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: Newsday By Bart Jones Nearly 300 men and women will be compensated by the Diocese of Rockville Centre for the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of priests, […]
Source: The Morning Call BY Peter Hall Of The Morning Call A woman described as a victim in Pennsylvania’s grand jury report on sexual abuse by clergy has sued the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu and Devlin Barrett President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two criminal charges under terms of a plea deal that […]
Source: The Economist By Erasmus A group of Muslim scholars offer a view from the Islamic tradition MOHAMMAD FADEL, an associate law professor at the University of Toronto, is one […]
Source: AMUST Posted by Manarul Islam In late August, shortly after the Liberal’s ousting of Malcolm Turnbull as Australia’s Prime Minister, Labor’s Tony Burke MP, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Source: The Guardian By Avi Shlaim Twenty-five years ago today the Oslo accord was signed by Israel’s prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat in the Rose Garden […]
Source: BBC News By Smitha Mundasad Global health correspondent, BBC News There will be 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million people will die with the disease this […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Muslim Times is rising to the challenge, by the Grace of Allah, with the following collection from […]
Source: BBC News Huawei is planning to launch a smartphone with a fold-out screen within a year, according to the firm’s chief executive. Richard Yu told German newspaper Die Welt that Huawei […]
Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived? Source: BBC News By Helen Briggs Prehistoric humans are under suspicion of wiping out the largest birds that ever lived after […]
Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he will go to the pope soon to discuss his potential resignation Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who has faced […]
SOURCE: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the Catholic Church in crisis once again over clerical sex abuse and cover-up, Pope Francis will meet Thursday with […]
Source: Reuters BY Fathin Ungku SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore DJ has filed a court challenge against a colonial-era law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, his lawyers […]
Source: Associated Press KOCHI, India (AP) — A group of Catholic nuns is holding a public protest in south India, demanding the arrest of a bishop whom one nun accused […]
Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage in their thousands Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Chinese activists are rallying in their thousands to renew a […]
Source: Independent BY Zamira Rahim Romanian senators have overwhelmingly voted for a measure that could be used to change the country’s constitution so that it defines marriage as a union between a man and […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tonny Onyulo SAMBURU, Kenya (RNS) — As she sat outside her hut making jewelry to sell to tourists, 9-year-old Sajon Lengupayi pleaded with passers-by to rescue […]
Source: Reuters HANOI (Reuters) – Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees permanently, its foreign secretary said on Wednesday, adding that they “belong” […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Wednesday he hopes to visit Japan next year, a trip that would enable him to draw attention […]
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz and Laurie Goodstein VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis summoned bishops from around the world to Rome for an unprecedented meeting focused on protecting minors. The […]