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
Cardinal Wuerl target of rising anger after Pa. grand jury report Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein In the week since a Pennsylvania grand jury reported on child sex abuse […]
Source: Bangor Daily News By Jessica Clifford, Lincoln County News In March 2017, three Amish families moved into Whitefield. Today, the population has quadrupled. The town is home to 13 […]
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Hala Shiha quit the glamorous film industry a decade ago to embrace a more religious lifestyle, adopting the traditional Muslim headscarf, […]
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy Source: Associated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman who complained about a noisy mosque to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times More than two million have performed Hajj this year. Hajj is the best symbol for universal brotherhood and the […]
Eid Mubarak to all our readers from our Editorial team. The Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year, Eid-ul-Fitr and the other, which comes about 10 weeks later, is called Eid-ul-Adha. […]
Epigraph: And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who […]
Source: Reuters By Muhammad Yamany, Seham El-Oraby ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Muslims at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia criticized what they described as discordant Arab leaders for failing to […]
Source: The Guardian The Taliban have fired a pair of rockets towards the presidential palace in Kabul during a live broadcast by Ashraf Ghani to mark the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, […]
Source: The Guardian BY Giuseppe Lami/EPA Hospitals in Dublin have been advised to discharge patients in order to free up beds ahead of the pope’s visit to Ireland this weekend amid warnings […]
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will meet victims of clergy sexual abuse during his visit to Ireland this weekend, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The stage from […]
Source: Associated Press By IVAN MORENO and JEFF KAROUB For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of […]
Source: The New York Times By Declan Walsh WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. […]
In fight against ISIS’s propaganda machine, raids and online trench warfare Source: The Washington Post By Joby Warrick THE HAGUE – The campaign started with the cyber equivalent of a massive airstrike: law-enforcement agencies from eight countries, moving in unison to smash two of the main propaganda organs of the Islamic State. […]
Source: Reuters BY Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan appealed to Turks’ religious and patriotic feelings ahead of a major Muslim holiday on Monday, promising they would not […]
China’s Uighur Camps Swell as Beijing Widens the Dragnet Source: Wall Street Journal By Eva Dou in Beijing, Jeremy Page in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Josh Chin in Turpan, China China has sharply expanded an […]
Source: Associated Press By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — When Simone Zimmerman arrived at the check-in window at the Israeli border with Egypt, it didn’t take long for the young […]
Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic church Source: Associated Press By PAUL BYRNE and LEO LA VALLE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Buenos Aires on […]
Source: Belfast Telegraph By Laura Larkin A list of all Catholic clergy members in Ireland convicted of child sexual abuse will be published for the first time. Pressure has been […]
Source: The Washington Post By David Von Drehle The crisis of the Catholic Church is not a matter for Catholics only. Love it or hate it — or anywhere in between […]