week, the […]
Source: Yahoo News Tunis (AFP) – Two alleged jihadists blew themselves up Thursday during an early morning raid by Tunisian security forces on a house in the central region of […]
Source: Reuters AMONA, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli paramilitary police dragged dozens of Jewish settlers out of an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and said more […]
Source: Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a U.S. delegation is meeting Turkish officials to discuss a long-standing Turkish request for the extradition of Muslim […]
Source: Reuters By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – India on Thursday deported a Rohingya Muslim family of five to neighboring Myanmar, the second such group expelled in four months […]
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu hardliners vandalized shops, shut businesses and clashed with police in a southern state Thursday to protest the entry of two women in […]
Source: BBC News Archaeologists in Mexico say they have made an important discovery, uncovering a temple to Xipe Tótec – the pre-Hispanic “Flayed lord”. Historically, throughout the region, priests paid […]
Source: CNN BY Clare Foran Washington (CNN)Rashida Tlaib likes to tell a story about how when she found out she had been elected to Congress, her 13-year-old son whispered in […]
Source: CNN By Rafia Zakaria (CNN)As a Muslim-American woman living in what feels like, based on growing hate crimes and bigoted political rhetoric, an increasingly Islamophobic America, I get few chances to feel victorious […]
Source: Huffington Post By Kimberley Richards Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) has become the youngest black woman to serve in Congress, according to congressional archives. The 32-year-old was sworn into office on Thursday, after […]
Author: Michael Buckner Newly elected Rep. Rashida Tlaib made history by being one of the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in the United States. Newly elected […]
Epigraph: And you shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants and monks and because they are not proud. (Al Quran 5:82/83) Source: Pew Research Center At least half of Catholics […]
Source: Pew Research Center The new, 116th Congress includes the first two Muslim women ever to serve in the House of Representatives, and is, overall, slightly more religiously diverse than […]