14 key political trends from the 2018 exit polls
Source: CNN Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large (CNN)It’s been a week since the 2018 election. And while there are 10 House races — and a Senate race (hello, Florida?) — still […]
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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
The Monkey Trial Movie — Antidote to Trumpism
Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the 1955 play of the same name, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Stanley Kramer. It stars Spencer Tracy as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric […]
Dignity of Human Life, Aasia Bibi, Imran Khan and European Union
I spoke to the Prime Minister of Pakistan @ImranKhanPTI. He assured me that Asia Bibi and her family are safe and well. We fully agreed on the need to respect […]
A Tribute By a Son: Happy Hundredth! Abbaji
By Dr. Nasir Gondal, New York My father, Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam, would have been hundred years old today. Born on the day after Armistice, he grew up in British India, got married on the first anniversary of Pakistan’s independence, lived almost all his life in Punjab and died in New […]
Heroic Nurse Drives Truck Through California Wildfire to Help Save Lives, Goes Viral
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life; it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: MSN By Diana Bruk California is currently […]
California fires: At least 42 die in state’s deadliest wildfire
Source: BBC News Thirteen more bodies have been recovered in California, bringing the death toll in the US state’s deadliest wildfire to 42, officials say. The remains were found in […]
A doctor who achieved a near-perfect score on the medical-board exam shares his 6 best strategies to memorise any kind of information
Source: Business Insider BY MYELLE LANSAT Dr. Sudip Bose is a former major in the US Army and is an Iraq Warveteran. In 2002, he achieved a near-perfect score on the […]
Pope to visit Morocco in March in big year for foreign trips
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is going to Morocco in March in what is expected to be a heavy year of foreign travel for the 81-year-old […]
New Zealand child abuse inquiry widened to include religious institutions
Source: The Guardian BY Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin A royal commission into abuse in state care in New Zealand has been expanded to include those abused by faith-based institutions such as […]
Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China’s Xinjiang Re-Education Camp
Source: NPR By ROB SCHMITZ By the time Chinese guards began torturing Kayrat Samarkand inside a re-education camp last spring, he says his life had prepared him for this. The […]
Rohingya fearful of doctors keep faith healers in business
Source: Associated Press By RISHABH R. JAIN KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — Abul Kalam sits cross-legged on the floor of his tiny mud hut and whispers prayers into a small plastic […]
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honour over ‘shameful betrayal’
Source: The Guardian By Rebecca Ratcliffe Amnesty International has withdrawn a prestigious human rights award from Aung San Suu Kyi, following what it described as a “shameful betrayal” of the values […]
Exclusive: U.N. will not help Myanmar with long-term camps for Rohingya – document
Source: Reuters BY Poppy McPherson YANGON (Reuters) – The United Nations’ refugee agency will not provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar if they are interned in […]
In Iraq’s parliament, Shi’ite militia leaders plan to call the shots
Source: Reuters BYAhmed Rasheed, Babak Dehghanpisheh, Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In May, Hassan Fada’am traded his military fatigues for a suit when he became one of 45 Shi’ite militiamen elected to […]
Jerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – Guyoz Golan, a young Israeli businessman, just moved to Tel Aviv, but as a registered voter in Jerusalem he is […]
Canada in talks with Pakistan over possibly taking in Asia Bibi
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was holding talks with Pakistan over potentially offering asylum to Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently freed […]
India court to review lifting of temple ban on women of menstruating age
Source: Reuters BY Malini Menon, Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Tuesday agreed to review its ruling that removed a ban on women of menstruating age from entering […]
Feds: Priest lied about cancer in scam to raise money
Source: Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Federal investigators said they have probable cause to believe a Mississippi priest fraudulently received donations by falsely telling people he had cancer and […]
U.S. Bishops Had a Plan to Curb Sex Abuse. Rome Ordered Them to Wait.
Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein BALTIMORE — Facing a reignited crisis of credibility over child sexual abuse, the Roman Catholic bishops of the United States came to […]
Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What’s wrong with them?
Source: The Guardian By Moira Donegan For the past two years, the American left has been haunted by a number: 53. It is the percentage of white women who voted […]