A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress
Source: Pew Research Center BY DREW DESILVER When the 116th Congress convenes next month, women will make up nearly a quarter of its voting membership – the highest percentage in U.S. […]
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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
Point of No Return
Source: Reuters Having fled waves of violence, more than 900,000 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority now languish in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. A Reuters investigation has found the […]
The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: The New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims have been here since the time of the earliest explorers and have left their mark on everything from the White […]
MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment
Source: CNN By Lauren Kent (CNN)Some say bigger is better, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are […]
Poacher Who Illegally Killed Hundreds of Deer Ordered to Repeatedly Watch Bambi
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS (SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie “Bambi” as part of his sentence for illegally killing hundreds of deer. […]
Sedative addiction and anxiety on the rise among children, reports show
Source: CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN)An apparent rise in anxiety among British children has prompted concern from mental health experts, as two reports reveal an alarming surge in medication […]
Native artisans fight to survive in ‘the town of the Nativities’
Source: Religion News Service By Irving Cabrera Torres AMOZOC, Mexico (RNS) — It’s known as the town of the Nativities, or los nacimientos. For more than a century, Amozoc, in central […]
Pakistani Christians face an uneasy Christmas in the wake of Asia Bibi’s release
Source: Religion News Service BY Naila Inayat LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) – For the first time in nine years, Asia Bibi will be with her husband on Christmas. But many of […]
Sacred and political: world’s largest religious festival to kick off in India
Source: Reuters By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Spirituality, politics and tourism: welcome to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, that begins next month in India. […]
Pope Francis tells clerics who abuse minors to hand themselves in
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher Rome (CNN)Pope Francis has told those who abuse minors to hand themselves in to civil justice authorities and “prepare for divine justice,” in his strongest […]
Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighurs
Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Several hundred protesters chanted “God is Great” and “Get out, communist!” outside China’s embassy in the Indonesian capital on Friday, demanding an end […]
Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam
Source: Vox By Jennifer Williams Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, but they do revere him as a holy prophet. Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of […]
Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God
Source: Associated Press OPP, Ala. (AP) — A rural Alabama police department that used social media to scold community members for rejecting God came under fire from a group that […]
They now can wear slacks on their missions, and NOT just to dodge mosquitoes
Source: Salt Lake Tribune By Taylor Stevens Latter-day Saint leaders are finally cutting the faith’s female missionaries some slack. Make that slacks. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced […]
Gently stroking babies ‘provides pain relief’
Source: BBC News Gently stroking a baby reduces activity in their brain associated with painful experiences, a study has found. The study, by University of Oxford and Liverpool John Moores […]
Science: The Only Present Day Arbiter Between Religions?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I have a few friends, whom I will not call my bosom friends, who in their moments of […]
Muslim group launches effort to show faith’s regard for Jesus
Source: AZCentral BY Paulina Pineda, Arizona Republic What do Muslims think of Jesus? It’s a question Dr. Sabeel Ahmed said he gets often. To help educate people on the significance […]
Illinois AG says Catholic Church failed to disclose abuse accusations against 500 priests and clergy
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)In yet another blow to the Catholic Church in the United States, Illinois’ attorney general says the state’s six dioceses have failed to […]
Certain antibiotics may cause aortic aneurysm, FDA warns
Source: CNN By Jen Christensen (CNN) The US Food and Drug Administration warned on Thursday that the benefits of fluoroquinolone antibiotics do not outweigh the risks — which include aortic aneurysm — for certain patients, according […]
Across Europe, the practice of Islamic family law is under pressure
Source: The Economist A ruling on Greece has wider European implications A GREEK Muslim woman who lost out because her late husband’s will was adjudicated by Islamic law has been […]