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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
Neurobiology of Dreams and Revelation
Source: Muslim Sunrise Winter 2018 Volume. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In, “Ancient Greece and ancient Rome — people did not happen to […]
Video: The Holy Quran and How Gender of Babies is Determined
Suggested reading Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature A New Commentary of the Holy Quran Emphasizing Compassion, Justice and Human Rights Launched Did Eve Come from […]
Joao de Deus: Brazil ‘spiritual healer’ accused of sex abuse
Source: BBC News A dozen women have come forward in Brazil to accuse a prominent self-styled spiritual healer of sexually abusing them at his clinic. Joao Teixeira de Faria – […]
Irish Lawmakers Vote to Allow Abortion, Part of Landmark Liberal Shift
Source: The New York Times By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — Fighting off last-ditch resistance, Irish lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill introducing free and legal abortion to a nation that was […]
L.A. Archdiocese reveals list of 54 clergy accused of abusing children
Source: Los Angeles Times By LAURA NEWBERRY For the first time in a decade, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday updated its listof clergy accused of molesting children, addressing renewed outcry about how the Catholic Church responds to abuse allegations. “We owe it to the victim-survivors to be fully transparent in […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro lumps native tribes with women in new ministry
Source: Reuters By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a pro-life evangelical pastor on Thursday to head a new ministry of Women, Family and Human […]
Vatican investigates after nuns report sex abuse by priests
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has launched an investigation into a small Chilean religious order of nuns after some sisters denounced sexual abuse […]
India man jailed for tweets about erotic temple statues released
Source: BBC News An Indian man has been released from prison after more than a month, for posting satirical tweets about erotic sculptures in a temple. In September, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, […]
Garry Wills & Chaplain Tahera Ahmad: “What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters”
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for […]
The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians
Suggested reading Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes Video: Cat Stevens’ Path to Islam Ted Talk: A message of peace, hope and inclusion | Yusuf Islam […]
Duterte seeks martial law extension in southern Philippines
Source: Associated Press By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the country’s south by another year amid continuing […]
Mobile Catholic Archdiocese names 29 priests, clergy accused of child sex abuse since 1950
Source: AL.com By Christopher Harress | charress@al.com charress@al.com The Archdiocese of Mobile released Thursday 29 names of Catholic priests, deacons and brothers who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a […]
In Philadelphia, ordinary Catholics keep the faith — despite the church’s failings
Source: Religion News Service By Mary Beth McCauley PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Catholics in this city and places like it have been through hell in recent decades. The Catholic Church sexual […]
Consecrated virgins: ‘I got married to Christ’
Source: BBC News By Valeria Perasso Jessica Hayes bought herself a wedding gown, a veil and a ring. But when she stood at the altar facing the bishop during a […]
Church Puts Baby Jesus In Cage For Immigration-Themed Nativity Scene
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla A Massachusetts church is mixing faith and politics in its nativity display this year ― placing a baby Jesus figurine in a cage to […]
The barber who’s been cutting hair for 96 years
Source: BBC News By Bernadette Young Anthony Mancinelli sits in a salon chair in New Windsor, New York, waiting for his next customer. Aged 107, Mancinelli is used to the […]
An Inside Look at Apple’s Biggest Step Yet in Health Care
Source: Time By ALEX FITZPATRICK December 6, 2018 Captain America and Black Panther were about to defend Earth from the villain Thanos when Kevin Foley first noticed something was wrong. Foley, […]
US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By JIM GOMEZ and ANGIE WANG MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in […]
‘We can’t go anywhere’: Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’
Source: Reuters By Thu Thu Aung, Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to […]