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: Dawn News Celebrated economist Atif Mian, who was asked to resign earlier on Friday from the government’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for his adherence to the Ahmadiyya faith, tweeted […]
Source: Reuters KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Craig Nelson, Ehsanullah Amiri and Habib Khan Totakhil KABUL—Two bomb blasts just minutes apart tore through a mainly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the Afghan capital on […]
Source: Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australian prosecutors said on Thursday they will appeal for a tougher sentence for the most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child […]
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris September 1 ISFIYA, Israel — At a military cemetery lined by conifers on the wooded slopes of Israel’s Mount Carmel, Safwan Marich walks beside the […]
Source: BBC News Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected appeals against the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has been a subject of international concern. […]
Source: Associated Press By JOHN LEICESTER SAINT-MARTIN-EN-VERCORS, France (AP) — When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal’s handling of child sex-abuse […]
Christian Martyrs under Islam Publisher: Princeton University Press By Christian C. Sahner, who is associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Cross […]
Source: NPR By SARAH SCHNEIDER During the first Mass of the school year, two students at St. Bernard Elementary School in suburban Pittsburgh stand in front of the congregation and lead […]
Source: Washington Post By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. September 5 at 2:55 PM The men having sex inside the Volkswagen Beetle were so involved that a Miami-Dade police officer said he […]
Source: Associated Press By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Amish couple with 13 children sued the federal government on Wednesday, accusing officials of violating their constitutional rights by insisting […]
Source: Yahoo News BY Nick Bromberg The College of the Ozarks wants you to know it does not like Nike’s ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick. The private Christian school located south of […]
Matt Tootle: Notts County defender says gambling ‘rife in football’ Source: BBC News Notts County defender Matt Tootle says gambling is “rife” in football as he revealed his own problems […]
Source: BBC News In a historic decision, India’s Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a […]
Source: BBC News Empress Nur Jahan was the most powerful woman in 17th Century India. She played an unprecedented role in running the vast Mughal empire. Historian Ruby Lal explains […]
Saudi Arabia Seeks Death Penalty in Trial of Outspoken Cleric Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard LONDON — Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for […]
Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A district in Indonesia’s deeply conservative Aceh province has banned unmarried couples from sitting at the same table in restaurants, cafes or coffee shops, an official said Wednesday. The head of Bireuen district’s Islamic affairs office, Jufliwan, said the measure also forbids […]
Source: The Guardian The future of Songs of Praise-style religious programmes on Belgian television has been thrown into doubt after a Catholic lay reader gave an on-screen Bible reading calling for women […]
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) – On a recent Sunday morning, hundreds of worshippers gathered at Jehovah Pentecostal Church in Kisenyi, a slum on the outskirts […]
Source: Reuters BY Lin Taylor COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough […]