Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
Epigraph: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment […]
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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
Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
Source: Associated Press By ELENA BECATOROS PARIS (AP) — Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country’s Muslim […]
Cuba eliminates gay marriage language from new constitution
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government said Tuesday that language promoting the legalization of gay marriage will be removed from the draft […]
Transgender women pray at India’s Sabarimala temple
Source: BBC News Four transgender women have been allowed to pray at an Indian temple at the centre of a bitter row over whether women should be permitted to enter. […]
Israel’s Netanyahu Embraces European Leaders With Controversial Views On Holocaust
Source: NPR BY Daniel Estrin In recent years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cultivated friendships with rising nationalist and far-right leaders in Europe. His supporters say it’s a smart […]
Netanyahu’s son banned temporarily from Facebook over ‘hate speech’
Source: CNN By Ian Lee, CNN Jerusalem (CNN)Facebook has restored the account of Yair Netanyahu, the eldest son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after it was temporarily suspended for […]
Airbnb issues conflicting statements on boycott of Jewish-owned West Bank properties
Source: Religion News Service By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – On Monday (Dec. 17), Airbnb, the short-term rental site, sent out a news release in Hebrew claiming the company’s decision to […]
Opponents of Bible classes in a W. Virginia county’s schools win round in court
Source: Washington Post By Joe Heim Reporter covering a range of topics, including race, white nationalism, schools, student culture, Native American issue Parents engaged in battle with a West Virginia school […]
Pope Francis accepts resignation of L.A. bishop accused of sexual misconduct with a minor
Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 19 at 4:53 PM ROME — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop after an archdiocese oversight board found “credible” an […]
Yemeni mother wins visa fight to see her dying child in a California hospital
Source: CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN)The US State Department granted a Yemeni mother, whose 2-year-old son is on life support in an Oakland hospital, a waiver Tuesday to travel […]
Texas Girl’s Inoperable Brain Tumor Unexpectedly Disappeared, Her Doctors Say
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The parents of an 11-year-old Texas girl are thanking God after hearing from doctors that an inoperable brain tumor seems to have disappeared. Roxli […]
A History of Warfare of Science with theology in Christendom
Book by Andrew Dickson White, the Founding President of Cornell University Because the suppression of scientific thought by the medieval Church represents one of blackest periods of human history, many […]
Intelligent Design Movement: Where have they gone wrong?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2009 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times “Let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an […]
Afterlife A Dream-State or A Virtual Reality?
Epigraph: Allah recalls the souls or consciousness of humans at the time of their death; and of those also who are living, during their sleep. Then He withholds those against […]
Jesuit Christians release lists of clergy accused of abusing minors
(CNN) Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging sexual abuse crisis. The two lists, released separately on Monday by the provinces of Maryland and the Midwest, follow two […]
Brazil police say faith healer has turned himself in
Source: Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A celebrity faith healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women turned himself in Sunday to authorities in Brazil’s central state […]
Iranians Are Converting To Evangelical Christianity In Turkey
Source: NPR By Fariba Nawa In a hotel conference room in Denizli, Turkey, about 60 Iranians sing along to songs praising Jesus mixed with Iranian pop music. When the music […]
An atheist couple who complained about holiday celebrations gets $9,000 after their daughter is barred from preschool
Source: CNN By Lauren Kent (CNN)An atheist couple in Canada who complained about classroom celebrations of religious holidays was awarded $12,000 (almost $9,000 in US money) by a human rights […]
Brexit debate needs a change of tone, Anglican bishops say
Source: Associated Press By DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — The Brexit debate needs a change of tone, the Church of England’s bishops said Saturday, calling for national unity following a […]
Australia recognises West Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Source: BBC News Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that his government will recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. However, he said Australia’s embassy would not move […]