The Greek Orthodox Church faces a battle over secularisation
Source: The Economist Archbishop Ieronymos is struggling to sell a deal to his bishops THERESA MAY is not the only public figure in Europe who is making a rearguard defence […]
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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
From slavery to possible sainthood: The story of America’s first black Catholic priest
Source: The Washington Post Augustus Tolton’s miraculous journey has inspired a canonization effort and a one-man play By DeNeen L. Brown The story of America’s first black Catholic priest begins with […]
Why artificial intelligence is shaping our world
Source: BBC News We stand on the edge of a crucial moment in the history of our species – a time when a creation of our own inventiveness has the […]
Younger adults in Western Europe are more socially, politically progressive than older age groups
Source: Pew Research Center BY LAURA SILVER AND COURTNEY JOHNSON People line up to vote at Els Llorers school in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1, 2017. (Nicolas Carvalho Ochoa/Picture Alliance via Getty Images). […]
Despite Rising Economic Confidence, Japanese See Best Days Behind Them and Say Children Face a Bleak Future
Source: Pew Research Center BY BRUCE STOKES AND KAT DEVLIN (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images) Japanese feel better about their economy than at any time in nearly two decades. But the overall mood in Japan […]
Season 2 of Re-Sight Islam!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 20th, we are launching Season 2 of Re-Sight Islam! 1) Because of your support (we had close to 20,000 downloads), Season 1 was a wild success and we were consistently ranked as the #1 Podcast on Islam by iTunes. We have a ton of great ideas and compelling […]
The Smile of God by Joel Osteen
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Joel Osteen has no less than a thousand, half hour wonderful presentations, about positive thinking, hope, optimism and success. […]
Muslim Congresswoman-Elect Ilhan Omar Began Victory Speech With Islamic Blessing
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla lhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress, began her acceptance speech Tuesday night in Minnesota with a universal Islamic […]
Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ Is a Book America Needs, From a Woman It Does Not Yet Deserve
Source: Time By ANGIE THOMAS Angie Thomas is the author of the award-winning young adult novel, The Hate U Give. Her next book, On the Come Up, will be published in February 2019. […]
Early Benchmarks Show ‘Post-Millennials’ on Track to Be Most Diverse, Best-Educated Generation Yet
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD FRY AND KIM PARKER (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) As a new generation of Americans begins to take shape and move toward adulthood, there is […]
‘The right time to die’: Canada’s law allowing physician-assisted suicide faces criticism over restrictions
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Coletta November 15 TORONTO — Nearly three years into her battle with terminal breast cancer, Audrey Parker, a 57-year-old former television makeup artist who loved […]
Italy’s bishops respond to long-ignored clergy sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Italy’s Catholic bishops are declaring a new era of transparency and truth about clergy sex abuse, as awareness of the […]
Bishop reported missing amid Beijing-Vatican reconciliation
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — A bishop who has resisted demands to join China’s Communist Party-controlled church body has been taken into custody, a Catholic news […]
Malaysia says no ‘U-turn’ in death penalty abolition
Source: AlJazeera By Kate Mayberry Malaysia’s government says it will abolish the death penalty in a rare move against capital punishment in Asia [File: Vincent Thian/AP] Kuala Lumpur, […]
Saudi women in ‘inside-out abaya’ protest
Source: BBC News Some Saudi women have launched a protest against the abaya – a long loose-fitting robe used to cover their bodies in public – by saying that they […]
Australia, Malaysia trade words over Israel embassy shift
Source: Associated Press By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA SYDNEY (AP) — A top Australian official seized Friday on past comments from Malaysia’s prime minister seen as anti-Semitic, amid a diplomatic war of […]
‘Love will prevail’: Costa Rica’s same-sex couples can marry in 2020
Source: Reuters By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will have the right to get married by mid-2020, the nation’s constitutional court has ruled, a first […]
UN committee criticizes human rights violations in Iran
Source: Associated Press By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. committee on human rights approved a resolution Thursday urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary […]
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide
Source: BBC News For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of […]
Myanmar holds 106 Rohingya aboard boat to Malaysia, official says
Source: Reuters BY Shoon Naing, Simon Lewis KYAUKTAN, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar immigration authorities detained 106 Rohingya Muslims aboard a boat off Yangon on Friday, officials said, raising fears of a […]