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: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU and EFREM LUKATSKY KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michael Gerson A tourist in Florentine museums is like a skipping stone above unfathomable depths. Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at the Uffizi that […]
Source: Vox By Chavie Lieber Khadra Ibrahin, a 28-year-old single mother of two and Somali immigrant living in Minneapolis, has been working at Amazon’s Shakopee fulfillment center for two years. As […]
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The spray-painting of a swastika outside a suburban Indianapolis synagogue this summer was the final straw for Republican […]
Source: BBC News BY Lucy Rodgers Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence. It is second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. But, […]
Hastings dinosaur footprints exposed by cliff erosion Source: BBC Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least 100 million years ago have been uncovered in East Sussex. At least seven […]
Source: Religion and Politics By Gene Zubovich In 1893, during the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, thousands gathered over 17 days in September to witness a “World’s Parliament of Religions.” […]
Source: Time By SARAH JANE TRIBBLE / KAISER HEALTH NEWS Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to […]
Source: The Guardian BY Rosemary McCabe Organ donors will be asked if they want their religious beliefs to be considered before any donation goes ahead after their death, as part […]
Source: Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will soon seize the town of Hajin from Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a spokeswoman […]
Source: Reuters BY Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al […]
Source: Associated Press BY Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Friday found 66 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf guilty of kidnapping dozens of students, teachers […]
Source: Reuters By Gilbert Reilhac STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Strasbourg reopened its traditional Christmas market under heavy security on Friday, the morning after French police shot dead a gunman suspected […]
Source: The Guardian By Shaun Walker in Athos In the chilly pre-dawn gloom one recent morning, Father Makarios hurried to his chapel, one of dozens of churches and cathedrals across Mount Athos, […]
Epigraph: And You will find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe to be those who say: ‘Lo! We are Christians.’ That is because there are among them savants and monks, and because they are not arrogant. (Al Quran 5:82) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove This week, the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary released a detailed, historical accounting of its white supremacist founding. Over 71 pages, the Southern Baptist […]
Source: The New York Times By Campbell Robertson PITTSBURGH — It was a list Charles L. Bailey Jr. had wanted to see for years: the names of the priests in […]
Source: BBC News A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been “meditating under […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel — “Ways of the Lord” — can be broadly viewed as an attempt […]