American Exorcism
Source: The Atlantic Louisa muskovits appeared to be having a panic attack. It was March of 2016, and Louisa, a 33-year-old with a history of alcohol abuse, was having a regular […]
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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
It’s still hard to teach evolution in too many public school classrooms
Source: Los Angeles Times By Ann Reid Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby. Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Obergefell vs. Hodges. Supreme Court cases involving the role of religious beliefs […]
Can religion unite Americans?
Source: San Francisco By Celia Viggo Wexler statue modeled after the Statue of Liberty stands outside the World Overcomers Church in Memphis. Many white Christians have supported President Trump’s stance […]
100 Women: The woman who decides if men can take a second wife
Source: BBC News By Heather Chen BBC News, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia Image copyrightJOSHUA PAUL FOR THE BBC Islamic law, also known as Sharia, is often associated by critics with […]
Sheep Without Shepherds
Source: The New York Times By Ross Douthat Cardinal Daniel DiNardo last weekend at the General Assembly of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.CreditCreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Here is […]
The Top 10 Podcasts of 2018
Source: Time By ELIANA DOCKTERMAN Unlike film, television or music, there’s a low barrier to entry in the podcasting world: All you need is a microphone and someone to speak into […]
Peanut allergy treatment ‘in sight’
Source: BBC News Peanut allergy can be beaten with a treatment that slowly builds up tolerance, a large study shows. None of nearly 500 four- to 17-year-olds from the US […]
Fake psychiatrist prompts UK investigation of 3,000 foreign doctors
Source: CNN BY Rob Picheta London (CNN) Up to 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are having their backgrounds checked after it emerged that a fake psychiatrist with no qualifications was […]
Video: How would Richard Dawkins, a self proclaimed atheist face death?
Suggested Reading: If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! We have saved the video in the Muslim Times to ensure its longevity:
National Geographic Video: All Knowing, All Seeing God Keeps Us Away from Crime and Sin, See the Evidence
Epigraph: For those who do not believe in the Hereafter are negative metaphors, while all the best attributes and metaphors are for Allah alone. He is the Mighty, the Wise. […]
Seven Reasons Why European Agnostics and Atheists Should Consider Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A recent article in Huffington Post, by Jack Sommers, Assistant News Editor, Huffington Post UK, Christians Outnumbered […]
‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in India
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj THATI, India — When Sardar Singh Jatav set out walking on a muggy night in early September to talk with the men […]
Pop heartthrob Zayn Malik says he’s no longer Muslim, leaving his Muslim fans divided
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) — When British pop star Zayn Malik tweets “Eid Mubarak” every year at the end of Ramadan, his Muslim fans around the world go […]
Top 10 Question Answers – Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Question Answers, top 10 , Most Shared By Viewers in 2016 1. why dont you accept yazeed was wrong, while you have the knowledge, 2. Three Talak, […]
Kenya bans Marie Stopes from offering abortion services
Source: BBC News The authorities in Kenya have banned the international health organisation Marie Stopes from offering any form of abortion services. The Medical Practitioners Board says it made the […]
Thousands protest in Norway against restricting abortion
Source: Reuters By Gwladys Fouche, Lefteris Karagiannopoulos OSLO (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Norwegian cities on Saturday against restricting women’s access to abortion, the subject of talks between the […]
Exclusive: Rohingya repatriation, relocation plans set to be pushed back to 2019 – government official
Source: Reuters By Zeba Siddiqui COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis are set to be stalled until the new year with repatriation and […]
Chinese city urges those ‘poisoned by extremism’, who follow conservative Islam to confess crimes
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – A city in China’s far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are “poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism”, in contact with overseas terror groups or […]
Asia Bibi, and the dangers of being Christian in Pakistan
Asia Bibi, and the dangers of being Christian in Pakistan https://t.co/I4NPXr0wV9 — CNN Religion (@CNNbelief) November 12, 2018
Trump Says Extraditing Turkish Cleric Fethullah Gulen Is ‘Not Under Consideration’
Source: NPR BY SASHA INGBER President Trump shot down reports on Saturday that his administration was considering extraditing a Pennsylvania-based foe of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to […]