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: The Economist MANY recent reports about religion in China have concerned repression, from the mass internment of Muslims in the north-west to the demolition or closure of Protestant churches. […]
Suggested Reading: The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles promoting secularism in every country of the world and refuting Islamophobia Source: New York Times By Asma T. Uddin, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Antonia Wilson A new sculptural work, Coralarium, created by artist and environmentalist Jason deCaires Taylor, was demolished last week after it was deemed anti-Islamic. The semi-submerged artwork […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)One rarely leaves his monastery high on a hill in Vatican City. The other speaks freely — too freely, critics say — but […]
Source: Arizona Central By Lily Altavena, Arizona Republic Parents and teachers on Monday rallied outside an Arizona Board of Education meeting, and then took turns during the meeting blasting a proposal […]
Source: Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Tuesday convicted nine young Muslim men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a car bomb in the capital, […]
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military targeted Rohingya civilians indiscriminately and often with “extreme brutality” in a […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Ali Abare Abubakar ABUJA, Nigeria (RNS) — Two years ago, Modu Bukar, a local leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, was gunned down in […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JARI TANNER TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Pope Francis conceded Tuesday that priestly sex abuse scandals are outraging the Catholic faithful and driving them […]
Source: The Atlantic BY SIGAL SAMUEL The Catholic Church’s sex-abuse scandal has reached such a fever pitch that its top officials are now compelled to act. Last week, Pope Francis expelled a priest […]
Source: BBC News By Laura Empson 25 September 2018 Listen to Insecure Overachievers on BBC Radio 4 here. Presented by Laura Empson and produced by Jonathan Brunert. “It feels like a […]
Source: CNN By Michael Nedelman, CNN (CNN)Researchers have rendered a population of mosquitoes in a lab sterile using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 by homing in on a specific target in […]
This is one of the reasons why the Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country of the world and stressing interfaith tolerance and appealing to every Muslim to give […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times What prompted me to bring back a decades old subject was that Pew Research Center picked up an […]
BBC Documentary about Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the West may not be able to locate Tibet on […]
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson BEIJING — Over the last two years, China’s estimated 60 million Christians have felt the power of a newly assertive government eager […]
Source: The Washington Post By Anna Fifield September 21 BEIJING — One of the most senior Uighur officials in the Chinese government is being investigated for corruption, the Communist Party’s anti-graft agency […]
Source: The Washington Post By Joanna Slater September 21 NEW DELHI — The strident Hindu nationalist organization that helped propel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power is attempting a makeover to […]
Source: DW The canton of St Gallen has become the second in Switzerland to vote in favor of a ban on facial coverings in public. The Swiss also voted against […]
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – A French Muslim rapper said on Friday he was cancelling two gigs at a Paris concert hall attacked by Islamist militants three years ago, saying […]